Commentary - The Post Chronicle http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/opinion http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/opinion webmaster The Post Chronicle en <![CDATA[Random Thoughts On The Passing Scene]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212267120.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uvuYNrMZOWqhGef-oDYKcgjkrbw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uvuYNrMZOWqhGef-oDYKcgjkrbw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uvuYNrMZOWqhGef-oDYKcgjkrbw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uvuYNrMZOWqhGef-oDYKcgjkrbw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>I doubt whether the man responsible for the massacre at Fort Hood will pay with his life for the lives that he took.... <![CDATA[Agency Theory: Why Our Country Is In A Funk]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212267119.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ryNB6WCQw715qLVDVGIY_IMYC_M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ryNB6WCQw715qLVDVGIY_IMYC_M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ryNB6WCQw715qLVDVGIY_IMYC_M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ryNB6WCQw715qLVDVGIY_IMYC_M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Congressional leaders act like spoiled and petulant children in their drive to present to the president a healthcare overhaul bill just in time for Christmas.... <![CDATA[Washington's Healthcare Bullies: Kicking Sand In Our Faces]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212267114.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hy4Qk65EtHVTBgyA_GSfrZCcDgE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hy4Qk65EtHVTBgyA_GSfrZCcDgE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hy4Qk65EtHVTBgyA_GSfrZCcDgE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hy4Qk65EtHVTBgyA_GSfrZCcDgE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Who do I think are the &quot;other kids&quot; around the healthcare &quot;sandbox&quot; who are NOT being allowed to participate in the Democrats bully box?... <![CDATA[Murtha Blasts War Debt]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212267113.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lHoyHm0cnjQlgtSMehaEVCQE5xo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lHoyHm0cnjQlgtSMehaEVCQE5xo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lHoyHm0cnjQlgtSMehaEVCQE5xo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lHoyHm0cnjQlgtSMehaEVCQE5xo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>America's economy and military - one reeling from job losses, the other strained by nearly a decade at war - will soon suffer another blow...... <![CDATA[Our Dangerous Cold War Nostalgia]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266967.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6vmoiKWl8H3M9rAIUlno-4LYKBs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6vmoiKWl8H3M9rAIUlno-4LYKBs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6vmoiKWl8H3M9rAIUlno-4LYKBs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6vmoiKWl8H3M9rAIUlno-4LYKBs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>In reality, we are never likely to face anything comparable to the perils and fears that hung over our heads during the Cold War, and for that we should be immensely grateful.... <![CDATA[Backlash Hogwash: Trotting Out The Trope]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266960.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K-gXbc5hM9wDpJKWr7_ODj3o3-Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K-gXbc5hM9wDpJKWr7_ODj3o3-Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K-gXbc5hM9wDpJKWr7_ODj3o3-Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/K-gXbc5hM9wDpJKWr7_ODj3o3-Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>This image of a nation on a hair trigger for violence against Muslims is a calumny.... <![CDATA[The Two Faces Of Maj. Hasan]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266959.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8nnUGUfIsCZwIAfMwwq1h_B6Ccc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8nnUGUfIsCZwIAfMwwq1h_B6Ccc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8nnUGUfIsCZwIAfMwwq1h_B6Ccc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8nnUGUfIsCZwIAfMwwq1h_B6Ccc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>America is unraveling. No longer are we one nation and one people. ... <![CDATA[Ft. Hood Massacre - Psychological or Theological Problem?]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266855.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5Y_199HDPHrFvsbE5wWzkqE-nOU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5Y_199HDPHrFvsbE5wWzkqE-nOU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5Y_199HDPHrFvsbE5wWzkqE-nOU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5Y_199HDPHrFvsbE5wWzkqE-nOU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>As thirteen flag draped coffins leave Ft. Hood, the question of motive is paramount...... <![CDATA[A Terrorist By Any Other Name]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266853.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b6-Io5c6FSjmVx_jsod6Pm2Wre4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b6-Io5c6FSjmVx_jsod6Pm2Wre4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b6-Io5c6FSjmVx_jsod6Pm2Wre4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b6-Io5c6FSjmVx_jsod6Pm2Wre4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>On the basis of the facts that have been delivered to the media thus far, Hasan expected to die as the climax of his rampage, though not by his own hand...... <![CDATA[Catholic Bishops Helped Pass Pelosicare]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266848.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UoSVo428cURacl5mXvCUqGMWFsc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UoSVo428cURacl5mXvCUqGMWFsc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UoSVo428cURacl5mXvCUqGMWFsc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UoSVo428cURacl5mXvCUqGMWFsc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>The shocking turn of events once again demonstrates the extreme left-wing drift of the Catholic Church...... <![CDATA[Karl Marx Would Be Proud, But Not Giddy]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266814.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xX7-92L-IRtqFgZ0RBmCCekbkJs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xX7-92L-IRtqFgZ0RBmCCekbkJs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xX7-92L-IRtqFgZ0RBmCCekbkJs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xX7-92L-IRtqFgZ0RBmCCekbkJs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>There is some good news from Pelosi's Saturday Night Massacre: 39 members of her own party refused to abandon common sense and fiscal responsibility.... <![CDATA[Ft. Hood Lesson: It's The Same War, Mr. President!]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266812.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gBR53Fc9Vk9mFna4HGPys_kMh2M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gBR53Fc9Vk9mFna4HGPys_kMh2M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gBR53Fc9Vk9mFna4HGPys_kMh2M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gBR53Fc9Vk9mFna4HGPys_kMh2M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Just because Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan didn't have a shiny new badge in his pocket reading &quot;Junior Al-Qaeda Deputy,&quot; does not preclude him being in the enemy's camp. ... <![CDATA[Abuse Industry Teaches Women To Fear Men, Teaches Men To Fear Women]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266810.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kMGucWRZcFT1RjZM-p9X9iQQ_TA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kMGucWRZcFT1RjZM-p9X9iQQ_TA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kMGucWRZcFT1RjZM-p9X9iQQ_TA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kMGucWRZcFT1RjZM-p9X9iQQ_TA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>From the beginning, it was clear an ideologically-fueled agenda was lurking in the background.... <![CDATA[Every Day Is Really Veterans Day]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266806.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l6QxaKDCM0f42PNfSXY-ArDAhEc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l6QxaKDCM0f42PNfSXY-ArDAhEc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l6QxaKDCM0f42PNfSXY-ArDAhEc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l6QxaKDCM0f42PNfSXY-ArDAhEc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Today, a nation of more than 310 million people enjoys the blessings of freedom paid for by 25 million veterans now alive, and the one million 200 thousand who died...... <![CDATA[Jonesing For Alex Jones: Drawing The Line Between Conservatives And Conspiracy Theorists]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266688.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6eSGdrP2qM5Ljt1k1pcml-R2Cvc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6eSGdrP2qM5Ljt1k1pcml-R2Cvc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6eSGdrP2qM5Ljt1k1pcml-R2Cvc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6eSGdrP2qM5Ljt1k1pcml-R2Cvc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>There are a handful of political poisons that conservatives fall victim to swallowing that inevitably lead to &quot;death&quot; at the polls.... <![CDATA[Freewheeling Young Voters Scare Both Parties]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266597.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JKlLhz-V1o3JHvjAzyjKQlNV2EM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JKlLhz-V1o3JHvjAzyjKQlNV2EM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JKlLhz-V1o3JHvjAzyjKQlNV2EM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JKlLhz-V1o3JHvjAzyjKQlNV2EM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>A drop-off in young turnout is normal in off-year elections. But this drop-off was enormous. ... <![CDATA[Scouting Report: GOP Prospects]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266596.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MWt1c3AtZaIXiO70JUZYxTi6SPk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MWt1c3AtZaIXiO70JUZYxTi6SPk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MWt1c3AtZaIXiO70JUZYxTi6SPk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MWt1c3AtZaIXiO70JUZYxTi6SPk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Many in our present lineup leave much to be desired, and since there's really no organized minor league system in place, we must deal with the hand we've been dealt.... <![CDATA[Misleading Statements Can End Pakistan's Credibility]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266595.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GT3lgZjdJ6-31qOieXBmW6ByUXI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GT3lgZjdJ6-31qOieXBmW6ByUXI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GT3lgZjdJ6-31qOieXBmW6ByUXI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GT3lgZjdJ6-31qOieXBmW6ByUXI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>It doesn't seem that there is any other administration than Pakistan, which had ever expressed sympathy with the cruel Talibans.... <![CDATA[What About the Constitutional "Right" to Dental Health?]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266594.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mEJMnZ4yzoP-C6BeD9AyZTNXD3o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mEJMnZ4yzoP-C6BeD9AyZTNXD3o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mEJMnZ4yzoP-C6BeD9AyZTNXD3o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mEJMnZ4yzoP-C6BeD9AyZTNXD3o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Anyone who has been to a dentist lately knows that affordable dental care is a fairy tale to all but the very rich.... <![CDATA[Answering Bogus Charges Against Christianity]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/religion/article_212266593.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OWl5WPwlzv37uwckfVqmoT2S-ew/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OWl5WPwlzv37uwckfVqmoT2S-ew/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OWl5WPwlzv37uwckfVqmoT2S-ew/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OWl5WPwlzv37uwckfVqmoT2S-ew/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>I think this same sort of gambit was launched with Timothy McVey, when he asked about seeing a Roman Catholic priest prior to his execution.... <![CDATA[They Don't Get It]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266592.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KM_SVSkGlvXwr6JP0B5tGwvkRio/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KM_SVSkGlvXwr6JP0B5tGwvkRio/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KM_SVSkGlvXwr6JP0B5tGwvkRio/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KM_SVSkGlvXwr6JP0B5tGwvkRio/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Like the Carter administration, Mr. Obama and his advisers apparently are convinced that &quot;engaging&quot; the Iranian regime would make things different somehow. After 30 years, they still don't get it.... <![CDATA[Hypocrite Obama Scolds Karzai]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266591.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t_XwOSge1vQGK8O1ohdh1AWTJWg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t_XwOSge1vQGK8O1ohdh1AWTJWg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t_XwOSge1vQGK8O1ohdh1AWTJWg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t_XwOSge1vQGK8O1ohdh1AWTJWg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Obama continues to drag his feet regarding what needs to be done for village peace and democracy planting in Afghanistan.... <![CDATA[Intelligent Design: God Had No Choice]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/religion/article_212266590.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/42AesYd8OPrcD4jpRCLgkWTxFWM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/42AesYd8OPrcD4jpRCLgkWTxFWM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/42AesYd8OPrcD4jpRCLgkWTxFWM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/42AesYd8OPrcD4jpRCLgkWTxFWM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Since intelligent design and its peculiar alternatives have a scientific following, both should be accessible in physics classes.... <![CDATA[For Whom The Bell Tolls]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266397.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3DnMg88g1-vlFTbLrccl2UVzN6Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3DnMg88g1-vlFTbLrccl2UVzN6Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3DnMg88g1-vlFTbLrccl2UVzN6Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3DnMg88g1-vlFTbLrccl2UVzN6Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>President Obama is today the victim of a disillusionment caused by the excessive hopes and expectations that were raised by candidate Obama.... <![CDATA[Are You With Us Or With Them?]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212266394.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CDGABrawyIJbRRTFMQCO0pSPSWU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CDGABrawyIJbRRTFMQCO0pSPSWU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CDGABrawyIJbRRTFMQCO0pSPSWU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CDGABrawyIJbRRTFMQCO0pSPSWU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Obama has signaled his eagerness to placate and yes, appease, the current malevolent Iranian leaders. ...