Patrick Buchanan: Who got us into these endless wars?
"Isolationists must not prevail in this new debate over foreign policy," warns Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Category Archives: Opinion
We need president who cares
I was reading George Kirk's letter, "Dem Convention Pandered to Us on basis of 'Group Identity," 8-2-16, and was left perplexed as to why he wrote this letter.
Jonah Goldberg: Trump has left Gop with no good options
The first Catch-22 has been the subject of widespread conversation over the last few weeks.
Georgia editorial roundup
People living downstream from a massive landfill near Jesup have good reason to worry about the nearly 1 million tons of coal ash dumped there. Likewise, they have a great reason to block a project that would bring in tons more.
The woman who could be our next president
No woman in America's political history has had more scandals attributed to her than Hillary Rodham Clinton. WND TV lists the number at 22 and that was in May 2015.
Paul Ryan Defeats GOP Primary Challenger
Get ready for a shock, folks, but Paul Ryan , who was consistently well ahead of his Republican primary challenger for weeks won reelection! This was a fairly obvious fact to everyone, but Donald Trump 's brief flirtation with Paul Nehlen last week stirred up a media frenzy and got Ryan's challenger some media attention .
Michael Barone: Does either party have a winning strategy? Not clear
What is the campaign strategy for the two political parties? Clues can be had from the responses to a question I asked about a dozen dignitaries of each party at their conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
Rickert: Gender-based vote for Clinton is sexist, divisive
If you're going to vote for Hillary Clinton for president, don't do it because she's a woman. In fact, ask yourself: If a man had the same policy platform, track record and resume as Clinton, would you vote for him? Cue the onslaught of outrage from actress Lena Dunham, homemaking guru Martha Stewart and the rest of Clinton's plank of prominent campaign surrogates urging women everywhere to rally behind the first female presidential nominee.
Conant: America needs some ‘tough love’ from its politicians
Five years ago this month, my first column was published in the Savannah Morning News. Subsequently, The Augusta Chronicle and the Athens Banner-Herald starting publishing it.
Elitism won’t defeat Trumpism because public’s pain is real: E.J. Dionne
But understanding what still attracts many voters to Trump is important, not only to those who want to prevent Trump from staging a comeback but also to anyone who wants to make our democracy thrive in the long run. Those of us who are horrified by Trump's hideous lack of empathy need empathy ourselves.
For the GOP to reset, Trump must lose big in November | Opinion
Prominent #NeverTrump advocate and GOP consultant Rick Wilson persuasively argues that it is in the party's and country's interest for Donald Trump to lose - by a lot . He explains: "[I]f there's a loss by a slim margin in the popular vote or electoral college, millions of already embittered Americans, worked into a frenzy by a shameless leader who will surely refuse to accept the returns, will start the next four years convinced that the United States of America is little more than a banana republic - and the presidency of Hillary Clinton is irretrievably illegitimate.
California Focus: Obama risks losing Latinos
Here's the one thing Democratic politicians should fear more than any other potential California event: Latinos stay home from the polls in droves on Election Day in November 2016. It went almost unnoticed beyond Orange County in early 2015, but the events in one contest for a spot on that county's Board of Supervisors should be most instructive.
Susan Collins: Why I cannot support Trump
I will not be voting for Donald Trump for president. This is not a decision I make lightly, for I am a lifelong Republican.
Arthur Cyr: Gold Star parents, cynical politicians
Khizr Khan at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia spoke from the heart, on behalf of himself and his wife, Ghazala Khan, regarding their son Capt. Humayun Khan of the United States Army.
Eugene Robinson: Republicans, don’t go down with this ship
To Republicans who hope to emerge from the Donald Trump fiasco with any shred of political viability or self-respect, I offer some unsolicited advice: Run, do not walk, to the nearest exit. I'm speaking to you, House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Why all the fuss about emails?
A friend asked, "Why all the fuss about the DNC emails . . . of course Hillary was trying to beat Bernie, she was in a race against him!" My friend is a smart gal, but a product of the environment she's made for herself.
How presidential debates might die
Donald Trump has started whining about the presidential debates, perhaps setting the stage for skipping them. It should be a reminder that the tradition of televised presidential debates has always been something of a miracle - one that didn't have to become established, and one that could end fairly easily.
When fear runs amok
Conservatives accuse liberals of radicalism, but in fact the opposite is true. Let's explore that idea.
Opinion: Clinton Should Listen to Kaine on Vocationala
Before he was Hillary Clinton's running mate Sen. Tim Kaine introduced a bill this spring that would provide more funding for career and technical education. A high-school diploma should not only prepare students for college, he said, but also for "getting a high-skilled job after graduation."
Fitzgerald: Hillary’s candidacy proves we get what we deserve
STILL GOING: Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, at a Colorado rally last week, remains politically viable despite the FBI's findings that she was not truthful.