LOCAL COLUMNS
With teachers, we must appreciate everyday greatness
MARY BELL | 5/6
Teachers and education support professionals help put children in touch with their potential and introduce them to some of their possibilities. And because great schools benefit everyone, helping students prepare for their futures helps all of us live in better communities and enjoy better lives.
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Lack of energy policy claims jobs in Janesville
By REP. PAUL RYAN | 5/5
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Reliable energy is close to home
By DAN GUNDERSON | 5/2
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Support is growing for smoke-free laws
By SEN. JUDY ROBSON | 4/30
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McCain offers a costly holiday from gasoline tax
By CRAIG THOMPSON | 4/22
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
It's time for Hillary to negotiate terms of surrender
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER | 5/9
Going left proved disastrous for Hillary Clinton. It abolished all significant policy differences between her and Barack Obama, the National Journal’s 2007 most liberal senator.
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It turns out the senator could disown the pastor
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER | 5/2
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'Distractions' go to core of who Obama really is
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER | 4/25
JOEL MCNALLY
The bad dream ticket: Obama would be foolish to pick Clinton
JOEL MCNALLY | 5/12
Now that a bright, young newcomer has come out of nowhere to upset the Democrats’ only successful political brand in the past quarter-century, the last thing Obama needs is to be weighed down by the negatives of the past.
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Inmate inflation: We could cut food costs by incarcerating fewer people
By JOEL MCNALLY | 5/7
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Ending Milwaukee school busing won’t drive widespread upgrades
By JOEL MCNALLY | 4/28
PETER BROWN
Bush-haters won’t stop McCain
PETER A. BROWN | 3/31
The theory pushed hard by Democrats and accepted to some degree by Republicans is that the public is so angry with Bush that large numbers of voters will refuse to vote for a fellow Republican. The reality is a bit more complicated and perhaps not quite as ominous for de facto GOP nominee John McCain as many might think.
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Pennsylvania primary might prompt parties to rethink nominating system
By PETER A. BROWN | 3/24
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Clinton strategy and liberal guilt
By PETER A. BROWN | 3/18
RICK HOROWITZ
They is jes’ folks like us
RICK HOROWITZ | 5/7
Lately Maw Clinton's been spendin’ all her time runnin’ back and forth from North Carolina over to Indiana and back again, and now that she’s done with them, it’s off to West Virginia and Kentucky where she’ll be workin’ as hard as ever, meetin’ folks and bein’ regular, not like them elites you see with them other campaigns.
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Team Hillary: It’s not us, it’s those other guys!
By RICK HOROWITZ | 5/1
- Sorting through the Wright stuff
INSIDE THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Debate over separation of mosque and state sparks death threats
CHARLES C. HAYNES | 5/10
Allegations of school-sponsored prayer don’t ordinarily provoke threats of violence. But Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy in Inver Grove Heights, Minn., is no ordinary public school.
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Teachers’ private postings may make waves in school
By GENE POLICINSKI | 5/3
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Texas showdown: Balancing child welfare, religious freedom
By CHARLES C. HAYNES | 4/26
DAVID BRODER
For Obama, time spent fighting Clinton drains focus from McCain
DAVID BRODER | 5/11
History says that the earlier a candidate nails down his nomination, the better his chances of winning. I saw that vividly demonstrated in 1968.
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For Democrats, campaign falls beyond irrelevance
By DAVID BRODER | 5/8
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Only Obama could make a Clinton win seem right
By DAVID BRODER | 5/4
ELLEN GOODMAN
Obama might reach women through his late mother
ELLEN GOODMAN | 5/8
Barack Obama will soon have to reach out to Hillary’s supporters, especially to women of a certain age who attached their hopes to having a woman in the White House. Obama has not yet had a “gender conversation” with those women. What better link does he have than his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham?
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Pay inequality is thief that keeps on taking
By ELLEN GOODMAN | 5/1
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Senior moment: In Pennsylvania, older voters propel Hillary
By ELLEN GOODMAN | 4/24
KATHLEEN PARKER
Send money in lieu of flowers to veterans’ moms
KATHLEEN PARKER | 5/9
A mom who doesn’t receive a card or flowers for Mother's Day is likely to feel let down. Then there are other mothers for whom flowers are of little concern, who gather on Web sites to exchange stories and sympathy for the sons and daughters lost to or damaged by war.
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Hillary Clinton becomes Terminator IV
By KATHLEEN PARKER | 5/7
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“Bad Dads” is a bad idea
By KATHLEEN PARKER | 5/2
PRO-CON
Pro: Carter’s kow-towing to terrorists places another roadblock in path to peace
LAWRENCE J. HAAS | 5/10
Hamas’ commitment to Israel’s demise, its tactics, and the support it receives from Iran make clear why Jimmy Carter’s recent trip to the Middle East set back peace efforts.
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Con: Plain talk with Hamas might be best way to foster peace
By JOHN B. QUIGLEY | 5/10
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Con: With help from the West, Medvedev can break free of Putin’s grip
By GENE COYLE | 5/3
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Pro: Medvedev is dangling from Putin’s string now; restoring the rule of law might set him free
By MARY HOLLAND | 5/3
