Sarah Palin

Bush deserves the criticism he's getting

2013-05-05 06:30:00

When I read Stanley J. Glinka's recent letter defending the presidency of George W. Bush I wanted to laugh, but it was 6 a.m. and I did not want to wake up my still sleeping wife ("Stop blaming Bush," May 1). Now I know how people like Michele...

Not even the Boston bombing can unite a fractured America

2013-04-28 03:00:00

Ordinarily, I'd thank you for writing. But truth is, I am not grateful you wrote; your note last week was one of the more troubling things I have read. I do not blame you for leaving it unsigned. "We stand together," I had written. "We stand defiant....

If Ben Carson really wants 'rational' discussion, why's he on Fox News so often?

2013-04-15 04:17:00

In stepping down last week as a speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine commencement, Dr. Ben Carson again took on the role of media/culture critic and martyr to "political correctness." "Someday in the future, it is my hope and prayer that...

Will Obama's brain initiative unlock the mysteries of the Republican mind?

2013-04-09 03:00:00

President Barack Obama wants to invest an initial $110 billion in a study of the human brain that could have benefits as great as those achieved by the Human Genome Project. Maybe the first study should be done on the one-track minds of tea party...

Why is GOP self-destructive?

2013-04-05 10:30:00

Why do Republicans keep attacking their members? They bicker and denounce each other. That's not how you win elections. Case in point is the ill-fated 2008 ticket of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin. Ms. Palin and her family were ruthlessly...

How come we don't hear about 'conservative media bias'?

2013-03-05 10:16:00

Liberal media bias. So incessant is this complaint from conservatives that the three words string together as one, like Holy Roman Empire. But like the old saw about that infamous regime being neither holy nor Roman nor an empire, liberal media bias...

The GOP needs to split in two

2013-03-24 09:30:00

The Sun editorial "The GOP confronts its 'stuffy old men' problem" (March 19) was right on the mark. My solution is to divide the Republican Party in two. One part would consist of the conservatives, the religious right, the tea party, Sarah Palin, Newt...

Dr. Ben Carson announces his retirement, hints at political future

2013-03-17 05:41:00

– Johns Hopkins Hospital's Dr. Ben Carson tested the political waters Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where many said he would be a popular Republican contender for the White House. Carson's speech was met with several...

Dick Cheney dishonest, defiant and then some to the end in Showtime documentary

2013-03-10 10:57:00

The first question Dick Cheney is asked in "The World According to Dick Cheney" is: What's your favorite virtue? "Integrity," he answers. What do you value most in your friends?" he's asked in follow-up. "Honesty," he says through those crooked,...

Carson tapped to speak at major conservative political conference

2013-02-27 07:49:00

Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson will speak at a prominent conservative political rally next month, alongside the likes of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, the American Conservative Union said...

A new GOP, or just a cosmetic touchup?

2013-02-10 04:00:00

Maybe the party is finally over. Meaning not simply the Grand Old Party, but more specifically the bacchanal of the bizarre and carnival of crazy to which it has lately devolved. So obvious has this devolution become that even Republican stalwarts...

Hopkins' Dr. Benjamin Carson anointed new Fox darling of the right on Hannity

2013-02-16 18:27:00

Much of Friday's political-media online chatter was focused on Fox news hiring failed presidential candidate and pizza executive Herman Cain as a political analyst. But the big story that seemed to mostly sail under the radar was the embattled channel's...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during the 2013 NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits in Houston on Friday.

2013-05-07 04:39:12

Wearing a T-shirt that says "women hunt," former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves before speaking Friday to the NRA annual meeting.

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin holds up a large soda as she speaks about New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on such drinks at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md.

2013-03-16 00:00:00