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Tuesday, August 05, 2008 10:00:00 AM
There aren’t many who long for a return to the 1970s. Those of us old enough to recall that decade tend to think of gas lines, a hostage crisis and Watergate. President Carter never used the word “malaise,” but he acted as if America was doomed to decline, and it was his job to make sure it went smoothly. Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:00:00 AM
Next month, the greatest athletes in the world will visit Beijing for the Olympic Games. Undoubtedly they’ll set new records in plenty of sports. Tuesday, July 22, 2008 10:00:00 AM
Every president, every senator, every member of Congress and every Supreme Court justice takes an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:00:00 AM
A torrent often begins with a trickle -- and so it is with entitlement spending. The flood of retirees that could overwhelm Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid has started slowly, but it’s underway. Monday, June 30, 2008 05:00:00 PM
We’re about to mark another national birthday. But we don’t seem to be in the mood to celebrate. Polls show 80 percent of Americans think the country’s on the “wrong track.” Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:00:00 AM
You know you’re doing a good job if you upset the right people -- such as petty bureaucrats at the United Nations. Wednesday, May 28, 2008 10:00:00 AM
It’s one thing to put a price tag on something. It’s another to figure out its cost. Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:09:06 PM
For many Americans, Memorial Day marks little more than the start of summer. It’s a day off to mow the lawn, go to the pool or grill in the back yard. Monday, April 28, 2008 04:50:00 PM
It’s all too easy for lawmakers to throw cash at a problem. After all, they’re spending somebody else’s money. Take the way they’ve handled (or, rather, mishandled) education policy. Monday, April 21, 2008 05:00:00 PM
By Ed Feulner - Think your life is a whirlwind? Try stepping onto the deck of an American aircraft carrier. Monday, April 14, 2008 03:00:00 PM
During a recent visit to the doctor, I noticed a sign on his wall: “First, do no harm.” That is, of course, part of the Hippocratic Oath. If only we could convince lawmakers to adopt that adage. Monday, April 07, 2008 05:59:37 PM
A flash of inspiration is known as a light-bulb moment. In an instant, things become clear, like items in a room when you flip on a light switch. Monday, December 03, 2007 03:45:36 PM
Americans are at our best when we volunteer. In revolutionary times, it was the Minutemen, sworn to leave their homes and fight the British at a moment’s notice. Today, hundreds of thousands of volunteer firemen donate their time and efforts to protect their fellow Americans. Saturday, July 22, 2006 02:46:04 PM
U.S. military dominance goes largely unquestioned. No army can hold a battlefield against our troops. No planes can ground our Air Force. No enemy ships can challenge our naval dominance. Sunday, July 09, 2006 01:21:16 PM
If Fourth of July celebrations prove anything, it’s this: Nobody wears their love of country on their sleeves like Americans do. Monday, June 12, 2006 06:03:38 PM
Friday, May 26, 2006 08:45:29 PM
Sometimes the biggest stories don’t make the newspaper. Earlier this month, the trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds issued their annual report on the future of the programs -- to little fanfare. Yet the report merits large headlines. It’s important. And it’s grim. Friday, May 12, 2006 12:20:23 PM
“Vote early -- and often.” We hear this quip every time an election rolls around, and with good reason: Electoral fraud is as old as the ballot box itself and still happens in the United States. Just last year a judge in Washington state ruled that some 1,678 illegal votes were cast in its 2004 election -- more than enough to change the outcome of the governor’s race. Friday, March 31, 2006 12:04:16 PM
Franklin D. Roosevelt coined the term “United Nations” in 1942, when an alliance of democracies (with the help of the Soviet Union) was fighting the totalitarian Axis powers. FDR dreamed of a post-war world in which free people would help promote peace and make everyone safer. So how has the actual United Nations measured up to that ideal? Friday, March 17, 2006 04:16:38 PM
An iron rule of politics holds that contested elections are won and lost in the middle. Roughly 40 percent of voters will vote for the Democrat and 40 percent for the Republican, leaving the outcome in the hands of the undecided 20 percent. Friday, February 24, 2006 03:46:26 PM
Anyone who's ever filed a tax return or visited the Department of Motor Vehicles understands that government does two things well: spend our money and waste our time. Unfortunately, both traits were on display during the response to Hurricane Katrina. Thursday, February 16, 2006 11:25:29 AM
Follow the logic, if you can: The federal government is running deficits. The states are enjoying surpluses. And . the federal government is shelling out billions to the states. Monday, January 30, 2006 07:11:41 PM
Getting a head start can help you in a race. But just because you start in front doesn't guarantee you'll win. Sometimes, as in the fable, the steady tortoise really does defeat the swift hare. Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:24:37 PM
If there's one word any college student knows, it's "diversity." Every university, it seems, is "committed" to diversity -- or at least says it is. For example, Arizona State says on its Web site that it "champions diversity." But the reality is sometimes a bit different. Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:08:35 AM
If there's one thing Washington, D.C. is famous for, it's words. Here, we boast the greatest speech-per-capita ratio in the country, if not the world. Monday, September 05, 2005 04:43:50 PM
In Washington, nothing's certain except death, taxes and special-interest lobbying groups. So it makes sense that the death tax has its own lobbyists. Monday, September 05, 2005 02:41:36 AM
"We all agree that the seceded States, so called, are out of their proper relation with the Union; and that the sole object of the government, civil and military, in regard to those States is to again get them into that proper practical relation." -- Abraham Lincoln, April 11, 1865 Friday, August 26, 2005 07:08:56 AM
There are jobs people take because they want to right the wrongs of our society. That's a good reason for becoming a teacher, a clergyman or a doctor. But it's not a reason to become a judge. Tuesday, August 09, 2005 07:02:01 AM
If Social Security were a worker instead of a government program, it probably would have retired several years ago. After all, the New Deal program turns 70 on Aug. 15. Monday, August 01, 2005 12:24:25 PM
Here's a puzzle: The federal government has introduced a program that will improve service for private pilots nationwide and at the same time save taxpayers billions of dollars. Who could oppose this? |
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