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Politics

The Power to Destroy

Is it legal for Congress to target the AIG bonuses?

Steve Chapman | 3.23.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Punitive Damage

Congress is in a lynching mood over bailouts and bonuses

Steve Chapman | 3.19.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

Smile, You're On Cop-Car Camera

There should be video cameras in every police car

Steve Chapman | 3.16.2009 7:00 AM

Science & Technology

Stem Cells Are Not Just About Science

Obama's policy ignores ethics and morality

Steve Chapman | 3.12.2009 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Gay Marriage vs. Democracy

Why the people of California should determine the definition of marriage

Steve Chapman | 3.9.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Why I Miss Bill Clinton

And why the Democrats will, too

Steve Chapman | 3.5.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Obama's Retreat on Iraq

Whatever happened to the antiwar candidate?

Steve Chapman | 3.2.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Misstating the Constitution

The problem with the D.C. statehood movement

Steve Chapman | 2.26.2009 12:00 PM

Politics

Detroit as the Prodigal Son

Why is the government rewarding failure?

Steve Chapman | 2.23.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

The Cornfed Remedy for Illinois Graft

A modest proposal to reform America's most corrupt state

Steve Chapman | 2.19.2009 7:00 AM

World

Reality Intrudes on the Drug War

A distinguished Latin American commission admits that prohibition has failed

Steve Chapman | 2.16.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

Baseball's Persistent Drug Culture

Banning steroids will not prevent further substance abuse

Steve Chapman | 2.12.2009 7:00 AM

World

Failing in Afghanistan

Why the U.S. must shift the focus in the Afghan war

Steve Chapman | 2.9.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Dispensing with Democracy

Why voters should decide who gets to fill Senate vacancies

Steve Chapman | 2.5.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Putting Politics Before Principle

When term-limits advocates won't leave

Steve Chapman | 2.2.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Blagojevich in the Fading Spotlight

Why the embattled Illinois governor won't go quietly

Steve Chapman | 1.29.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Moderating the War on Terror

Closing Gitmo is a step in the right direction

Steve Chapman | 1.26.2009 7:00 AM

Economics

Repeating Our Economic Woes

It's time to stop the cycle of spending

Steve Chapman | 1.22.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

The Bill of Suggestions

Why the Supreme Court endorsed unreasonable searches and seizures

Steve Chapman | 1.19.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Where Did Bush Go Wrong?

A depressing look back on eight years of arrogance, power lust, and incompetence

Steve Chapman | 1.15.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

A Well-Deserved Impeachment

Blagojevich got what he deserved

Steve Chapman | 1.12.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

The Empty Case for More Regulation

The Madoff scandal shows why bigger government isn't the answer.

Steve Chapman | 1.8.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

The Rule of Law, Not the Rule of Men

Why the Senate should seat Burris

Steve Chapman | 1.5.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

An Empty Suit For an Empty Seat

Is Roland Burris qualified for the U.S. Senate?

Steve Chapman | 1.1.2009 7:00 AM

World

Recessionary Politics

Why is democracy in retreat around the world?

Steve Chapman | 12.29.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Why the president should come face to face with public criticism

Steve Chapman | 12.25.2008 7:00 AM

Economics

The Growing Case for Inflation

Why rising prices will help the economy

Steve Chapman | 12.22.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Lure of Royalty

Is Caroline Kennedy actually qualified for the U.S. Senate?

Steve Chapman | 12.18.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Obama's 'My Pet Goat' Moment

Why did it take Barack Obama 48 hours to renounce Rod Blagojevich?

Steve Chapman | 12.15.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Curse of Illinois

The Blagojevich affair and Barack Obama

Steve Chapman | 12.11.2008 12:00 PM

Culture

The Trouble with Today's College Football

What happened to old-fashioned gridiron warfare?

Steve Chapman | 12.8.2008 7:00 AM

Economics

False Cures for the Recession

Why the bailout won't work

Steve Chapman | 12.4.2008 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

The Case for Gay Adoption

Why real family values means putting children first

Steve Chapman | 12.1.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Chicago Defies the Second Amendment

The trouble with the Windy City's handgun ban

Steve Chapman | 11.27.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

"Socialism" is Not the Problem

Obama's big government liberalism is bad enough

Steve Chapman | 11.24.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Rx for Republicans: Patience

Some lessons from the 2008 election

Steve Chapman | 11.20.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Putting Politics Before Principle

When term limits advocates refuse to leave office

Steve Chapman | 11.17.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Results of Adequate Counsel

How did Zacarias Moussaoui avoid the death penalty?

Steve Chapman | 11.13.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Change We Can Remember

Will Barack Obama be another Bill Clinton?

Steve Chapman | 11.10.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Audacity of America

Obama's victory reflects the best in our nation

Steve Chapman | 11.6.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Certain Loser this Election

No matter who wins on Tuesday, the Bush era is finally coming to an end

Steve Chapman | 11.3.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Obama's Economic Mythology

Is the middle class really in decline?

Steve Chapman | 10.30.2008 9:00 AM

Politics

The Secret of Obama's Success

It's the message, stupid

Steve Chapman | 10.27.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Friends in Low Places

It's time for John McCain to come clean about his own radical friends

Steve Chapman | 10.23.2008 12:00 PM

Politics

The Right Way to Legalize Gay Marriage

Let the people decide, not the courts

Steve Chapman | 10.20.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Angry Candidate

Why John McCain's aggressive new tactics won't work

Steve Chapman | 10.16.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Adventures in Fiscal Fairyland

Why both Obama and McCain will raise taxes

Steve Chapman | 10.13.2008 7:00 AM

Economics

Rescue or Waste?

Why the bailout isn't working

Steve Chapman | 10.9.2008 12:00 PM

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