A reader, Matthew Butler, sent me this e-mail today: Obviously I've read the news (over the top) about the actions of Fr. Newman in Greenville,... [...]
Over the weekend I finally got a long, long-overdue haircut, consequently causing me to think several times on Monday, "My head is cold." So this... [...]
As you know, I've been picking our syndicated columns since we lost Mike Fitts. This means judging a fairly stiff competition each day, since most... [...]
Apparently, Obama's gotten himself into hot water with some in the Blogosphere this afternoon by saying, regarding former presidents, "I have spoken to all of... [...]
Well, this is interesting. We've got Lindsey Graham singing Rahm Emanuel's praises, and I just received commentary from the liberal Rabbi Michael Lerner of Tikkun... [...]
Thought y'all might find this interesting: Graham Statement on Rahm Emanuel as White House Chief of Staff WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina)... [...]
Just got a post-election e-mail from the Southeastern Institute for Women in Politics, which had also hit me with releases a number of times before... [...]
This just in from the AP: {BC-SC—State Budget-Prisons,0113} {SC prison chief preps inmate-release plans} {Eds: APNewsNow. Will be updated.} COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's... [...]
Yesterday morning, looking for art to go with today's lead editorial, I picked the photo above. Along the way I had briefly considered the ones... [...]
Well, now, here's a congratulatory message I wouldn't have anticipated: “The nuclear energy industry congratulates Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden on their election. One... [...]
Looking at both our endorsements AND my predictions I made yesterday, you might have already figured out that my biggest disappointment in last night's results... [...]
Obama's done the expected, and done it on deadline, which certainly warms my heart toward him. Here's hoping his leadership as president is on a... [...]
This is an all-things-to-all-people post. Those of you who think we're just another bunch of wild-eyed liberals who only back Democrats, just read this paragraph!... [...]
Cal Thomas cries AHA! upon reading the Sunday column of The Washington Post's ombudsman, in which Deborah Howell writes: Neither the hard-core right nor left... [...]
By BRAD WARTHEN Editorial Page Editor AT THE OUTSET, John McCain had a great head start with me — on experience, national security, foreign affairs,... [...]
Frederick Kagan has it exactly right in today's Wall Street Journal: "Security Should Be the Deciding Issue." An excerpt: As the scale of the economic... [...]
Yesterday, I wrote the editorial that I dread each election year -- the one dealing with Congress. (Actually, some years we do separates on the... [...]
Some of y'all really hated it that I mentioned the Colombian Free Trade Agreement in the McCain endorsement -- which to me illustrates the no-win... [...]
The things you learn about candidates from reading their books. Despite the length of those columns I wrote after reading Barack Obama's and John McCain's... [...]
It is perhaps ironic that while his buddy McCain is struggling so, Lindsey Graham is coasting to easy re-election. Of course, if McCain only had... [...]
You know all the grief we're catching from the Obamaphiles. Now this e-mail: Dear Brad, Please write an editorial ASAP, listing your facts that prove... [...]
Admittedly, I haven't fully thought through the implications on this, but as we struggled with our presidential endorsement decision, I did have this thought occur... [...]
Reading some of the e-mail responses today from those who did not like our McCain endorsement, and thinking about what those complaints had in common... [...]
Adam Fogle seems to have another ground-breaking TPS report (did you get that memo?) about my would-be pal "John Vierdsen:" A weekend’s worth of polling... [...]
Since it's an essential part of the overall presidential endorsement package, I thought it would be a good idea to post Warren's dissenting column on... [...]
Yow. I was just flipping channels, and stopped briefly on TNT, just long enough to see this promotional material down in the left-hand corner of... [...]
The McCain endorsement, being released early today, was sort of predestined to make a splash to the exclusion of readers noting anything else. So I... [...]
Before I turn my attention completely to writing for Sunday's paper, I'll respond briefly to some of the comments offered this morning with regard to... [...]
Our presidential endorsement will be posted at thestate.com/opinion at 7 a.m. Friday. It should also, if we did our coding right, show up on our... [...]
The AP has reported a poll putting McCain in a dead heat with Obama: WASHINGTON -- The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with... [...]
When we sat down Monday to begin our discussion about whom to endorse for president, someone remarked that The Philadelphia Inquirer (which in Knight Ridder... [...]
Going through my e-mail earlier today, I ran across this one from the Obama campaign: Election Night Media Website Now Open CHICAGO - The Obama-Biden... [...]
