Respect and Responsibility By Susan Estrich
The gifted woman who headed my children's elementary school, Reveta Bowers, always said that teaching kids values was as important as teaching them skills.
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September 9, 2009
September 9, 2009
You Really Don't Know Jack By Debra J. Saunders
"You Don't Know Jack" is the perfect title for the upcoming HBO biopic starring Al Pacino as Death Doc Jack Kevorkian -- because it is clear that many of Kevorkian's fawning interviewers don't know much about Jack.
September 9, 2009
Impending Washington Deal on Health Care By Tony Blankley
As the politicians who support the president's health care plans escape back into Washington from America -- and as the politicians who oppose the president's health care plans leave their safe redoubt in the heartland and go once more behind the lines into the hostile territory of the Federal Triangle -- only one thing is certain: We don't know the end of this story.
September 8, 2009
Holder Should Do Some Remembering By Froma Harrop
America will soon mark the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The replays of burning buildings and piercing screams will bring back jagged memories of that horrific day.
September 7, 2009
Obama Cannot Escape Hard Choices in September By Michael Barone
"Very active." That's what White House aides say Barack Obama is going to be this month. That's probably an understatement.
September 6, 2009
Too Much Gained in Afghanistan To Exit Now By Debra J. Saunders
As he campaigned for the presidency, Sen. Barack Obama argued that Afghanistan should become "the central front in the battle against terrorism." Obama has delivered on that issue.
September 5, 2009
The Jobless Recovery By Lawrence Kudlow
The jobless-recovery theme re-emerged on Friday with the arrival of a disappointing employment report.
September 4, 2009
Cracked Justice Enabled Girl Rape Case By Froma Harrop
Many astounding details surround the story of the California rapist who kidnapped an 11-year-old and kept her captive for 18 years. None shocks more than the raw fact that Phillip Garrido was not locked up, the key lost.
September 4, 2009
Who Will Run the Free Hot Dog Stand? By Susan Estrich
Watching conservatives cheer the demise of the "public option" has left me shaking my head.
September 3, 2009
New Facts Undercut Old Positions on Immigration By Michael Barone
Before leaving for his vacation on Martha's Vineyard, Barack Obama said the next big item on his legislative agenda -- well, after health care and cap-and-trade and maybe labor's bill to effectively abolish secret ballots in union elections -- was immigration reform.
September 3, 2009
Hey, Conservatives, We're Recovering By Lawrence Kudlow
Believe it or not, sometimes good news on the economy can be bad news for stocks.
September 2, 2009
In Memory of Teddy By Susan Estrich
It's been a long and ugly weekend, e-mail wise. Ted Kennedy may be gone, but the haters are still out there. Every time I said a nice word, my BlackBerry would start vibrating.
September 2, 2009
Waterboarding Policy and Consequences By Tony Blankley
"President George W. Bush kept us safe from further terrorist attacks." Few presidential claims have been less persuasive to the public than that. Yet after Sept. 11, most Americans thought, "It's not a question of whether, but when." We would have been grateful if we had known at the time that there would be no further attacks while Bush was president.
September 1, 2009
How They Missed Jaycee By Debra J. Saunders
Since 1999, when he was placed under California parole supervision for a 1976 rape in Nevada, Phillip Garrido, 58, was subject to drug testing, required to wear a GPS device and subject to twice-monthly visits by his state parole officer.
September 1, 2009
Biggest Danger to Democrats By Froma Harrop
Flip the calendar pages -- as they do in the old movies to show passage of time -- and stop at Nov. 2, 2010. That will be Election Day. How Congress handles health care reform will influence which party gets to party that night.
August 31, 2009
The End of America's Experiment With Royalty By Michael Barone
Edward Kennedy was buried Saturday, the last son of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, the longest-serving member of the only royal political family our democratic republic has ever produced.
August 30, 2009
President Obama Should Pardon CIA Interrogators By Debra J. Saunders
When he served as deputy attorney general, now Attorney General Eric Holder gave a "neutral leaning positive" recommendation that led to President Bill Clinton's pardoning of gazillionaire fugitive Marc Rich, who was on the lam in Switzerland hiding from federal charges of fraud, evading more than $48 million in taxes, racketeering and trading oil with Iran in violation of a U.S. embargo.
August 28, 2009
The State Prison Mess By Debra J. Saunders
Earlier this month, three federal judges -- Stephen Reinhardt, Lawrence Karlton and Thelton Henderson -- ordered the release of more than 40,000 of California's 160,000 inmates. No lie: They claimed that releasing one-quarter of state inmates would not have "a meaningful adverse impact on public safety."
August 28, 2009
Law, Not Torture, Protects National Security By Joe Conason
Predictably as always, the Republicans in Congress and in the conservative media are berating Attorney General Eric Holder for deciding to investigate the CIA's use of abusive interrogation methods on terror suspects.
August 27, 2009
The Liberal Lion, With Asterisks By Froma Harrop
They called him "The Liberal Lion." Ted Kennedy deserved that title, though with some asterisks added. There's no reconciling Kennedy worshippers with the Kennedy haters. But those who can deal with shades of gray will pay tribute to the legendary Massachusetts senator who championed landmark legislation through bipartisan cooperation -- but whose sense of family privilege didn't always serve the interests of democracy.
