National Columnists
John Stossel: Government 'fixes' slow recovery
Is the stock market trying to tell us something? It seems like every time Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson goes on TV, stock prices drop. I can see why. Businesses would be reckless if they made investments that might lead to recovery when they have...
Ruben Navarette: GOP losing Hispanic support
Some Republicans are saying the party was on a fool's errand trying to win over Hispanics. In this election, most Hispanics voted for the Democratic nominee for president just as they have in every presidential election since they helped elect John Kennedy...
Thomas D. Elias: State budget solutions exist
The panic in Sacramento this fall has been every bit as severe as that on Wall Street. But in a way it's all unnecessary, because the solution to much of the state's financial problem has been staring lawmakers in the face for years. Here's what's happening: A...
Chavez: School choice would send a message
Democratic politicians like to see themselves as champions of public education; but when it comes to picking schools for their own children to attend, their support disappears. President-elect Obama is no different than hundreds of other Democratic elected...
Cynthia Tucker: Maybe marriage is the 'new thing'
President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, are members of a minority: They are a black married couple. Wed 16 years in October, the Obamas conceived their two daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, after the wedding. While traditional couplehood...
Will Durst: Looking at 2012
As the curtain mercifully falls on the Most Important Election of Your Lifetime, the nation breathes a collective sigh of relief. Or do they? Sure, there were enough Byzantine plot twists and darkly rich comic characters to exhaust Dostoyevsky's older...
Hermain Cain: GOP suffers from 'brand identity problem'
It is frustrating and pathetic to watch the mainstream media and some Republicans try to explain John McCain's loss for the presidency. Even worse, some McCain staffers are apparently trying to blame the choice of Governor Sarah Palin as the reason for...
Thomas Sowell: Don't take 'intellectuals' seriously
Among the many wonders to be expected from an Obama administration, if Nicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times is to be believed, is ending "the anti-intellectualism that has long been a strain in American life." He cited Adlai Stevenson, the suave...
Walter Williams: Getting beyond the issue of race
Despite the fact that President-elect Barack Obama's vision for our nation leaves a lot to be desired, the fact that he was elected represents a remarkable national achievement. When the War of 1861 ended, neither a former slave nor slave owner would...
Robert Scheer: Cold War hawks nesting with Obama
So, Vladimir Putin was right: It was Georgia that started the war with Russia, and once again it was President Bush who got caught in a lie. As The New York Times reported last week, "Newly available accounts by independent military observers of the beginning...
