Syndicated columnists

2/4/2006:
   Hitler, Hamas and shedding our illusions (James Lileks/Religion News Service)
   ‘Trust me’? On what conceivable basis? (Eric Mink/St. Louis Post Dispatch)
   America’s democracy dementia (Steven Greenhut/Orange County Register)
   Political boundaries are breaking down (Chuck Raasch/Gannett News Service)
   Bush declares importance of immigrant labor (Mary Sanchez/Kansas City Star)

1/13/2006:
   Alito’s Democratic interrogators become the evaluated (Elizabeth Auster/Newhouse News Service)
   Some folks can get away with being politically incorrect - to a point (Andrew Lisa/The (Vineland, N.J.) Daily Journal)
   The death penalty doesn’t pay (Elisabeth Semel/For the Los Angeles Times)

1/8/2006:
   McCain to Bush: We are all over you (Rosa Brooks/Special to the Los Angeles Times)
   Bad luck does not equal heroism (Andrew Lisa/The (Vineland, N.J.) Daily Journal)
   With friends like Jack, … (Kathleen Parker/Orlando Sentinel)
   Abramoff talks, GOP trembles (John Farmer/Newhouse News Service)

12/19/2005:
   What the troops really need (Janine Davidson and Tammy S. Schultz/For the Washington Post)
   Torture’s other victims (Vladimir Bukovsky/For the Washington Post)

12/16/2005:
   Promise to root out terrorism worldwide fades as Iraq war drags on (DeWayne Wickham/Gannett News Service)
   In Beirut, death, fear and anger (Trudy Rubin/Philadelphia Inquirer)
   The martyring of a killer (Mary Sanchez/Kansas City Star)
   Adult-child sex is wrong – always (Kathleen Parker/Orlando Sentinel)
   Teen sex part of bigger pattern of risk-taking (Cal Thomas/Creators Syndicate)

12/5/2005:
   Mere mortals lose when celebrities rig the fame game (Brad Parks/Newhouse News Service)
   Business as usual: Corrupt (Michael Kinsley/Washington Post)
   Clearing the way for immigration reform (Rep. Mike Conaway/Knight Ridder)

12/2/2005:
   U.S. target should still be bin Laden (DeWayne Wickham/Gannett News Service)
   Newspapers appear to be dying, but who will miss them? (Stu Bykofsky/Philadelphia Daily News)
   Padilla case evolves beyond terrorism (David Sarasohn/The Oregonian)
   Let’s end the holiday culture wars (Marc Howard Wilson/Religion News Service)
   Waking up to a woman’s world (Leslie R. Stellman/Special to The Baltimore Sun)

11/25/2005:
   A personal war story (James Palmer/Newhouse News Service)
   Corporate-newspaper marriage destined for counseling (Michael Hiltzik/Los Angeles Times)
   Bush blunders play into jihadists claims (Daniel Benjamin/Los Angeles Times)
   Shame on you if you don’t know Oscar Romero’s story (Mary Sanchez/Knight Ridder Newspapers)

11/21/2005:
   Secularism is not anti-religion (Susanna Rodell/The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette)
   Lights, camera, arguments? (Linda P. Campbell/Knight Ridder Newspapers)
   Trade and Aid: Stars are aligned (Sebastian Mallaby/Washington Post)
   Tough week for the Washington Post and a star (Deborah Howell/Washington Post)

11/18/2005:
   9/11 commission's proposals turned to bureaucratic bloat (By John Lehman/Washington Post)
   There’s something unreal about realism (By Paul Greenberg/Tribune Media Services)
   An ounce of prevention (By Richard A. Denison and Sean Murdock/Environmental Defense)
   The leash is under strain (By James P. Pinkerton/Newsday)
   The McCain alternative (By Trudy Rubin/Philadelphia Inquirer)

11/14/2005:
   The crazy world of insanity law (By Jonathan Turley/Los Angeles Times)
   A tale of two disasters – and two responses (By John Lancaster/The Washington Post)
   Who loves freedom more? (By Michael Kinsley/The Washington Post)
   Don’t cross the habeas corpus line (By David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey/Los Angeles Times)

11/11/2005:
   What do you know – bogus intel got us into another war (By Rick Mercier/The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Va.))
   Danger in tweaking science to pacify critics (By Robin Marantz Henig/Special to The Washington Post)
   What does Arnold do now? (By Lou Cannon/Special to the Los Angeles Times)
   If only we could believe ‘we do not torture’ (By Leonard Pitts Jr./Knight Ridder Newspapers)

11/7/2005:
   Bush’s war leadership found lacking (By Jules Witcover/Tribune Media Services)
   The irony about Iraq is that Saddam was the threat (By James Klurfeld/Newsday)
   Rome re-establishes itself as a leading civilization (By Ingrid Newkirk/Knight Ridder)
   Tapping Islam’s feminist roots (By Asra Q. Nomani/Special to The Washington Post)
   Long story shorter in India: A tech-savvy generation sees entertainment differently (By Jim Landers/The Dallas Morning News)

10/24/2005:
   The ‘J Lo-down’ on fur (By Heather Mills McCartney/People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
   $1,000 for the prom is immoral (By Peter A. Brown/The Orlando Sentinel)
   The messy work of putting a price tag on war (By David Wood/Newhouse News Service)
   Arab League begins to face democracy (By Michael Moran/Newhouse News Service)

10/21/2005:
   Two questions beyond vote will affect Iraq stability (By Trudy Rubin/Philadelphia Inquirer)
   Crusade in support of flawed crusader (By Robert Scheer/Los Angeles Times)
   Ick factor returns to nation’s capital (By Bronwyn Lance Chester/The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot)

10/17/2005:
   Iraqi, Chinese journalists grasp what Americans have forgotten (By Trudy Rubin/Philadelphia Inquirer)
   Democrats working on their tough side (By David Broder/Washington Post)
   Games, yes; fun, maybe not so much (By Michael Kinsley/Washington Post)
   Rights exaggerated in the all-me world (Thomas Sowell/Creators Syndicate)
   A Nobel tribute to ElBaradei, or a slap at the Great Satan? (By James Lileks/Newhouse News Service)

10/10/2005:
   The Right, on fire over Miers (By Colbert I. King/Washington Post)
   Hubris on the Hill (By Ruth Marcus/Washington Post)
   Scare-mongering is not a plan (By Elizabeth Sullivan/Cleveland Plain Dealer)
   Gracious Haiti offers aid yet help should go other way (By John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)

10/3/2005:
   Corruption as usual (By Anne Applebaum/Washington Post)
   35 years after EPA founded, agency is in turmoil (By Kevin Knobloch/Knight Ridder)
   Price-gouging? Don’t jump to conclusions (By Bernard L. Weinstein/Knight Ridder )
   Will new textbook bring peace in school Bible wars? (By Charles C. Haynes/Gannett News Service)
   U.S., China: An uneasy codependence (By Trudy Rubin/Philadelphia Inquirer)

9/26/2005:
   Hurricanes heat up global warming debate (By Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)
   Free-Market theology ignores reality on taxes (By John Farmer/Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger)
   Catastrophe shakes our complacency (By Tonya Jameson/Charlotte (N.C.)Observer)
   Ramsey Clark’s consistent anti-war message (By Sheryl McCarthy/Newsday)
   Even with fallen leader, GOP reigns (By James P. Pinkerton/Newsday)

9/20/2005:
   NCAA’s spine turns to jelly (By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji)/Knight Ridder)
   Don¡¦t fear zip of Chinese economy (By John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)
   Parents, you are being watched, and imitated (By Bill Ferguson/Macon (Ga.) Telegraph)
   Seeing the world through another's eyes (By Tom Ehrich/Religion News Service)

9/16/2005:
   Missing Miss America (By Patt Morrison/Los Angeles Times)
   Time to take notice of China’s ‘little bourgeois’ (By Trudy Rubin/Knight Ridder Newspapers)
   Hispanics finally gaining notice (By Carolina Gonzalez/Knight Ridder)
   Loyal to a fault (By Leonard Pitts/Knight Ridder Newspapers)

9/12/2005:
   Losing the next generation of idealists (By Edward Wasserman/Knight Ridder Newspapers)
   Sometimes, presidents cross party lines (By Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)
   Inhuman: Yes or No? (By Jackson Diehl/Washington Post)
   One disaster away from destitute (By Susanna Rodell/Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette)
   In Africa, a lesson from a brutal flash of nature (By Jane Eisner/Philadelphia Inquirer)

9/6/2005:
   Exploding the ‘costless society’ myth (By Matthew Gardner/Knight Ridder)
   In wake of disaster, economic engine will restart (By Edward Lotterman/St. Paul Pioneer Press)
   Disaster occurs when safety net is denigrated (By Robert Scheer/Special to the Los Angeles Times)
   Doubling up in Baton Rouge (By Jennifer Moses/Special to The Washington Post)

8/29/2005:
   Bush is right about Iraq, for once (By Bill Ferguson/Macon (Ga.) Telegraph)
   Nominees in the limelight (By Linda P. Campbell/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
   Egypt’s Potemkin election (By Jackson Diehl/Washington Post)
   Realists can learn from Middle East history (By Jim Wright/Knight Ridder )
   Court rulings best made-in-USA (By Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)

8/26/2005:
   Intelligent Design Is an Article of Faith (Elizabeth Sullivan/Religion News Service)
   NASA spent millions to do little (Rhonda Chriss Lokeman/Kansas City Star)
   Don’t fall for the old out-of-gas line (Thomas Sowell/Creators Syndicate)
   Put a Little Faith in Roberts (Mario M. Cuomo/Los Angeles Times)

8/23/2005:
   New thinking needed on Social Security (Bob Dole/Knight Ridder)
   Lawsuits won’t break that glass ceiling (Susan E. Reed/Washington Post)
   Is the housing bubble leaking? (Lawrence S. Pratt/Knight Ridder)
   How would you deal with `axis of evil’? (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)
   The bona fides of grief (Kathleen Parker/Orlando Sentinel)

8/15/2005:
   U.S. Has Africa Attention Deficit Disorder (David Sarasohn/The Oregonian )
   Who’s really screwing up America? (Robyn Blumner/Tribune Media Services)
   Will We Stay or Will We Go? (Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)
   Hasty withdrawal, agonizing status quo (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)

8/8/2005:
   Preferences, not abortion, threatened (By Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)
   Eminent domain: Seize a church, build a mall? (By Charles C. Haynes/Gannett News Service)
   Embrace humanitarianism on the border (By Yolanda Chavez Leyva/Knight Ridder )
   A flat tax is as viable as flat earth (By Michael Kinsley/Los Angeles Times)

8/5/2005:
   Struggling with an unnamed enemy (By Paul Mulshine/Newhouse)
   Head for the hills (By James P. Pinkerton/Newsday)

7/25/2005:
   Information unburdened by manners (By Michael Kinsley/Los Angeles Times)
   Has Bush switched views on Social Security? (By Jack Z. Smith/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
   Stiff upper lip will see London through (By John C. Bersia/The Orlando Sentinel)
   God, schools and public opinion move center (By Charles C. Haynes/Gannett News Service)
   Roberts’ foes unwise to bet the bank (By Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)

7/19/2005:
   Patriot Act is Exhibit A on the risks of secrecy (By Paul K. McMasters/Gannett News Service)
   Newt anew – tanned, rested and ready (By Michael Kinsley/Los Angeles Times)
   Wall out the threats (By James P. Pinkerton/Newsday)
   U.S. symbol is the eagle, not the ostrich (By Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)
   Dynamic India hits its stride (By John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)

7/11/2005:
   Unfinished Balkan business (By R. Nicholas Burns/Washington Post)
   If ‘Borking’ was unfair, might it not also have be (By Jonathan Chait/Los Angeles Times)
   In Beijing, a growing problem (By Sebastian Mallaby/Washington Post)

7/8/2005:
   Shortening Judith Miller’s Leash (Rosa Brooks/Los Angeles Times)
   London, Bloody but Unbowed (Niall Ferguson/Los Angeles Times)
   The lessons from 80 years ago still apply (David Boaz/Cato Institute)
   Supreme Court Looks Good in Robes (Eugene Cullen Kennedy/Religion News Service)

6/27/2005:
   ‘Jersey widows’ split with 9/11 panel (By Bob Braun/Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger)
   U.S. force doesn’t play well on world stage (By Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)
   A decidedly unflattering portrait (By Sheryl McCarthy/Newsday)
   In Burma, democracy’s price can be life (By Fred Hiatt/Washington Post)

6/24/2005:
   That slippery old ‘oil tax’ (Michael Kinsley/Los Angeles Times)
   Health-care elephant can be ignored no more (Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)
   Slavery, refugees, extremism: You can help (John C. Bersia/The Orlando Sentinel)
   Despite outcry, Indians gain by reaching out (Daniel Snieder/San Jose Mercury News)
   Seeing past the spin on the Iraq debacle (Paul Mulshine/Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger)

6/17/2005:
   U.S. losing its grip at the gas pump (Chuck Raasch/Gannett News Service)
   NAACP may be looking for a corporate head (DeWayne Wickham/Gannett News Service)
   Holding Rumsfeld and Bush accountable (Matthew Rothschild/The Progressive magazine )
   Can the Air Force Academy Fix Religious Scandal? (A. James Rudin/Religion News Service)

6/14/2005:
   MIAs no longer haunt U.S. warfare (By David Wood/Newhouse News Service)
   Dean’s rants send moderates running (By Myriam Marquez/Orlando Sentinel)
   In foreign policy, idealism sometimes must bend (By Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)
   Poll news not bright for Bush (By David S. Broder/Washington Post)

6/10/2005:
   Moving on up up to the mover (By Thomas Sowell/Creators Syndicate)
   Solving old mysteries: exhumations on the rise (By Chuck McCutcheon /Newhouse News Service)
   Gay partnerships are winning corporate support (By Deb Price/The Detroit News)
   Kerry’s grades shed new light on campaign (By Richard Benedetto /Gannett News Service)
   Mental health deserves more attention (By Sheryl McCarthy/Newsday)

6/6/2005:
   A mere man behind the Deep Throat myth (By Brad Parks/Newhouse News Service)
   Deep Throat's other legacy (By Colbert I. King/Washington Post)
   Court had a hand in Watergate outcome, too (By Jack Sirica/Newsday)
   Watergate was an ominous, spooky, nasty time (By Thomas M. DeFrank/New York Daily News)
   Paranoia about confidential sources abounds (By Myriam Marquez/Orlando Sentinel)

5/28/2005:
   The Mod Squad charts a third way (Myriam Marquez/The Orlando Sentinel)
   Filibuster Deal Returns Attention to the Center (Chuck McCutcheon and Delia M. Rios/Newhouse News Service)
   No Clear Winners Yet in Filibuster Brawl (John Farmer/Newhouse News Service)
   Me Caucus mentality compromises middle ground (Chuck Raasch/Gannett News Service)
   Intelligence Report Sequel Going Nowhere Fast (Elizabeth Sullivan /Cleveland Plain Dealer)

5/24/2005:
   Problems in Iraq nudge White House toward candor (Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   Big sugar’s war on trade deal hurts U.S. consumers (Andres Oppenheimer/Miami Herald)
   Preventing breast cancer through diet (Elaine Sloan/PETA)
   Fresh approach to Mideast would be Trump's ace (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)

5/20/2005:
   A 'Crash' course in everyday biases (By Sheryl McCarthy/Newsday)
   For the hard right, control is not enough (By Eric Mink/St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
   'Crash' message: Everybody wanna live on (By Leonard Pitts Jr./Miami Herald)
   Bridges over troubled fiscal waters (By Bronwyn Lance Chester/(Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot)

5/16/2005:
   U.S. willfully blind to Uzbek injustice (By Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   Best, brightest pushed into private schools (By Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)
   Democrats need to get a grip on the south (By Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)
   Making a circus out of the judiciary hearings (By Linda P. Campbell/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
   A checklist to confront tide of corruption (By John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)

5/9/2005:
   The only thing running away was the wedding (By Bronwyn Lance Chester/The Virginian-Pilot)
   Remember: You can't swat a fly with a computer (By Michael Kinsley/Los Angeles Times)
   Saving PBS from the GOP (By Jonathan Chait/Los Angeles Times)
   U.S. health care second to none - in cost (By Richard Schwartz/New York Daily News)
   Bush is down, but not out (By Michael Goodwin/New York Daily News)

5/2/2005:
   Future schlock (By James P. Pinkergon/Newsday)
   The golden age of parenting (By Issac J. Bailey/)
   Revenge of the large-boned (By Ellen Goodman/Boston Globe)
   Winning war on terror will take time – lots of it (By John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinal)
   New voice challenges ‘Ownership Society’ (By Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)

4/25/2005:
   DeLay's got it rough (By Michael Kinsley/Los Angeles Times)
   Hand-wringing over China misses true problem (By Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   A Web base might capture middle ground (By Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times )
   Me want Cookie Monster left alone (By Bronwyn Lance Chester/The Virginian-Pilot)

4/18/2005:
   The Evolution of the Neocons (Michael Kinsley/Los Angeles Times)
   Giving up liberty for safety? (Jim Wright/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
   On Filibuster, Hypocrisy Rules (Jonathan Chait/Los Angeles Times)

4/15/2005:
   Who chooses when to sanitize art? (Jane Eisner/Philadelphia Inquirer)
   Demonization of the Other Side (James Lileks/Newhouse News Service)
   Illegal aliens help subsidize U.S. economy (Mary Sanchez/Kansas City Star)
   Fuses Are Burning in Asia (James P. Pinkerton/Newsday)
   Bill Clinton, the mouth that roars (Michael Goodwin/New York Daily News)

4/11/2005:
   Readers weigh in, split over Rice vs. Clinton (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)
   Does increasing turnout invite fraud? (Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)
   A rite of passage that fills a need (Jane Eisner/Philadelphia Inquirer)
   Prisons won't build safe communities (Jason Ziedenberg/Knight Ridder)

4/4/2005:
   Pope’s example of dignity and love in suffering (Myriam Marquez/Orlando Sentinel)
   Indelible imprints of hope (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)
   John Paul II’s Mixed Legacy (Andrew Greeley /Beliefnet)
   Part of a powerful trio (Cal Thomas/Tribune Media Services)
   John Paul II: Winning the Cold War (Lee Edwards/The Heritage Foundation)

4/2/2005:
   There’s No Checking One’s Morals (Thane Rosenbaum/Los Angeles Times)
   Much as I Hate It, We Need a National ID (Lamar Alexander/Washington Post)
   Even the Odious Deserve Due Process (Andres Martinez/Los Angeles Times)
   Congress: Halt the publicity stunts (Bronwyn Lance Chester/Virginian-Pilot)

3/28/2005:
   America excuses undemocratic rule in Pakistan (Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News )
   Gun Control Issue Fades From National Agenda (Chuck McCutcheon/Newhouse News Service)
   China, U.S. and Russia: 3 scenarios of fate (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)
   Moguls vs. millions of file swappers (Linda P. Campbell/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
   Hillary’s friends are setting her up (Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)

3/22/2005:
   Hands off the poker players (John McLaughlin/The Star-Ledger)
   If formidable adversaries square off in 2008 ... (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)
   Sweet air of religious freedom could turn sour (Charles C. Haynes/Gannett News Service)
   Abortion middle ground keeps shifting right (Ellen Goodman/Boston Globe)
   Odd pair comes together to protect environment (Jane Eisner/Philadelphia Inquirer)

3/11/2005:
   Ortega poised for a comeback in Nicaragua? (Andres Oppenheimer/Miami Herald)
   Compassion often evades the less fortunate (Lewis W. Diuguid/Kansas City Star)
   China’s Boom Requires Perspective (James P. Pinkerton/Newsday)
   Secrecy doesn’t protect us (Myriam Marquez/Orlando Sentinel)
   Freedom may be hard sell in Mideast (Cal Thomas/Tribune Media Services)

3/7/2005:
   Martha Stewart’s safe re-entry unusual (Jason Ziedenberg/Justice Policy Institute)
   Greenspan’s in no position to bash deficits (Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)
   Foreign law may contain insights worth considering (Linda Campbell/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
   A Lesson In a New Paradigm Of War (James P. Pinkerton/Newsday)

2/28/2005:
   Aim `charm offensive’ at Latin America (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)
   North Korea holds negotiators hostage (Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   Cut to heart of transplant shortage (Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)
   Blog-mob mentality punishes freedom of speech (Paul K. McMasters /Gannett News Service)
   Annihilation Now Preferred to Negotiation (Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)

2/25/2005:
   The Downside of Democracy (Juan Cole/Los Angeles Times)
   U.S. Should Look Beyond Borders for More Troops (Max Boot/Los Angeles Times)
   A nation-rebuilding team: Time to invest in peace (Stewart Patrick/Global Beat Syndicate)
   Assisted Suicide Case Isn’t a States’ Rights Issue (David Reinhard/Religion News Service)

2/21/2005:
   Charles and Camilla (and Mike and Janet) (Margaret Carlson/Los Angeles Times)
   Kids Say the Darndest, Most Stalinist Things (Bill Maher/Los Angeles Times)
   Inflation’s still here; watch your wallet (Bill Bergman/Knight Ridder)
   What should the United States do? (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)

2/11/2005:
   Rice has French cooing, `Vive la liberte’ (Myriam Marquez/Orlando Sentinel)
   Bush magic in the Middle East (Neve Gordon/South Bend (Ind.) Tribune)
   Tough medicine from a lame-duck president (Bill Ferguson/Knight Ridder)
   For former Soviets, a pockmarked inspiration (Trudy Rubin/Philadelphia Inquirer)
   Big Government, Far From Over (James P. Pinkerton/Newsday)

2/7/2005:
   The blind men and the high school (Chester E. Finn Jr./Hoover Institution)
   Do you trust adults or children? (Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)
   With Dean as chairman, Dems don't need enemies (Jonathan Chait/Los Angeles Times)
   Teens indifferent to building block of freedom (Linda Campbell/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

2/1/2005:
   Marketing Darfur (Sebastian Mallaby/Washington Post)
   Culture, lack of funding aid obesity epidemic (Ramon Castellblanch/Knight Ridder)
   New strategy for U.S. military action? (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)

1/28/2005:
   U.S. edges closer to national ID card (Mary Sanchez/Knight Ridder)
   Dismantle Bush’s `testocracy’ (Lewis W. Diuguid/Knight Ridder )
   We need a president with a grasp of history (Jim Wright/Knight Ridder)
   Fear of Muslim-Americans hinders understanding (Moustafa Bayoumi/Knight Ridder)

1/24/2005:
   Fiery rhetoric should give Americans pause (Myriam Marquez/Orlando Sentinel)
   Freedom Spreaders Need Help (Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)
   Bush talks democracy, but doesn’t act (Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   Freedom Is Not a Doctrine (Richard N. Haass/Washington Post)

1/10/2005:
   Netherlands Struggles With Multiculturalism (James P. Pinkerton/Newsday)
   Don't forget the arts (Elliot W. Eisner/Los Angeles Times)
   The Importance of Shirley Chisholm (Donna C. Shuele/Los Angeles Times)
   Inaugural Excess (Bernard Ries/The Washington Post)

12/28/2004:
   Blog of the Year, or Year of the Blog? (James Lileks/Newhouse News Service)
   Too much freedom? (Sebastian Mallaby/Washington Post)
   The danger of judges who try to make policy (David Reinhard/The Oregonian)
   `I Won’t Back Down’ is a perfect fit for Bush (Zev Chafets/New York Daily News)

12/27/2004:
   Heart drug for blacks: Good thing (Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)

12/20/2004:
   U.S. must act against threat of dirty bombs (Lee H. Hamilton/Knight Ridder)
   Bush needs real bipartisanship, not just words (John Farmer /Newark Star-Ledger)
   Seoul’s engagement strategy logical (Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   Deception’s Role in War Coverage (James P. Pinkerton/Newsday)

12/17/2004:
   Involve workers in their futures (E. Thomas McClanahan/Kansas City Star)
   Identifying the real threats to marriage (Jane Eisner/Philadelphia Inquirer)
   A boarding school lesson I have carried for life (Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji)/Knight Ridder)
   ‘Naked machine’ embodies security challenge (Jeffrey Rosen /Newhouse News Service)
   Guilty verdicts all around (Thomas Sowell/Creators syndicate)

12/13/2004:
   Send another 100,000 troops to Iraq (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)
   Civil Rights Watchdog Takes One Last Bite (Courtland Milloy/Washington Post)
   Gay Americans fighting for country deserve better (Deb Price/Detroit News)
   Kerik no match for his own lifestyle (Michael Goodwin/New York Daily News)

12/7/2004:
   More chapters in a tortured tale (David Sarasohn/The Oregonian)
   Canada gets to see Bush's missile defense views (Richard Benedetto/Gannett News Service)
   Sanity’s AWOL in war on drugs (Sidney Zion/New York Daily News)
   Latest serving of pork causes indigestion (Bronwyn Lance Chester/The Virginian-Pilot)

11/29/2004:
   Bush looks for a warming trend from Canada (Richard Benedetto/Gannett News Service)
   Conditions in Iraq put casualties in perspective (Brian Gifford/The Washington Post)
   How Africa Subsidizes U.S. Health Care (Sebastian Mallaby/The Washington Post)
   Chirac should offer solutions, not sarcasm (John C. Bersia/The Orlando Sentinel)

11/27/2004:
   The CIA is no ’rogue’ agency (By John McLaughlin/Washington Post)
   Sports done right is never about sports (By Issac J. Bailey/Knight Ridder)
   Why are newspapers so popular in Japan? (Al Neuharth/USA Today)
   Despite bad behavior, plenty to be thankful for (By Chuck Raasch/Gannett News Service)
   Right stuff, the wrong policy (By Sheryl McCarthy/Newsday)

11/22/2004:
   The Terms of the Next Administration (James P. Pinkerton/Newsday)
   Nobody second-guesses the beheaders (Kathleen Parker/Orlando Sentinel)
   Journalists Are Working in Dangerous Times (David Shaw/Los Angeles Times)
   Churches mixing in politics make Faustian bargain (Charles C. Haynes/Gannett News Service)

11/15/2004:
   2004 gender gap too thin to let in Kerry (David Sarasohn/Portland Oregonian)
   The promise of a new era (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)
   Uniting the red and blue under a Latino agenda (Joe Rodriguez/San Jose Mercury News)
   Ashcroft knew he had served his purpose (John Farmer/Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger)
   Energy diversification is key to security (Edward Goldberg/For the Baltimore Sun)

11/8/2004:
   Be careful with what we mean by 'moral values' (David Sarasohn/Portland Oregonian)
   Coming to terms with `four more years’ (Bob Ray Sanders/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
   `Chatter’ hints of strike on Iran’s nuclear sites (Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   Alleluia! The Democrats find religion (Joe Rodriguez/San Jose Mercury News)

11/1/2004:
   Left Good. Right Bad. It’s Called Art (Andrew Klavan/Los Angeles Times)
   Rehnquist not going anywhere soon (Linda Campbell/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
   A case of academic standards vs. football (Dave Lieber/Fort Worth Star Telegram)
   Religious freedom in danger of being upended (Charles C. Haynes/Gannett News Service)

10/18/2004:
   Reasons for Iraq War Stand the Six-Pillar Test (Andrew Cline/The Union Leader )
   Fate of democracy in Ukraine at stake (Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   4 Years Later, Great Divide Persists (Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)
   Catholics increasingly vote their politics (Carl P. Leubsdorf/Dallas Morning News)
   Lawyers may reap more from Valdez spill (Dennis T. Avery/Hudson Institute)

10/11/2004:
   To Buy Cheap or Not to Buy Cheap (J. Bradford DeLong/Los Angeles Times)
   Kerry’s Global Test Fails the Reality Exam (James Lileks/Newhouse News Service)
   Court-ordered affirmative action for gays? (Peter A. Brown/The Orlando Sentinel)
   Eight Simple Questions From a Veteran (Keith W. Mines/The Baltimore Sun)
   Boomers’ next thing (Lenore Skenazy/New York Daily News)

10/8/2004:
   We’re Not on the Pacific Coast Highway Anymore (Dan Neil/Los Angeles Times)
   Paying more dough for the same cup of joe (Tanya Barrientos/Philadelphia Inquirer)
   Buck Stops in the Voting Booth (Robert Scheer/Los Angeles Times)
   Candidates ignoring growing energy crisis (Daniel Sneider/Knight Ridder )

10/4/2004:
   Put Sudan higher on Kerry, Bush radar (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)
   Candidates agree: Nuclear threat is real (Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   Undocumented need a license, not a blacklist (Joe Rodriguez/San Jose Mercury News)
   3 cheers for the Electoral College (Bill Whalen/Hoover Institution)

10/1/2004:
   Family life can be made at the dinner table (Norman A. Lockman/Wilmington News Journal)
   The Dangers of a ‘What the Heck’ Vote (Robert Scheer/Los Angeles Times)
   Terri Schiavo case: It’s a personal decision (Leonard Pitts Jr./Knight Ridder)
   Democrats need to address inequalities (Salim Muwakkil/Knight Ridder )

9/27/2004:
   Democracy in Retrograde (Hadi Semati /Los Angeles Times)
   No safe havens from TV smut (Kathleen O’Brien/Newark Star-Ledger)
   Danger awaits when fog of war lifts (Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   Does al-Qaeda favor a candidate? (Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)
   What elections mean for Afghanistan ( J Alexander Their/Hoover Institution)

9/20/2004:
   U.S. economy doesn't need tax increase (E. Thomas McClanahan/Kansas City Star)
   What if candidates spoke frankly about ethics? (Sean Kirst/Syracuse Post-Standard)
   George Bush has failed the middle class (Joe Rodriguez/San Jose Mercury News)
   Nov. 2 Debacle in the Making (Richard L. Hasen/Los Angeles Times)
   So’s Your Momma (Jim Shea/Hartford Courant)

9/17/2004:
   The End of 'Network News' (Tom Rosenstiel/Washington Post)
   Politics encounters one more gap (Ellen Goodman/Boston Globe)
   Bush’s leadership claims have a downside, too (Phillip Gordon/Knight Ridder)
   GOP Gay Group Has a Word for Bush: No (Patrick Guerriero/Los Angeles Times)

9/13/2004:
   Third parties and independents add zest to politic ( John B. Anderson/Knight Ridder)
   What Monotone Man didn’t say (Myriam Marquez/Orlando Sentinel)
   Trade Flip-Flops (Sebastian Mallaby/Washington Post)
   Innocents everywhere in terrorists’ sights (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)

9/9/2004:
   Out of work? Take it like a man (Rhonda Chriss Lokeman/Knight Ridder)
   Centralized bureaucracy won’t improve intelligence (Daniel Sneider/Knight Ridder )
   9/11: Let’s not let fear cripple us (Aladdin Elaasar/)
   Late, Great Middle Class (John Podesta/Los Angeles Times)

9/8/2004:
   Bush vs. Kerry: Whose side is God on? (Charles C. Haynes/Gannett News Service)
   Life on the far left: costumed protesters (Joe Rodriguez/Knight Ridder)
   Cynicism rules both presidential candidates (Sheldon Richman/Knight Ridder )
   Clear strategy needed in war on terror (John Bersia/Knight Ridder )

9/2/2004:
   U.S. Neocons Are Israel’s Albatross (Robert Scheer/Los Angeles Times)
   Pols Just Wanna Have Funds (Patt Morrison/Los Angeles Times)
   Everything’s coming up roses (Mark J. Perry/Knight Ridder)
   Decibels Without Dialogue (Tim Rutten/Los Angeles Times)
   Labor Day: No picnic for workers (Mark Weisbrot/Knight Ridder)

8/30/2004:
   The Character Question (Sebastian Mallaby/The Washington Post)
   A government thumb is on your remote control (Paul K. McMasters/Gannett News Service)
   Worker freedom targeted this Labor Day (Stefan Gleason/Knight Ridder)
   Neither campaign offering much on tax reform (Andrew Cassel/Knight Ridder)
   The Government Is Right About Marijuana (Kevin A. Sabet/The Hartford Courant)

8/27/2004:
   The McGreevey Affair: What Was She Thinking? (Francine Prose/Washington Post)
   Allowing religious fliers in public schools (Charles C. Haynes/Gannett News Service)
   Lawmakers sit on study praising offshoring jobs (Daniel Weintraub/Sacramento Bee)
   Moving troops enhances U.S. mobility (Peter R. Huessy/Knight Ridder)
   Bush, Kerry need to address women's issues (Sangita Nayak/Knight Ridder)

8/23/2004:
   Time for Candidates to Focus on the Future (Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)
   SAT fails to predict a student’s potential (Joe Rodriguez/Knight Ridder)
   Nation-building demands heavy lifting (Matthew Levinger/History News Service)
   Use common sense for assault-weapon ban (Jane Eisner/Knight Ridder)
   Brown: A great decision — except for schools (Paul E. Peterson/Hoover Institution)

8/20/2004:
   Welcome to N.Y., hope you leave some change (Lenore Skenazy/New York Daily News)
   Foreigners to monitor U.S. election (Bill Ferguson/Macon (Ga.) Telegraph)
   Flipping sure beats flopping (Carl P. Leubsdorf/Dallas Morning News)
   H2, Oh What a Waste (Patt Morrison/Los Angeles Times)
   Union study on charter schools gets `F’ (Jeanne Allen/Center for Ed Reform)

8/16/2004:
   Time for a Drug Test Registry (Marcia Angell/Washington Post)
   Hindsight Shows Candidates’ Achilles (Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)
   Kerry needs to get off the fence on Iraq question (Norman A. Lockman/Wilmington News Journal)
   Largest humanitarian catastrophe of our times (Jason Stearns/Washington Post)
   Mexico’s safety valve (Allan Wall/Knight-Ridder)

8/13/2004:
   Kerry just another limousine liberal (Thomas Sowell/Creators Syndicate)
   Same old clucking over assault weapons (J.R. Labbe/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
   Lynne Cheney’s Wild, Wild West (Patt Morrison/Los Angeles Times)
   A home where wolves don’t roam? (Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)
   One More Chalabi Black Eye (Robert Scheer/Los Angeles Times)

8/9/2004:
   Islam is violent and aggressive (Zev Chafets/New York Daily News)
   Be very afraid — or not (Kathleen Parker/Orlando Sentinel)
   Liberals at a disadvantage — being liberals (Thomas Sowell/Creators Syndicate)
   Putting Fervor in Balance (Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)
   Has Kerry changed or just acting tough? (Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)

8/7/2004:
   Preserve Abu Ghraib as a reminder (Timothy O’Leary/The Dallas Morning News)
   Old ways still work best to attract young voters (CHUCK McCUTCHEON/Newhouse News Service)
   Commercial communism selling briskly in Vietnam (Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   Better get used to threat of terror (Cal Thomas/Tribune Media Service)
   Self-interested voting no sign of failure (Susanna Rodell/Charleston W. Va. Gazette)

8/3/2004:
   Vietnam’s core survives despite years of war (Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   Dawdling wastes time, endangers lives (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)
   Democrats marginalized Latinos; work to be done (Joe Rodriguez/San Jose Mercury News)
   Kerry’s challenge: Closing the deal (Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)
   Bush might need to change strategy (Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)

7/30/2004:
   When meds target blacks (E.R. Shipp/New York Daily News)
   Politics of cookies, bunny suits (Myriam Marquez/Orlando Sentinel)
   An exercise in irony (Alvin Williams/Knight Ridder)
   A saddened `Lucy Stoner’ (Jane Eisner/Knight Ridder)
   Where does Israel get the right to rule? (Uri Dromi/Miami Herald)

7/26/2004:
   How free should prisoners be? (Charles C. Haynes/Gannett News Service)
   9/11 panel IDs the enemy (Zev Chafets/New York Daily News)
   Truth Be Told, Patriot Act Has Saved Lives (Paul Rosenzweig/The Baltimore Sun)
   Sept. 11 Commission Sidestepped the Truth (Bob Braun/Newark Star-Ledger)

7/23/2004:
   “Girlie men” flap an overreaction (Myriam Marquez/Orlando Sentinel)
   AIDS could ravage Asian nations (Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   Robots could help with basic needs (James P. Pinkerton/Newsday)
   Tougher test for new citizens is a good idea (Jane Eisner/Philadelphia Inquirer)
   Consider Cheney’s stubborn secrecy (Rhonda Chriss Lokeman/Kansas City Star)

7/20/2004:
   America wants the assault weapons ban (Howard M. Metzenbaum/For the Washington Post)
   Liberals borrowing from Strom Thurmond? (Kathleen Parker/Orlando Sentinel)
   U.S. must rethink military commitments (Rajan Menon/For the Los Angeles Times)
   Lay failed to learn from Enron fiasco (Jim Boren/Fresno Bee)

7/16/2004:
   Address immigration woes by punishing employers (Joe Rodriguez/Knight Ridder Newspapers)
   Al-Qaida’s Growing Sanctuary (Douglas Farah and Richard Shultz/The Washington Post)
   Revulsion to War Isn’t a Mental Disorder (Richard J. McNally/The Los Angeles Times)
   Politics of doctrinal incoherence (Edward Wasserman/Knight Ridder Newspapers)
   Mr. Cosby, Stop Blaming the Victim (Earl Ofari Hutchinson/The Los Angeles Times)

7/12/2004:
   It’s wrong to combat terrorism with terrorism (John C. Bersia/The Orlando Sentinel)
   Predictability has replaced pizazz at conventions (Richard Bendetto/Gannett News Service)
   Terrorism Cases Demand New Hybrid Courts (Peter H. Schuck/Los Angeles Times)
   Gay Troops Could Slow Revolving Door (Nathaniel Frank/The Washington Post)
   Cuban Policy Sets a Bad Example (Wayne S. Smith/The Baltimore Sun)

7/9/2004:
   Marriage amendment is meaningless (Andrea Lafferty/Knight Ridder/Tribune)
   Ban is unconstitutional (Amy Isaacs/Knight Ridder/Tribune)
   Danger in Asia (Valerie M. Hudson and Andrea M. Den Boer/The Washington Post)
   U.S. Needs to Cure Itself of Oil Dependency (Paul Roberts/The Baltimore Sun)
   Can Edwards boost Kerry like LBJ helped JFK (Carl P. Leubsdorf/The Dallas Morning News)

7/3/2004:
   Cheney was coarse but candid (Cal Thomas/Tribune Media Services)
   Iraqi optimism overstated ( Daniel Sneider/San Jose Mercury News)
   Moore movie makes one mad (Leonard Pitts Jr./Miami Herald)
   `Fahrenheit 9/11’ Drops Political Discourse Level (James Lileks/Newhouse News Service)
   People, variety make America great (Molly Ivins/Creators Syndicate)

6/28/2004:
   In Africa, a Stain on Our Conscience ... Again (Mike DeWine and John McCain/The Washington Post)
   Cancer Weapons, Out of Reach (Robert E. Wittes/The Washington Post)
   Nader, Although Weaker, May Reprise Spoiler Role (Charles E. Cook Jr./Los Angeles Times)
   Israelis See Conflict With New Clarity (Yossi Klein Halevi/Los Angeles Times)

6/26/2004:
   Bush’s accurate case for war (By Robert Steinback/Knight-Ridder)
   A sovereign Iraq? Don’t you believe it (By Amitai Etzioni/Special to the L.A. Times)
   Electronic voting machines a threat to democracy (By Molly Ivins/Creators Syndicate)
   New Canadian PM must stand with coalition (By Bogdan Kipling/Knight Ridder/Tribune)
   Wal-Mart shows pattern of discrimination (By Sanhita SinhaRoy/Knight Ridder/Tribune)

6/22/2004:
   After 957 pages, the question remains: 'Why?' (David Sarasohm/Newhouse News Service)
   Asking the right questions (David Shaw/Los Angeles Times)
   Companies start to welcome transgendered workers (Deb Price/The Detroit News)
   The big bite of the deficit (Sebastian Mallaby/Washington Post)

6/19/2004:
   Doctors write bad Rx for malpractice problem (By Jamie Court/Special to the L.A. Times)
   Presidents leave imprint on Supreme Court (By Deb Price/The Detroit News)
   Father, the Hero and Coward (Mark S. Miller/Special to the L.A. Times)
   U.S. intelligence agencies must increase awareness (By John C. Bersia/The Orlando Sentinel)
   Korean Summit: What has changed? (By Ralph A. Cossa/Global Beat Syndicate)

6/15/2004:
   Sacrifice in the in-box (Thomas E. Ricks/Washington Post)
   CEOs fare well while it’s dog times for others (Rep. George Miller/Knight-Ridder/Tribune)

6/14/2004:
   Wireless directory intrudes on consumer privacy (Marjie Lundstrom/Sacramento Bee)
   Signs point to sustained economic boom (Mark J. Perry/Knight Ridder/Tribune)
   A bit too early for sainthood (Jonathan Turley/For the Los Angeles Times)

6/7/2004:
   Champion of `shining city’ renewed faith (Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)
   Reagan: Singular presence (Michael Goodwin/New York Daily News)
   With Optimism and Style, Reagan United U.S. (John Farmer/Newark Star-Ledger)

6/1/2004:
   U.N. scandal needs thorough investigation (Rep. Todd Akin/Knight Ridder)
   The buck doesn’t even begin to slow down with Bush (Gregory Kane/The Baltimore Sun)
   Corporate targeting of kids shapes junk values (Susan Linn/Knight Ridder)
   Symbol of the West is being spurred (Deanne Stillman/For the Los Angeles Times)
   Recent abuses in Iraq open old wounds (Juan Romagoza/Knight Ridder)

5/28/2004:
   The Good Soldier Wins No Medals (John Farmer/Newark Star-Ledger)
   Media asleep on Chalabi story (Joel Mowbray/Knight Ridder)
   It’s Called Intimacy for a Reason (Marc Fisher/The Washington Post)
   Beyond What Bill Cosby Said (Theodore M. Shaw/The Washington Post)
   WWII vets say they were no heroes (Richard Benedetto/Gannett News Service)

5/24/2004:
   Wolfowitz track record shaky (Bronwyn Lance Chester/The Virginian-Pilot)
   It doesn’t matter who’s president (John C. Bersia/The Orlando Sentinel)
   Chalabi Isn’t Necessarily Tarnished (Andrew Cockburn/Los Angeles Times)
   Perfection required? No one worthy (Peter A. Brown/The Orlando Sentinel)
   Media paint flawed picture of Iraq situation (Joel Mowbray/Knight Ridder)

5/21/2004:
   Blanding-Down History (Anne Applebaum/The Washington Post)
   Engage, don’t alienate, Syrian reformers (Robert Blecher/Global Beat Syndicate)
   Wolf expert brings realistic perspective (Geoffrey O’Gara, Dan Whipple /Casper Star-Tribune)
   Us vs. them — let’s keep talking (Kathleen Parker/Orlando Sentinel)
   Doing the right thing a forgotten art (Cal Thomas/Creators Syndicate)

5/17/2004:
   The Berg dilemma (Zev Chafets/New York Daily News)
   Defending a free student press (Charles C. Haynes/Gannett News Service)
   Surprise! A thank you to Bill Clinton (Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)
   States facing up to budget realities (Carl P. Leubsdorf/Dallas Morning News)
   Revisiting abortion facts (Ellen Goodman/Boston Globe)

5/14/2004:
   Soon, Osama’s guys can buy American again (Lenore Skenazy/New York Daily News)
   Where have all the good jobs gone? (Bill Ferguson/Knight Ridder )
   Marriage: One man, one woman, (Pat Boone/Knight Ridder)
   Bush is leaving education reform behind (Christopher J. Dodd/Hartford Courant)
   Gibson copycats not up to challenge (Cal Thomas/Tribune Media Services)

5/10/2004:
   Formula for How Many Troops We Need (Stephen Budiansky/The Washington Post)
   Rumsfeld’s Job Hinges on Iraq Tales Still Untold (John Farmer/The Star-Ledger)
   Apology demands a ‘sorry’ episode (Cal Thomas/Tribune Media Services)
   Sharon is down, but far from out (Sidney Zion/New York Daily News)
   Time again to slam the press (Molly Ivins/Creators Syndicate)

5/3/2004:
   Determining American Indian identity (George Benge/Gannett News Service)
   Time to Draw The Line on Redistricting (Fred Hiatt/The Washington Post)
   Gates’s New Frontier (Sebastian Mallaby/The Washington Post)
   Porn World Doesn’t Need a Condom (Larry Flynt/Los Angeles Times)
   Past raises doubts about a unified Europe (Cal Thomas/Tribune Media Services)

4/26/2004:
   Does either candidate do nuance? (Ronald Brownstein/Los Angeles Times)
   Baathification allows Iraqi thugs back into power (Joel Mowbray/Knight Ridder)
   Lack of Heavy Armor Constrains Urban Options (David Wood/Newhouse News Service)
   Is this Indian-Pakistani thaw for real? (Ahmad Faruqui/Global Beat Syndicate)

4/19/2004:
   9/11 commission’s blame game will not ease (Leonard Pitts/Miami Herald)
   No clear exit strategy from Iraq (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)
   The poverty calculation (Sebastian Mallaby/Washington Post)
   What to do with Al-Sadr (Michael Knights/Baltimore Sun)
   Bush Finds U.N. Relevant, After All (James P. Pinkerton/Special to Newsday)

4/16/2004:
   The Almighty’s war? (Myriam Marquez/Orlando Sentinel)
   Latest power struggle in Cuba: Fidel vs. Raul? (Andres Oppenheimer/Miami Herald)
   Reduce inequities in tax system (David S. Broder/Washington Post)
   It’s tough, but you gotta turn off the TV (Lenore Skenazy/New York Daily News)
   Win-win for Bush, Sharon (Zev Chafets/New York Daily News)

4/12/2004:
   Job growth is worth the insecurity (Peter A. Brown/Orlando Sentinel)
   Rice’s clichés fall short. (Rhonda Chriss Lokeman/Kansas City Star)
   Betting on the Sharon Plan (Jackson Diehl/Washington Post)
   Heading Off the Next War (David M. Lampton and Kenneth Lieberthal/Washington Post)
   No beans to spill (John C. Bersia/Orlando Sentinel)

4/9/2004:
   Only a global alliance will vanquish jihad (Stanley Crouch/New York Daily N