Syndicated Columns

Americans may not be so free after all
By Leonard Pitts Jr.
May 9, 2008
I’d like to think it was the sangria talking. But the plain truth is, when Anna said she doesn’t find this country to be especially free, it was Anna talking. Granted, her complaint is hardly new. People often grouse about the lack of freedom in the land of the free.
Clinton’s spin won’t change numbers
By George Will
May 9, 2008
Hillary Clinton, 60, Illinois native and Arkansas lawyer, became, retroactively, a lifelong Yankee fan at age 52 when, shopping for a U.S. Senate seat, she adopted New York state as home sweet home.
There’s no one like Mom
By Garrison Keillor
May 9, 2008
The last time I witnessed a woman becoming a mother, it wasn’t anything like the frilly sentiments of Mother’s Day. She lay on her back, perspiring heavily and yelling, “Oh my God, why did you do this to me?
Democratic race has gone on too long
By David Broder
May 8, 2008
The endless Democratic presidential campaign has lurched from irrelevance to trivia, triggering a near-universal call to bring it to a halt.
GOP struggles in Maine
By Cal Thomas
May 7, 2008
It is only partially true that in presidential elections “as Maine goes, so goes the nation.” The term emerged in the 19th century because at the time Maine held its elections for statewide and congressional offices in September, not November.
Dole, McGovern back meals program
By George McGovern and Bob Dole - Special to The Washington Post
May 7, 2008
How can the world’s hungriest school children be denied meals while the farm bill being debated in a House-Senate conference provides millions in subsidies for wealthy farmers? That’s what Congress proposes. In all fairness, it should not become law.
Truman expanded executive powers
By George Will
May 6, 2008
Business, meaning research by historians and nourishment for history hobbyists, is brisk at the Harry S. Truman Library on this 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, the desegregation of the armed services, recognition of the state of Israel and the improbable election of the president responsible for many momentous policies.
Indiana will once again make a difference
By David Shribman
May 5, 2008
The presidential candidates are slugging it out in Indiana, but it sure is an odd place for a Democratic political showdown.
Wright drowning in a sea of hypocrisy
By Leonard Pitts Jr.
May 5, 2008
My cousin thinks Jeremiah Wright walks on water. He is a minister, my cousin, and for years, whenever I’ve visited him in Chicago, he has asked the same question: have I ever attended one of the Rev. Wright’s services?
A day in the life of a Guantanamo guard
By Brig. Gen. Gregory Zanetti
May 4, 2008
Their average age is 23. Most are on their first military assignment. They wake up at 0430, clean up, throw on a fresh uniform and are standing in formation at 0500. They silently file on to a bus that takes them to the camps. They get off the bus and again stand in formation as the First Sergeant barks out the orders for the day.
Clinton nomination banks on ‘what ifs’
By David Broder
May 4, 2008
On the day last week when Hillary Clinton suffered the first of two costly defections by Indiana superdelegates, I went to see an old friend working for her national campaign.

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