Columns

Martin Schram: In the Iran nuclear deal, the devil isn’t in the details
Official Washington just jolted itself out of its familiar summer doldrums and into yet another hot war of policy and politics, this time over Preside...
July 17th, 2015 |

Kathleen Parker: Dare not say his name
WASHINGTON — In South Carolina these days, no one speaks his name.The 21-year-old man-boy, who allegedly murdered nine people and incited unity ...
July 16th, 2015 |

Chris Erskine: Summer, like second chances, can sneak up on you
Some of us measure our summers by the amount of time we spend barefoot. There are few sensations better than a morning breeze around your ankles and a...
July 15th, 2015 |

Dan K. Thomasson: Time for baseball to forgive Pete Rose
With the current baseball season at the halfway point, I’m reminded how fickle the game is. So much so that the man with more hits than any othe...
July 15th, 2015 |

John Grindrod: Donnie Hullinger, requiem for a middleweight
Certainly, when you travel quite a bit, you miss some local news. So, it wasn’t until I got back last week that I found out of the passing of 80...
July 14th, 2015 |

Christine M. Flowers: Bill Cosby didn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt
I was wrong.Bill Cosby didn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt.He cheated on his wife, Camille. He cheated on his kids. He cheated on the people...
July 14th, 2015 |

Celia Rivenbark: Shark mania won’t take a bite out of non-swimmers’ summer
In the coastal Carolinas, where I live, there have been 11 shark attacks on our beaches this summer. This is the most recorded in one year since they ...
July 13th, 2015 |

Mary Sanchez: Conservative backlash against ‘sanctuary’ will harm policing
One tragedy has already occurred: The murder of a young woman as she shared a quiet moment on an iconic San Francisco pier with her father and a frien...
July 13th, 2015 |

Chris Erskine: A daughter picks up the check, but can she ever afford a house?
My lovely and patient older daughter picked up the dinner check the other night, a giant cause of alarm for her mother and me. We immediately called a...
July 12th, 2015 |

George Will: Roberts v. Willett
WASHINGTON — Today’s most interesting debate about governance concerns a 110-year-old Supreme Court decision. Two participants in this deb...
July 11th, 2015 |