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Wed, 2010-09-01 23:01
In his Oval Office address Tuesday night announcing the end of combat operations in Iraq, President Obama said "It's time to turn the page" and start focusing on rebuilding the American economy.
That would be fine...
Wed, 2010-09-01 23:01
Some of the most important things in history are things that didn't happen -- even though just about everyone thought they would.
Recent example: Scads of liberals gleefully predicted that the financial crisis...
Wed, 2010-09-01 23:01
The post-Cold War new world order is rapidly breaking apart. Nations are returning to the ancient passions, rivalries and differences of past centuries.
Take Europe. The decades-old vision of a united...
Wed, 2010-09-01 23:01
This week in Sunday school, we talked about how character is passed down from parents to children through stories, experiences and practice. Every family has different stories -- the life narratives that describe
Wed, 2010-09-01 23:01
A random walk among issues currently in the news....
Comes now Big Brother. Not only do state and local governments have unfunded retirement obligations totaling at least $2 trillion. Also, of the 50 states, at least...
Wed, 2010-09-01 23:01
Editors Note: Some language in this column may be offensive
How does one discredit the massive back-to-the-values-that-made-this-country-great rally in Washington at the National Mall?
Easy. Call...
Wed, 2010-09-01 23:01
If it were a crime to venture onto Capitol Hill to reveal yourself as a self-absorbed liar with an inability to admit mistakes, there would be tumbleweeds blowing through the vacant halls of Congress. Fortunately for...
Wed, 2010-09-01 23:01
When then-Sen. Barack Obama visited the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board in 2008, I had one question for him: Which Democratic candidate for president would be best at keeping Iraq from imploding?
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Wed, 2010-09-01 23:01
Know Your Resume No-No's
Wondering why the subject of resumes is suddenly dominating your screens, both computer and TV? Turns out September is the 10th annual celebration of "International Update Your...
Wed, 2010-09-01 23:01
WASHINGTON -- What is your vision of a university?
Is it the classic vision, with profs walking the ivy-clad pathways, their books under their arms? Perhaps they wear tweed coats and smoke pipes -- not the...
Wed, 2010-09-01 23:01
Profits up, rates down, tax cuts, and a stock rally.
Corporate profits are at all-time highs and bond rates in the Treasury market are virtually at record lows. That's a good combination for stocks, and it helped...
Wed, 2010-09-01 17:05
The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist.
Leave aside Obama's fanatical opposition to...
Wed, 2010-09-01 14:54
While the furor over the proposed mosque at Ground Zero has New York Gov. David Paterson offering public land as a peace offering, a more familiar symbol - the cross - is systematically being uprooted around the...
Wed, 2010-09-01 10:22
Harry Mitchell has his work cut out for him in his bid for re-election in a heated re-match in Arizona's Fifth Congressional District. Mitchell will face off, once again, with his 2008 Republican challenger David...
Wed, 2010-09-01 09:24
The only thing stupider than allowing a known foreign terrorist into the United States may be allowing that terrorist to buy guns. Current U.S. law allows this happen. It also allows known terrorists on the no-fly list...
Wed, 2010-09-01 08:33
In the 1959 film "The Mouse That Roared," an imaginary European nation called the Duchy of Grand Fenwick declares war on the U.S. "There isn't a more profitable undertaking for any country than to declare war on the...
Tue, 2010-08-31 23:01
It gets tiresome hearing the conventional wisdom say that the Democrats will likely keep control of the Senate. Far from it.
To gain control, Republicans must win 10 new seats. An analysis of the latest
Tue, 2010-08-31 23:01
Most people have no idea what "E-6" is. To avid baseball fans, E-6 is the way to record an error by a shortstop on your scorecard. But there is another E-6, in photography. This E-6 is the developer in which color...
Tue, 2010-08-31 23:01
An indignant President Obama complained last week, "I can't spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead." Fine. How about plastering a copy of his presidential oath of office there ins
Tue, 2010-08-31 23:01
When I ask my daughter how things are going at school, her voice tells me more than her words. "It's all good," she says with lukewarm enthusiasm. Obviously, it's not.
Explaining her misgivings about some friends...