BY JIM HIGHTOWER A few years ago, during consideration of a bill being pushed by a Republican elder in the Texas Senate, first-term Sen. Wendy Davis asked him a question about it. Rather than respond to this Democrat, this woman, the old bull replied dismissively, “I have trouble hearing women’s voices.” No more. Even a […]

BY JOE CONASON Like many men who volunteered for the U.S. Army in World War II, my late father never boasted about his years in uniform. A patriot to his core, he nevertheless despised what he called the “jelly-bellied flag flappers.” But in the decade or so before he passed away, he began to sport […]

BY FROMA HARROP The Supreme Court’s boost for same-sex marriage was just and overdue. But the arguments, pro and con, begged a bigger question: Should government be involved in marriage at all? The answer would seem “no.” Marriage should be the business of clergy and ship captains. The government should bestow its blessings only on […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH “I feel I have an obligation to do everything I can to keep this country safe. So put that in your pipe and smoke it.” That’s how Sen. Dianne Feinstein explained her view, which is winning her buckets of liberal criticism, as a defender of the NSA program. Edward Snowden’s leaks? “An […]

BY SHARON MARTIN Do you believe in your country? Are you willing to put your life on the line to help it prosper? If so,...