LOCAL COLUMNS
Proposed rule would disenfranchise voters, cause election chaos
ANDREA KAMINSKI | 8/26
The Government Accountability Board is considering for the second time a proposed emergency rule that threatens both voting rights and smooth election administration.
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Is Lying OK? Apparently it is when you sell real estate in Wisconsin
By CHRISTINE BREMER MUGGLI | 8/6
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However you do the math, smoking is an expense we can't afford
By MAUREEN BUSALACCHI | 7/14
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Liberal interests put free speech under attack
By JAMES A. BUCHEN | 7/7
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Crime Lab ready to take quicker bite out of crime
By J.B. VAN HOLLEN | 7/5
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
In Georgia, much hinges on the next few weeks
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER | 8/22
Eastern Europe understands the stakes in Georgia. It is the ultimate target. Russia’s aims are clear.
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Options for dealing with Russia
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER | 8/14
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Why not drill to help bridge our transition to renewable energy sources?
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER | 8/8
JOEL MCNALLY
Power brokers cook up secret plan for Milwaukee schools
JOEL MCNALLY | 8/25
Nine years later, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has “exposed” that the neighborhood school plan it supported is a failure. That $102 million was spent to expand schools where enrollment either went down or failed to grow substantially. It also included millions spent on building new educational facilities in “partnership” with influential religious institutions.
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They’ll watch concerts to thwart stoner terrorism
By JOEL MCNALLY | 8/18
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Croaking Canaries
By JOEL MCNALLY | 8/12
PETER BROWN
Bush-haters won’t stop McCain
PETER A. BROWN | 3/31
The theory pushed hard by Democrats and accepted to some degree by Republicans is that the public is so angry with Bush that large numbers of voters will refuse to vote for a fellow Republican. The reality is a bit more complicated and perhaps not quite as ominous for de facto GOP nominee John McCain as many might think.
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Pennsylvania primary might prompt parties to rethink nominating system
By PETER A. BROWN | 3/24
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Clinton strategy and liberal guilt
By PETER A. BROWN | 3/18
RICK HOROWITZ
Obama at last, out from under
RICK HOROWITZ | 8/28
Barack Obama looked as if he’d exhaled for the first time in weeks. This was—finally—his convention. His room. His crowd. His time. Which is to say, there were—finally—no more Clintons.
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They're Republicans, and they're here to 'help' you
By RICK HOROWITZ | 8/26
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Deep veep heap too steep?
By RICK HOROWITZ | 8/21
INSIDE THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Let’s hope convention cities respect right to protest
GENE POLICINSKI | 8/23
The conventions and their host cities are bracing for thousands of demonstrators. The First Amendment requires that police and public officials have more supportable reasons to shut down protests than vague concerns over order, safety or national image. They can’t legally stop the messengers just because they don’t like the message.
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Why I am boycotting the China Olympics
By CHARLES C. HAYNES | 8/16
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Much is at stake in journalist-shield bill
By GENE POLICINSKI | 8/9
DAVID BRODER
Women lead way: Michelle, Hillary set stage in Denver
DAVID BRODER | 8/28
Michelle Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, slated as the featured speakers on the first two nights of the national convention, delivered a pair of speeches that came as close to fulfilling the hopes of the nominees and the party leaders as anyone could have imagined.
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Biden brings blue-collar sensibility to Obama campaign
By DAVID BRODER | 8/25
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Republicans hope young Senate trio offers base for future
By DAVID BRODER | 8/24
ELLEN GOODMAN
Real gender gap is an ambition gap
ELLEN GOODMAN | 8/28
However many speakers in Denver talked about the 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, the ceiling is in place. While polls say that women now feel it’s more likely to have a woman president in the future, older women wonder, “In my lifetime?”
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Equal Rites Awards go to those who set back the cause of women
By ELLEN GOODMAN | 8/21
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Nature upends illusion of power, permanence
By ELLEN GOODMAN | 8/7
KATHLEEN PARKER
On abortion issue, Pope Pelosi stands at the gate
KATHLEEN PARKER | 8/27
St. Augustine was resurrected as Pelosi was trying to respond to the question that refuses to die: When does human life begin?
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Obama’s born-alive problem might become his kryptonite
By KATHLEEN PARKER | 8/22
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Purpose-driven politics enter sanctuary of faith
By KATHLEEN PARKER | 8/20
PRO-CON
Pro: Media’s grade-school crush on Obama flunks smell test for most objective Americans
PETER SCHWEIZER | 8/23
Barack Obama has benefitted from adoring media coverage, a lack of journalistic rigor, and a sizeable advantage in coverage. In short, everything in the media seems to break his direction.
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Con: Perception of media bias on campaign trail has vexed Americans since colonial days
By PEGGY DREXLER | 8/23
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Obama should embrace Latin America’s populist leaders
By MARK WEISBROT | 8/16
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Obama should follow Bush’s successful Latin policies
By LAWRENCE J. HAAS | 8/16
