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Obama deprives Republicans of a foreign policy cudgel

By Albert R. Hunt, Bloomberg News | Nov. 2 at 12:09 a.m.

President Obama's foreign policy successes — most recently, the toppling of the Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi — are of only marginal value to his re-election struggle.

911 change sensible

Nov. 2 at 5:30 a.m.

Dialing 911 has become such a natural act that people do it for wrong reasons as well as right ones. That has left Sedgwick County grasping at ways to keep 911 lines clear for emergencies, including a commonsense plan to begin cutting off non-emergency 911 callers with a recorded message advising them to seek help elsewhere.

Cal Thomas: Ultrasound rule doesn't violate free speech

Nov. 2 at 5:32 a.m.

U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles last week granted a request for a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks a provision in North Carolina's new abortion-restriction law that would require women seeking an abortion to view an ultrasound image of their womb within four hours of the procedure.

Letters to the editor on Occupy Wall Street, gay marriage, concealed-carry

Nov. 2 at 5:31 a.m.

Take our country back from the rich

Cain's crazy smoking ad was a lucky strike

By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post Writers Group | Nov. 1 at 12:09 a.m.

Herman Cain's craggy-faced chief of staff, Mark Block, took a drag off a cigarette, blew smoke at the camera and sent the political class into coughing fits.

Letters to the editor on immigration, SWAT vehicle, Bush speech, Pompeo, stimulus jobs, NBA

Nov. 1 at 5:42 a.m.

Immigrant parents putting kids first

Higher education matters more than ever

By Michael Austin | Nov. 1 at 12:09 a.m.

Education actually does matter. A lot.

Third-party candidate could affect election

By Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times | Oct. 31 at 12:08 a.m.

American voters have fired two modern presidents after just one term, Jimmy Carter in 1980 and George H.W. Bush in 1992. Both suffered because the economy was in poor shape, and both faced disaffection within their own parties. But there was another thing those candidates had in common: They both faced relatively strong third-party candidates in the November election.

Leonard Pitts: Mixed emotions about leaving Iraq

Oct. 31 at 5:35 a.m.

Eight years ago on a night in March, they interrupted our regularly scheduled programs for a breaking-news bulletin.

Letters to the editor on HPV vaccine, protests, online comments, simple majority, lost jobs

Oct. 31 at 5:34 a.m.

Boys, girls should get HPV vaccine

Letters to the editor on cutting entitlements, Medicaid reforms, trash system, symphony, weasel words, beliefs, Brownback

Oct. 30 at 7:09 a.m.

Can't condone cuts to the needy

Don’t blame schools

Oct. 30 at 7:04 a.m.

An anti-tax group has been peddling the claim that school districts can afford funding cuts because they have cash reserves at the end of their budget year. Now House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, is blaming schools for raising taxes and arguing that the state shouldn’t increase school funding until districts spend down their reserves.

Randal O'Toole: 'Sustainable planning' is not so sustainable

By Randal O'Toole | Oct. 30 at 7:06 a.m.

The vast majority of Americans, surveys say, aspire to live in a single-family home with a yard. The vast majority of American travel is by automobile. Yet the Obama administration thinks more Americans should live in apartments and travel on foot, bicycle or mass transit.

Bob Beatty: Cain inspires, but can he get results?

By Bob Beatty | Oct. 30 at 7:04 a.m.

The GOP presidential race has been hit with a sudden case of Herman Cain. To wit: the September CBS News nationwide poll of Republicans had Cain near the bottom with 5 percent. The October poll shows Cain at 25 percent.

Trudy Rubin: Election a test case for Tunisia's moderates

Oct. 29 at 6:56 a.m.

The small Mediterranean country of Tunisia, with its educated populace and large middle class, has become the test case for whether democracy and Islam can mix.

Margaret Carlson: Obama would be crazy to drop Biden

By Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg News | Oct. 28 at 7:09 a.m.

Vice presidents are a vestigial limb of politics. The position persists even though a vice presidential candidate rarely carries a state, leads a constituency or even commands a portfolio beyond whatever he negotiates ad hoc with the principal.

Empty art promises

Oct. 28 at 7:09 a.m.

Gov. Sam Brownback’s promises regarding the arts are turning out to be as empty as the Kansas Arts Commission’s coffers.

Albert Hunt: Real grievances fueling Wall Street protests

By Albert R. Hunt, Bloomberg News | Oct. 28 at 7:08 a.m.

The anti-Wall Street movement has confounded Republicans, Democrats and analysts alike.

Letters to the editor on energy efficiency program, abortion records, safari clubs, candidates' faith, special-needs Halloween

Oct. 28 at 7:08 a.m.

Spend money on energy efficiency

Lawrence Summers: How to save the housing market

By Lawrence Summers, Washington Post | Oct. 27 at 12:09 a.m.

The central irony of a financial crisis is that while it is caused by too much confidence, borrowing and lending, and spending, it can be resolved only with more confidence, borrowing and lending, and spending. This is true, above all, of housing policies.

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