Today’s Opinions
PEGGY NOONAN: Over the Top
What the Democrats lost this week was the chance to paint the ‘08 campaign as a brilliant Napoleonic twinning of strategy and tactics that left history awed. What they have instead is a ticket to Verdun. Trench warfare, and the daily, wearying life of the soldier under siege. The mud, the cold, the dank water rotting the boots, all of it punctuated by mad cries of “Over the top,” bayonets fixed.
KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL: Earmark Nation
Newly minted presidential nominee John McCain stepped into the Rose Garden this week to receive President Bush’s blessing. What the cameras didn’t catch were pork-addicted congressional Republicans blowing raspberries from their offices.
With all the talk about how Mr. McCain needs to unify his party, lost has been the question of whether some people will let him. Washington Republicans know he’s their best shot at retaining the White House. Yet many remain ambivalent about him — not because they question his conservatism, but out of resentment that he may get in the way of their earmarks.
Mike Gallagher: ‘Barack Hussein Obama’
This week, a lot of people I admire and respect have scolded me for my frequent on-air use of Barack Hussein Obama?s full name.
John Hawkins: The Top Nine “Changes” Barack Obama Would Make as President
As people who have followed Barack Obama closely over the last few months have long since realized, there has been very little substance to the man’s campaign besides his determination to lose — oops, I mean “end” — the war in Iraq.
Paul Greenberg: Nominate in Haste, Repent at Leisure
This front-loaded presidential election year is spinning past at dizzying speed. It’s all happening much too fast to think. Which isn’t good for the voters.
Burt Prelutsky: A 12 Step Program for Recovering Liberals
Most 12-step programs start out by requiring that people have to understand that they?re powerless over their addiction and that only by turning their lives over to a Power greater than themselves can they be restored to sanity.
Rich Tucker: Stop Talking and Start Doing
On the campaign trail the buzzword is ?change,? and the two remaining Democratic candidates are all for it. A particular ?change? each one promises is to improve America?s standing in the world.
Lorie Byrd: Why the President is Dancing
Am I the only one who?s noticed that George Bush is doing an awful lot of dancing lately?
Mike S. Adams: Ann Coulter’s Conservative Sell-Out
I never thought I would say this but I?m afraid my Ann Coulter Action Figure is going out with today?s garbage.
Paul Weyrich: A Looming Congressional Threat to Small Business
There is a potentially dangerous piece of legislation to strengthen the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) which could see action in the Senate before the Easter recess.
Kathleen Parker: Crime and Punishment for Reading
If an author can’t make the Oprah cut, the next best thing may be getting censured by a university.
Oliver North: A Despot’s Distraction
These are tough times for terrorists and the despots who back them. On Jan. 28, Abu Laith al-Libi, No. 3 in al-Qaida, was killed by a missile strike in Pakistan.
David Limbaugh: Democrats’ Pricey Presidential Policies
The Democratic Party cashiered Howard Dean and replaced him, fairly early in the process, with the deeply flawed John Kerry when it became apparent that Dean was unelectable.
Charles Krauthammer: From Inevitability to Desperation
She threw the kitchen sink at him. Accused Barack Obama of plagiarism. Mocked his eloquence. Questioned his truthfulness about NAFTA. Wasn’t enough.
Jonah Goldberg: The Care and Feeding of an Angry Territory
Things are going poorly in Gaza. Who among us can contain our shock?
Linda Chavez: Crime and Punishment on the Streets of Baltimore
Sunday night, I’ll be in front of my television set saying goodbye to some improbable friends: a few drug dealers, some good cops and bad, a corrupt politician or two and a handful of boys who broke my heart.
Mona Charen: How Does Obama Feel About America?
Barack Obama’s words are often attractive but oddly concealing. His speeches are all balm and mood.
Patrick J. Buchanan: How Liberals Play Race Politics
Tribalism is now bedeviling America and the presidential politics of this diverse nation, and roiling its most diverse party.
Rich Lowry: The Israel of Latin America
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reached for what he considered the ultimate insult when he called Colombia “the new Israel.”
Michael Reagan: The Emperor Has No Clothes
It?s inevitable that a lot of people are taking credit for the outcome of the Texas and Ohio primaries. In reality, the outcome was more or less the result of ?Saturday Night Live.?
Thor Tolo: The Gospel According to Mark (Driscoll)
Truth be told, the preaching pastor of America?s 15th fastest growing church probably likes all the attention.
Richard H. Collins: The Case Against Sen. Hillary Clinton, If You Didn’t Already Know
Many Republicans were cheered by Hillary Clinton?s victories this past Tuesday. Rush Limbaugh had even recommended that Republicans cross parties and vote for her.
Clay Waters: Chilly Times Ahead
Like the chilly weather that blew through New York City this week after a mild winter, the New York Times’ recent cooling toward John McCain marks a profound switch from the paper’s years of warm and fuzzy coverage.
Amanda Carpenter: Clinton Compares Obama to Ken Starr
Barack Obama has barely responded to the ?kitchen sink? of attacks Hillary Clinton has made against him and already the Clinton campaign is accusing him of emulating negative right-wing tactics.
Dick Morris and Eileen McGann: Obama Better Battle Back Before It’s Too Late
With big wins in Ohio and Texas last night, Hillary Clinton has finally broken her losing streak and sent a clear message to Barack Obama: I’m not getting out.
David Strom: The Planning Fallacy
Imagine this scenario: an economist examines consumers? automobile purchases and comes to the conclusion that the market is completely out of whack.
Ross Mackenzie: Sitrep Revised: The Consequences of the Ohio and Texas Outcomes
Following the Ohio and Texas (etc.) results, a revised situation report (sitrep) ? and the prospects?.
John McCaslin: Shall We Walk?
“I probably didn’t help today when I rode over in a 20-car motorcade.” Or so President Bush observed yesterday in his opening line to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference.
Cliff May: Listen Up: Should the Telecoms be Punished for Helping Protect You from Terrorists?
During the 1990s, thousands of terrorists were trained in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran and elsewhere.
Roger Schlesinger: All Debt is Not Created Equal
Does it matter that the headline is correct or do you believe I am just splitting hairs? If you owe a bundle how important is the fact that the parameters of the debt can be widely different?
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