June 16, 2010 RSS feed / Opinion

Take blame now, receive credit later

CHECKLIST CHARLIE

“I’ll take the blame now because it will be credit later,” said the father of my children, amidst the protests of an unhappy family including me. Now we quote him on a regular basis when decisions require a backbone. More...

Crises take away attention from Greece

Several emerging and ongoing crises have taken attention away from the ongoing sovereign-debt problems in Greece. The bailouts are merely kicking the can down the road and making things worse for tax-paying citiz ens, ens, here and abroad. More...

Obama votes ‘present’ in Gulf response

When Barack Obama announced he was running for president in February 2007, Nathan Gonzales of the Rothenberg Political Report wrote, “Obama’s history of voting ‘present’” in Springfi eld, Ill. More...

Thomas, liberals come together to hate Israel

Back in 1948, liberals were excited when President Harry Truman took to whistle-stopping and scorching the “do nothing 80th Congress” run by Republicans. More...