Opinion Columnists Headlines

President Obama is stingy with his pardon powers

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:38 EST

Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder gave Washington a preview of how the last few months of the Obama administration are going to look, and they're going to be ugly.

When profiling becomes a real menace to society

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:05 EST

Some media found the possibility that foreign terrorists bombed the Boston Marathon to be too tantalizing of an explanation to pass up, even when it snares the wrong suspects.

If there's nothing on Benghazi, then why hide anything?

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:45 EST

Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don't know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn't meet...

Washington giving us reasons to worry

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:47 EST

Breaking news: Conservative organizations suddenly have found common cause with one of their favorite objects of contempt - the benighted Mainstream Media.

Plastic gun threat is very real

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:41 EST

It should've been the shot heard around the world. Chances are, you didn't hear it.

Clarifying issues with Bay Delta Conservation Plan

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:32 EST

The Record's April 18 editorial, "Wishful thinking on Delta," serves as a useful opportunity to help clarify issues that can be difficult to grasp, even for experts. The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is, after all, one of the most important and visionary...

A nation of immigrants that doesn't like immigrants

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:34 EST

Journalist-turned-activist Jose Antonio Vargas recently said that "racism and xenophobia have no place in the debate on immigration reform, period."

Benghazi witch hunt nothing but cheap political stunt

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:03 EST

Those who are trying to make the Benghazi tragedy into a scandal for the Obama administration really ought to decide what story line they want to sell.

Benghazi questions Obama doesn't want to answer

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:24 EST

Last Sept. 11, a terrorist attack left four Americans dead at the Benghazi, Libya, diplomatic mission. The next day, a State Department official wrote in an email, "The group that conducted the attacks, Ansar al-Sharia, is affiliated with Islamic...

President Obama sings his second term blues

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:20 EST

Was President Barack Obama really joking at last month's White House Correspondents' Association dinner? Or was he showing, as I suspect, early signs of the second-term blues?

Few reasonable options for dealing with the red line

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:04 EST

You know you're in trouble when you can't even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Barack Obama's fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to The New York...

Pharmacists answer to doctor shortage

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:12 EST

The Affordable Care Act is about to become a reality, and with it an estimated 7 million Californians will have access to quality health care. Unfortunately, having a health insurance card will not guarantee that you can see your health provider when you...

Time to celebrate diversity of thought

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:08 EST

Enough with this "enough" business.

'Justice' system poses present danger to us all

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:05 EST

If the state of Texas executes Duane Buck, it'll be because he is black.

Caricature vs. character: Inside the real Ted Cruz

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:50 EST

It's a good thing I don't live in our nation's capital. If I did, I'd spend all my time defending my friend, Ted Cruz.