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The public trial of Justice Roberts

Kathleen Parker — Wed, 23 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Novelist John Grisham could hardly spin a more provocative fiction: The president and his surrogates mount an aggressive campaign to intimidate the chief justice of the United States, implying ruin and ridicule should he fail to vote in a pivotal case according to the ruling political party's wishes.

Faux-raging for a story

Kathleen Parker — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:45:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- What a difference four years make.

The likability sweeps

Kathleen Parker — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:24:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- A presidential race recently focused on high school has come to resemble a popularity contest of the same vintage.

Evolution of a narrative

Kathleen Parker — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:14:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- This past week's news cycle has produced two narratives:

They ate cake …

Kathleen Parker — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:49:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Close your eyes and picture 110 million obese people waddling around America's sidewalks. You'll probably want to keep your eyes closed.

Seeing-eye nation

Kathleen Parker — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:52:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- News that Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng and his family might be allowed to leave China for a university fellowship in the U.S. brought relief not only to Chen, but also to dissidents around the world.

The unknown celebrity

Kathleen Parker — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:16:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- The squabbling between political campaigns and the harrumphing of pundits were put in proper perspective at, of all places, the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner -- the annual Prom on the Potomac where 2,000 or so media members and movie stars gather to honor the president and admire one another.

Slow jamming the presidency

Kathleen Parker — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:01:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- It was fun. It was odd. It was just a little bit … unseemly.

Icarus 2.0

Kathleen Parker — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:27:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Either President Obama has wings of Kevlar -- or he has the most incompetent scheduling staff in White House history.

Pardon my zeitgeist

Kathleen Parker — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:41:00 GMT

NEW YORK -- I think it is fair to say that the shark has been permanently displaced by the dog.

Girl fight

Kathleen Parker — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:24:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- For reasons that don't interest me much, "girl fights" have always had a particular tug on our imaginations.

Whispering campaigns

Kathleen Parker — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:22:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- All it takes is one little twit. Or a tweet, as the case may be -- not that the two are mutually exclusive.

Mitt unzipped

Kathleen Parker — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:54:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney "unzipped" is the stuff of cartoonists' dreams.

Our appalling-ness

Kathleen Parker — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:46:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- There are so many appalling aspects to the Trayvon Martin case that it's hard to find a permanent home for outrage.

Affordable Care Act: Apples, oranges and zebras, oh my!

Kathleen Parker — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:12:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- By now you've heard it plenty: The Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka "Obamacare," is like the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This creative bit of dot-connecting began with President Obama, and has been perpetuated by countless talk-show hosts and their guests.

Moderately speaking

Kathleen Parker — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:23:00 GMT

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- As the sun rises and dabs Caesars Palace with morning rouge, irony struts down the strip of casinos, shops and nightclubs.

A rose isn't always a rose

Kathleen Parker — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:53:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- What's in a name?

The silence of the lions

Kathleen Parker — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:51:00 GMT

Warning: This column is not suitable for children and its content may be offensive to some .

Kiss my gritsies, please

Kathleen Parker — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:55:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Having lived in South Carolina for most of the past 25 years, I've often averred that the state Chamber of Commerce keeps a stable of "rednecks" to release when the national media come to town.

What women want

Kathleen Parker — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:07:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Introducing her husband on Super Tuesday night, Ann Romney said women this election season are interested in jobs, the economy and the debt.

Letter to Mitt Romney

Kathleen Parker — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Dear Mitt: Consider me a neighbor leaning over the picket fence. You have a picket fence, don't you? An ivy-covered wall? Fine, I'll get a ladder.

Rush the uniter

Kathleen Parker — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:46:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Who'd have thought that Rush Limbaugh would become the great uniter in this divisive political season?

Rick Santorum's snobbery

Kathleen Parker — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:46:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Politicians say the darnedest things, especially when their lips are moving.

Obama's prayer

Kathleen Parker — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:23:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Let me be blunt: If Republicans nominate Rick Santorum, they will lose.

The trials of Saint Santorum

Kathleen Parker — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:04:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- You've likely heard by now that the presidential election may pivot on the unlikely "controversy" of birth control.