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- Repeating Our Economic Errors - January 21, 2009
- Take mortgages. The current recession stems from the popping of the real estate bubble, which came about because too much money went into housing. But now...
- Violating Rights, Without Tears - January 17, 2009
- But it turned out there was a problem with the arrest warrant. It had been canceled months before but was never deleted from the database. So when Herring...
- Where Did Bush Go Wrong? - January 14, 2009
- Asked again where he had gone wrong, the president did offer a few minor regrets: that "Mission Accomplished" banner, pushing Social Security reform in 2005,...
- A Well-Earned Impeachment, At Last - January 10, 2009
- His conduct over six years in office suggests that his only goal was to see how far he could push his luck before it ran out. Or else to prove journalist...
- The Empty Case For More Regulation - January 7, 2009
- Also striking is that his alleged victims were not rubes and simpletons but individuals of exceptional wealth and financial acumen -- including various tycoons,...
- Why the Senate Should Seat Burris - January 3, 2009
- Given his pending indictment and impeachment, it took a lot of gall for the governor to act. But the facts remain: He is the governor, and state law confers...
- An Empty Suit For an Empty Seat - December 31, 2008
- The result of his immodesty has been a persistent hunger for offices that most people thought beyond his abilities. He has lost races for mayor of Chicago,...
- In 2008, A Democracy Recession - December 27, 2008
- China won the battle for gold, capturing 51 first-place medals. It earned a less cherished honor when human rights activist Hu Jia, sentenced in April to 3 1/2 years...
- Bush's Rare Glimpse to Dissent - December 25, 2008
- It's explicit administration policy, in fact, to keep any expression of discontent from becoming visible to the Great Leader. You don't have to chuck a...
- The Growing Case for Inflation - December 20, 2008
- The existing downturn already looks certain to be the most severe since 1981-82, when unemployment soared to nearly 11 percent. There is even a real risk of...
- Caroline and the Lure of Royalty - December 17, 2008
- Both have often represented their families at the funerals of prominent people. Neither has ever had to stress about finding a job, meeting a payroll or...
- Obama's 'My Pet Goat' Moment - December 13, 2008
- The reaction from fellow Illinois Democrats was swift and severe. Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn demanded that the governor step aside. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin urged the...
- Obama and the Curse of Illinois - December 10, 2008
- Politics in Illinois, as in Louisiana, has always been more evocative of devils than angels. During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama's critics said he...
- Keeping Calm About the Tribune's Bankruptcy - December 8, 2008
- Business has been brutally hard for newspapers lately. The rise of the Internet has deprived us of readers and revenues, and now a recession is pulling us down...
- College Football's Unbridled Excess - December 6, 2008
- In the golden days, the game consisted of a lot of blocking and a lot of tackling. Teams marched laboriously down the field, if they moved at all....
- False Cures for the Recession - December 3, 2008
- Even many conservatives, however, want Washington to deploy fiscal weapons. Economist John Taylor of Stanford University and the Hoover Institution, an adviser...
- Gay Adoption: The Real Agenda - November 29, 2008
- With that in mind, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman struck down a 1977 Florida law -- the only one of its kind -- that forbids gays from adopting....
- Chicago Defies the Second Amendment - November 26, 2008
- When it comes to firearms, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is no slave to rationality. "Does this lead to everyone having a gun in our society?" he demanded...
- 'Socialism' Is Not the Problem - November 22, 2008
- That is a mistake -- as McCain's losing campaign confirms. Accusing Obama of socialism is unwise for three reasons: 1) It's not true, and 2) it makes the...
- Rx for Republicans: Patience - November 19, 2008
- But that was a long, long time ago. Four years, to be exact. The drastic measures were not taken, yet lo and behold, the consensus is that Democrats are now...
- Change We Can Remember - November 8, 2008
- Ronald Reagan came into office in 1980 assuming he had an electoral mandate to diminish the size of government. Once there, he found that Americans are a conservative...
- The Audacity of America - November 5, 2008
- Those could have been the mottos of his campaign. The president-elect has some obvious qualities that recommended him to the electorate. But the trait that...
- The Certain Loser In This Election - November 3, 2008
- That candidate soon became famous for exploiting divisions, refusing to hold himself or his subordinates accountable, letting expenditures soar and making...
- Obama's Economic Mythology - October 29, 2008
- In the midst of alarming headlines, it's easy to persuade people that things are worse than they used to be. The only problem is that aside from the transitory...
- The Secret of Obama's Success - October 25, 2008
- But the implausibility of the occasion is no deterrent to the 35,000 people who have turned out this weekday morning to see one of the few Democratic...
- McCain Stonewalls on His Radical Friend - October 22, 2008
- But though he thinks it's terrible for Obama to associate with dangerous militants, he thinks it's fine for him to do the same thing. And he'd rather go back...
- Right and Wrong on Gay Marriage - October 18, 2008
- The Connecticut Supreme Court decision that came down on Oct. 10, which echoed the California ruling, was a reminder of the flimsiness of the case for judicial...
- John McCain, Reveling in Anger - October 13, 2008
- Today, McCain is intent on making sure any boos are directed at his opponent. He slams him for voting for pork barrel projects, planning to raise taxes and "insider...
- The Candidates In Fairyland - October 11, 2008
- That's a big part of his appeal both to ordinary voters -- and to the 100 economists who signed a letter warning of the dire consequences of electing Barack...
- A Rescue Plan That Didn't - October 8, 2008
- In the end, Congress approved the package -- seeing as how the alternative was rising unemployment, a plunging stock market and corporations unable to borrow to cover...
- Palin's Small-Town Snobbery - October 1, 2008
- But no one seemed to take offense. The myth of rural virtue and urban vice is an old one in this country, and it persists no matter what the changes in the...
- Hastening the Ultimate Bailout - September 27, 2008
- How do our leaders intend to pay for this massive new outlay? Not by raising taxes. Not by cutting spending in other parts of the budget. No, they will...
- The Case Against the Bailout - September 24, 2008
- What they prescribe is for the federal government to buy $700 billion worth of lousy assets from banks and other lenders, exposing taxpayers to a potentially crushing...
- To McCain, The Truth is Irrelevant - September 13, 2008
- In this interpretation of Obama's remarks, the McCain people are -- what's the word I'm looking for? -- lying. They pretend to be unaware of the clear meaning of this...
- Experiencing Obama and Palin - September 10, 2008
- Bush was echoing a favorite new theme of conservatives: that a politician of meager experience is ready to lead the Free World. Until recently, McCain and...
- When Did Freedom Become An Orphan? - September 6, 2008
- So what was missing? Only what used to be held up as the central ideal of the party. The heirs of Goldwater couldn't spare a day for freedom. Neither could...
- How Palin Subverts McCain - September 3, 2008
- The first theme is a favorite of Republican presidents, but McCain's background has made it especially potent for him. During the Republican primaries, he...
- Joe Biden's Mythical Blue-Collar Roots - August 30, 2008
- So what did the news media report? "Sen. Joseph R. Biden accepted the vice presidential nomination of the Democratic Party with a speech that harkened back to his...
- Obama and Big Government - August 27, 2008
- He offers a long list of things the federal government should be doing to rearrange the nation's productive sector -- paying U.S. automakers to build fuel-efficient...
- Gun 'Rights' Vs. Freedom - August 23, 2008
- The "take your guns to work" law says anyone with a conceal-carry permit has a legal right to keep his gun locked in his car in the company parking lot. Until...