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- Opinion · Jun 30, 2011J. Gordon Coogler Award Rescinded, Shawcross Forgiven
short list of trash. Well, dear readers, you were right in your premonitions that something had gone wrong. Here is the problem. In February 1980, we awarded the Worst Book
- Opinion · Jun 30, 2011Chris Matthews Leg Thrill: Blacks Need Same-Sex Marriage
community needs: Same-sex marriage. He’s wrong on religious liberty, and he’s wrong on the economics both of marriage and of the black community. Chris had a June … have the benefit of both parents. Often the reasons behind this reality rightly tug on our heartstrings. And millions of single parents deserve lavish praise for their magnificent work
- Opinion · Jun 29, 2011Next Step: Persecuting Churches?
just treatment of workers. They wanted to force the Catholic Church to choose one wrong or another. It is hard to imagine an uglier or more tyrannical impulse … very little to do with health insurance and everything to do with our fundamental rights as Americans,” Roman Catholic Bishop William Weigand of Sacramento explained at the time. “It boils
- Opinion · Jun 29, 2011A New Day in Politics
Political change happens.” But for now, the politicians continue to move us in the wrong direction. Last year, the feds alone added another 80,000 pages of rules. Despite talk … cuts, spending keeps growing. So does the debt. And yet maybe the optimists are right. Maybe the human spirit is so powerful it will overcome the stupidity of politics
- Opinion · Jun 28, 2011What Was Chris Wallace Driving At?
wrong; they are two very different people, but these shared qualities make them especially contemptible to the left and to certain elitists on the right. Bachmann and Palin happen … misjudging Obama as unrivaled in mental acuity, please consider that you are using the wrong yardstick. In electing a president, wisdom and sound judgment are vastly more important than
- Opinion · Jun 27, 2011The Mass Media Is a Mess
about this crew is that they say all the right things and then turn around and do all the wrong ones. The country is in the throes of a financial
- Opinion · Jun 24, 2011GOP Should Hope Primary Race Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
baloney charge the grinder. There’s a lot of grumbling and moping on the right about how the Republican base doesn’t like the current field of candidates … they wouldn’t be after a bruising primary battle. But I think that’s wrong. In 2007, the idea that Barack Obama could beat Hillary Clinton, never mind
- Opinion · Jun 24, 2011Don’t Know Much About History
slavery was, but spend little time studying the how, why and when we righted that wrong and the wrongs that followed. Who we are comes from what we reject … powers, checks and balances of government and why Congress enacted the Bill of Rights. There’s no appreciation for democracy, which after all originated here. Best-selling books on atheism
- Alexander's Column · Jun 23, 2011Opting Out of Enduring Freedom
Obama rolled out his worn rhetoric about Iraq being the wrong war, which distracted our nation from the right war, Afghanistan, which would seem to contradict his drawdown plans
- Opinion · Jun 21, 2011Here Come the Extremists!
party or her own party that is driving their -- their party further to the right.” For the record, there has never been a time in the past 50 years that … when a whopping 62.5 percent of respondents say the nation is on the wrong track. When the economy is strong, elections can turn on a variety of issues. But when
- Opinion · Jun 21, 2011A Big Win for Common Sense
discrimination suit against Wal-Mart, inasmuch as the plaintiffs were using the wrong part of the right law. Better still was the conservative bloc’s rejection of a claim … discrimination suit against Wal-Mart, inasmuch as the plaintiffs were using the wrong part of the right law. Better still was the conservative bloc’s rejection of a claim
- Opinion · Jun 18, 2011Out With Ethics, In With Therapy
Philip Rieff’s phrase, is near complete when the concepts of right and wrong are replaced by well and sick. In the Therapeutic Society, no one does wrong and needs … political? But conscience asks the question -- is it right?” For some time now we’ve been asking the wrong questions. (c) 2011 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES
- Opinion · Jun 17, 2011CNN’s Granderson Gets It Right
bedrooms now want to invade the delivery room? CNN contributor LZ Granderson got it right. He’s posted an online video taking issue with the San Francisco gay activists … orders. “You’ve come to the wrong shop for anarchy, Stephen,” he assures his shipmate. Well, if you’re looking for the right shop for anarchy, go to San Francisco
- Opinion · Jun 17, 2011A New Paradigm for the Left?
some contend that irrespective of the government’s operating needs, it has a moral right -- and a duty -- to proactively intervene to redistribute income. I observe this latter attitude with … from the government than they pay in. I told the emailer he was factually wrong and also misguided to believe it is government’s function to proactively redistribute wealth
- Opinion · Jun 17, 2011Exhibitionist Nation
before. But the downsides are also great. Some of the information we get is wrong. It’s easier to spread lies to a much wider audience than ever before … dinner last night, much less what they’re doing or wearing (or aren’t) right now? Internet communication feeds the narcissism that characterizes modern society. In the past, narcissism
- Opinion · Jun 17, 2011A Shovel-Ready Punch Line
Well, I don’t think the 14 million Americans who are looking for jobs right now find any of this very funny.” I’m sure they … public works projects and -- boom -- you get a lot of people working. They were wrong. They were wrong not just about the effect of infrastructure spending -- even an analysis
- Opinion · Jun 16, 2011Leading the Way for Liberty
leadership of President Klaus, the Czech Republic has become a country that recognizes natural rights, promotes free markets, and limits the power of the State. A contrarian, Klaus … trade-offs.” Instead, they support “an old doctrine which is based on the wrong conclusion that the more complex the world is, the more government intervention, regulation and control
- Opinion · Jun 13, 2011The End of a Surprisingly Good Political Career
disaster to another, denouncing House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan as “right-wing social engineering” on the Sunday after announcing, later taking a two-week vacation … predicting that Republicans could win a majority in the House. He was wrong then, but he was right in 1994 and he was right about the reasons all along
- Opinion · Jun 10, 2011The End of the Clinton Era
broken no laws. He has not used campaign funds...” Ah, well, that’s all right then. Weiner himself, explaining his decision not to resign, said, “I don’t believe that … they protested. It was a private matter. Why are you so interested? What’s wrong with you? More, they argued that lying about sex was perfectly normal and even admirable
- Opinion · Jun 10, 2011David Mamet Turns Right
disconnect between how he acted and how he talked, “talking Left and living Right,” which leads him to a collective indictment of himself and others in his generation of baby … margin of two to one, Americans say the economy is on the wrong track. Mamet doesn’t examine this finding, but his critique of the president’s 2008 campaign slogans