BY JOE CONASON In America’s struggle against the extremists and terrorists epitomized by Al Qaeda, the strategic imperatives are to divide the enemy and neutralize their base. Fortunately for the United States and its allies, the new American president understands how to do that – and is uniquely suited to accomplish the mission. If in […]

BY FROMA HARROP A neighbor in her 30s, a very fine woman, recently had a child with her boyfriend. They live together. The boyfriend’s mother and father enjoy being grandparents. The boyfriend gets to have a son, as well as live-in female companionship. How eager he was to be a father, I don’t know, but […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Once again, we are faced with the question that has long bedeviled political analysts and barstool pundits everywhere: Is the pusillanimity of Democrats worse than the stupidity of Republicans? The question arises because of a curious vote last week in the House of Representatives to restrict the bonus money going to those […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH Corruption is a bad thing wherever you find it, and no profession or institution, from churches on Main Street to banks on Wall Street, is immune. You’ve got people who abuse the trust of shareholders and people who abuse the trust of voters; you’ve got cops who abuse their badges and professors […]

BY FROMA HARROP There’s trouble around the Democratic campfire. The party has the White House and solid congressional majorities. But what it doesn’t have is everyone on the same page, strumming the same chords, singing the same tune. Liberals who kept the fires burning during the long Republican reign now fear that moderate Blue Dog […]