Opinion

The Nation -- I've got a new Think Again column called "Obama's Commie Past Exposed Yet Again," and it's here. Full Story »

The day after White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's Clintonesque plan to triangulate and divide Republicans and doctors failed a major newspaper published this headline: "Democrats Lose Big Test Vote on Health Legislation." The title was so fair and balanced many media obsessed White House advisers could have attributed it to Fox News. Yet, it was the New York Times that captured in a well-written, fair and subtle story the depth of the challenge the White House faces in its push to enact major health care reform legislation. Full Story »

Hillary Clinton did not need another man stealing her thunder. Last week, John Kerry earned headlines for convincing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to agree to a run-off election. The Senate's top man on foreign affairs looked more like the secretary of state. And naturally, political observers wondered where was the secretary of state? Full Story »

Jerusalem - Since nuclear talks between world powers and Iran began earlier this month, Israel may appear to be watching from the sidelines, but it's planning for the day when the talks might fail. Full Story »

WASHINGTON -- This fall, David Rohde, a young and intrepid journalist covering Afghanistan for The New York Times, told the dramatic story of his seven months in captivity with one of the most extreme Taliban militias -- from his capture in Afghanistan to months in miserable, gun-filled rooms in the Pakistani tribal areas. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - Violence — especially grotesque, gory or bloody violence — has become a staple of network television during sweeps periods. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - Like Capt. Renault in "Casablanca," I am shocked, shocked to discover that access peddling is going on in the Obama White House. Perks for deep-pocketed donors? Presidential meetings for sale? The stale Chicago odor of pay-for-play wafting from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Knock me over with a feather. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - To be honest, I don't care whether Valerie Jarrett plays basketball or not. And I certainly would hate to see Ambassador Susan Rice, known to be a good player, missing meetings at the United Nations so she can make it to the White House court. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - It's a good thing Larry Whitten isn't in charge of the editorial page of this publication; otherwise, I might be forced to write under the name Pretty Keys — which is how Linda Chavez roughly translates from (old) Spanish to English. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - If we had it to do over, would we send an army into Afghanistan to build a nation? Full Story »

With Democrats Like Him, Who Needs Dictators? Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - The Senate leadership's decision to include the "public option" in its health care reform legislation seemed at first almost miraculous, especially to anyone who believed the hundreds of obituaries recited in the media over the past several months. But by acting on their convictions rather than their fears, the Democrats could ultimately find that the politics of consumer choice can be turned to their advantage for years to come. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - We've now established that Rush Limbaugh cannot own an NFL team given his "unacceptable" (read: conservative) political comments. What about sports figures, executives and commentators who offer their left-leaning political thoughts? Full Story »

The Democrats' all-new "opt out" idea for health care reform is the latest fig leaf for a total government takeover of the health care system. Full Story »

Wall Street's masters of the universe are a shameless bunch, their egos swelled with a sense of entitlement that would make the old railroad robber barons blush. Their predations are largely responsible for the worst economic crisis since the 1930s, but they don't get it. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - The war on conservative speech has moved from the White House to your neighborhood pews. Left-wing church leaders want the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on "hate speech" over cable TV and right-leaning talk-radio airwaves. President Obama's speech-stifling bureaucrats seem all too happy to oblige. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - The Left is ecstatic about the latest ABC News-Washington Post poll, which claimed a surge in public support for the so-called "public option," wrapped in the (insincere) rhetoric of "choice" and "competition." The poll asks if the government should "create a new health insurance plan to compete with private insurance plans," and 57 percent agree. Happy days are here again for liberals. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - Is there a more hypocritical figure in American politics than Joe Lieberman? The Connecticut senator declared Tuesday that he would support a filibuster of any health care reform bill that has a public option — even the version with the "trigger" compromise accepted by Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe — because it might cost money. Full Story »