Creators Syndicate

Spring fever is taking a weird form this year. Politicians say nice things for political reasons and then revert with a vengeance--a sort of political Tourette's syndrome, they can't help...

As a general rule about Bush & Co., the more closely a policy is associated with Vice President Dick Cheney, the worse it is. Which brings us to energy policy--remember...

I write about the Terri Schiavo case as one who has personally confronted the "pull-the-plug" question on several levels in recent years and as a staggered observer of this festival...

In the magical upside-down world of right-wing blogs, it is now an accepted article of faith that Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) compared President Bush to Hitler last week. Republicans are...

I'm sorry, but every now and again a girl just finds it necessary to lay her head down on the table and howl with laughter. I wrote a column warning...

Among those still interested in fiscal sanity, and that includes quite a few Republicans, I bring your attention to two tax cuts that should be repealed right now for the...

Dan Green of New York City says of the 2004 presidential election results, "You can't be depressed now, the worst is yet to come." Following that good advice, I intended...

President Bush may not be dumb, but he sure does think the rest of us are. You have to assume your audience is a bunch of borderline morons to tell...

Here's a special story about a big payday. Richard Strong, formerly of Strong Capital Management Co., will receive 85 percent of a sum analysts estimated to be about $500 million....

Iraq. What. A. Mess. As cousin Eddie Faulk used to say during the Vietnam War, "If those folks don't like what we're doin' for 'em, why don't they just go...