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Tuesday, July 08, 2008 11:00:00 AM
 A number of friends of mine have commented on an odd phenomenon that they have observed-- conservative Republicans they know who are saying that they are going to vote for Barack Obama. It seemed at first to be an isolated fluke, perhaps signifying only that my friends know some strange conservatives. But apparently columnist Robert Novak has encountered the same phenomenon and has coined the term "Obamacons" to describe the conservatives for Senator Obama.Tuesday, July 01, 2008 07:15:51 AM
Recent landmark court decisions are reminders that elections are not just about putting candidates in office for a few years. Friday, June 27, 2008 10:00:00 AM
Some of the people who are most adamant against outsourcing economic activity from the United States to other countries often seem to think we should outsource our foreign policy to "world opinion" or act only in conjunction "with our NATO allies." Thursday, June 26, 2008 05:38:21 PM
It must be a bitter disappointment to those in the media and in politics who have been dying to use the word "recession" that, for the second quarter in a row, there has been no downturn in the economy, though growth has been slow. Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:00:00 AM
If anyone suggested that Tiger Woods should try to be more like other golfers, people would question the sanity of whoever made that suggestion. Tuesday, June 17, 2008 01:00:00 AM
The obsession of many high school students and their parents about getting into a prestige college or university is part of the social scene of our time. So is the experience of parents going deep into hock to finance sending a son or daughter off to Ivy U. or the flagship campus of the state university system. Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:00:00 AM
Only with Tim Russert's sudden death at the age of 58 has his true stature as a landmark journalist become as widely recognized as it has long deserved to be. Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:00:00 AM
Now that the two parties have finally selected their presidential candidates, it is time for a sober-- if not grim-- assessment of where we are. Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:00:00 AM
It is amazing how seriously the media are taking Senator Barack Obama's latest statement about the latest racist rant from the pulpit of the church he has attended for 20 years. But neither that statement nor the apology for his rant by Father Michael Pfleger really matters, one way or the other. Nor does Senator Obama's belated resignation from that church. Wednesday, May 28, 2008 10:00:00 AM
Years ago, when Jack Greenberg left the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to become a professor at Columbia University, he announced that he was going to make it a point to hire a black secretary at Columbia. Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:00:00 AM
"Killing an Unarmed Man." That is how the front-page headline in the New York Times characterized an incident in which a man tried to run over a policeman with his car and was shot by three policemen on the scene, including his intended victim. Wednesday, May 21, 2008 08:00:00 PM
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:00:00 AM
Some parents who are concerned about their children receiving a steady diet of liberal-left indoctrination in schools and colleges regard the summer vacation as a time to show these young people a different way of looking at things, with readings presenting viewpoints that are unlikely to be heard in classrooms that have become indoctrination centers. Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:00:00 AM
In one of those typical San Francisco decisions that makes San Francisco a poster child for the liberal left, the city's Board of Supervisors is moving to block a paint store from renting a vacant building once used by a video rental shop. Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:16:29 AM
Let's face it. Supply and demand will never replace "need" and "greed" in political discussions of economic issues. Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:02:18 AM
Some people think that the reason the public misunderstands so many issues is that these issues are too "complex" for most voters. But is that really so? Tuesday, May 06, 2008 07:43:12 PM
Sometimes unrelated events nevertheless tell a coherent story. Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00:00 AM
Why does college cost so much? There are two basic reasons. The first is that people will pay what the colleges charge. The second is that there is little incentive for colleges to reduce the tuition they charge. Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:00:00 AM
Those who argue that the taxpayers should be forced to subsidize people who go to colleges and universities seldom bother to think beyond the notion that education is a Good Thing. Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:00:00 AM
The latest political crusade is the crusade to replace ordinary light bulbs with the new CFL light bulb that is supposed to save electricity, reducing the need for fossil fuels and helping the fight against global warming. Monday, April 14, 2008 11:00:00 PM
An e-mail from a reader said that, while Hillary Clinton tells lies, Barack Obama is himself a lie. That is becoming painfully apparent with each new revelation of how drastically his carefully crafted image this election year contrasts with what he has actually been saying and doing for many years. Friday, April 11, 2008 10:00:51 AM
If Senator John McCain needed to prove that he is a real Republican, he did it when he continued an old Republican tradition of utterly inept attempts to appeal to black voters. Tuesday, December 04, 2007 12:42:20 PM
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Since electricity is generated mostly by burning coal, has anyone calculated how much pollution is created by electric cars, even though none of that pollution comes out of their tailpipes? Tuesday, January 23, 2007 07:04:19 AM
In an era when our media and even our education system exalt emotions, while ignoring facts and logic, perhaps we should not be surprised that so many people explain economics by "greed." Wednesday, January 17, 2007 07:36:40 AM
Critics of the Bush administration's conduct of the war in Iraq have long demanded that he admit his mistakes. But they have not admitted their own past mistakes, much less admit the potentially catastrophic mistake they will make in the future if they make it impossible to sustain military operations there. Tuesday, January 16, 2007 08:00:51 AM
Nothing is easier than to second-guess decisions made in wartime. Anyone who has bothered to read the history of wars knows that very few wars have been without disastrous surprises, often on both sides. Tuesday, January 09, 2007 06:05:12 PM
Random thoughts on the passing scene: They say that man cannot control the weather. But every time I buy photographic equipment, it rains. Tuesday, January 09, 2007 07:54:31 AM
A hundred years ago, there was talk of a "yellow peril" because of Chinese and Japanese immigration to the United States in general and to California in particular. Today, there are echoes of that notion in a front page headline on the education section of the New York Times of January 7th. Tuesday, January 02, 2007 02:00:53 PM
As predicted in this column last May, District Attorney Michael Nifong will not take the Duke University "rape" case to trial -- at least not as a rape case. His latest ploy has been to drop the rape charges and keep related charges hanging over the accused Duke students' heads. Tuesday, January 02, 2007 07:12:03 AM
In the wake of recent bombshell revelations in the Duke University "rape" case, even some of District Attorney Michael Nifong's supporters have started backing away from him. |
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