Steve Chapman

Politics

Obama's Favorite Terrorists

The senator and his choice of friends

Steve Chapman | 4.21.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Springtime for Stupid Ideas

The candidates' pathetic energy policies

Steve Chapman | 4.17.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

You're Stranded? You're Welcome.

A nightmare that never got to 20,000 feet

Steve Chapman | 4.14.2008 7:00 AM

World

Patience is Not a Policy

The folly of the Iraq-forever caucus

Steve Chapman | 4.10.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Validating Foreign Policy Folly

The candidates cave on the Bush doctrine

Steve Chapman | 4.7.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

No Judgment? No Problem!

Undue haste on the economy

Steve Chapman | 4.3.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

You Can't Always Believe Your Eyes

How police lineups go wrong

Steve Chapman | 3.31.2008 7:00 AM

Culture

The News Media vs. the Innocent

Press freedom shouldn't mean defending the guilty at all costs

Steve Chapman | 3.27.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Wright-Obama Divide

What does the pastor say about the man?

Steve Chapman | 3.24.2008 7:00 AM

Why Would Any President Want A Second Term?

Re-election is a fancy word for "ensuing failure"

Steve Chapman | 3.20.2008 12:00 PM

Politics

Fiscal War, AWOL Candidates

Bad news: McCain, Obama, and Clinton don't know much about economics

Steve Chapman | 3.17.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Other Prostitution Scandal

Why was Eliot Spitzer's lifestyle illegal, anyway?

Steve Chapman | 3.13.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Disenfranchising Michigan and Florida?

The mess the Democrats have made for themselves

Steve Chapman | 3.10.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

McCain's Consistent Folly on Iraq

Wrong in 2003, wrong now, and still getting praised for it

Steve Chapman | 3.6.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

Don't Capitulate to Tragedy

How Northern Illinois University can move on

Steve Chapman | 3.3.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Why Are These People So Ashamed of NAFTA?

The Democratic myths about free trade

Steve Chapman | 2.28.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Enemies of their Enemy

The end of the Republican split

Steve Chapman | 2.25.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Imperial Presidency is Here to Stay

And Obama, Clinton and McCain seem fine with that

Steve Chapman | 2.21.2008 3:00 PM

Policy

Hillary Mortgages the Future

The promises she can't keep

Steve Chapman | 2.18.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

Why Don't We Incapacitate Drunk Drivers?

A drastic solution that just might work

Steve Chapman | 2.14.2008 7:08 AM

Politics

A Red-Blue Divide? Hardly.

The increasingly purple hue of Election '08

Steve Chapman | 2.11.2008 7:14 AM

Who's Still Afraid of Osama?

Terrorists can't pull off the big one

Steve Chapman | 2.8.2008 11:02 AM

Policy

Barack Obama on Weed

A truth the candidate won't tell

Steve Chapman | 2.4.2008 11:55 AM

Politics

Bush's Catalogue of Failure

Reading between the lines of his final State of the Union

Steve Chapman | 1.31.2008 7:55 AM

Economics

The High Price of Pretense

Bogus politics of the stimulus

Steve Chapman | 1.28.2008 6:30 AM

World

Surging to a Stalemate

Are we really winning in Iraq?

Steve Chapman | 1.24.2008 6:55 AM

Civil Liberties

Choose Life

The growing aversion to abortion

Steve Chapman | 1.21.2008 11:51 AM

We're From the Government and We're Here to Help

The folly of fiscal stimulus packages

Steve Chapman | 1.17.2008 12:57 PM

Campaigning To Bust the Budget

One thing the parties have in common

Steve Chapman | 1.14.2008 6:56 AM

The Latest Version of Hillary Clinton

How many opportunities should she get to re-sell herself?

Steve Chapman | 1.10.2008 7:04 AM

Authenticity Wins in Iowa

Phonies take a pounding.

Steve Chapman | 1.7.2008 9:16 AM

Politics

Some Positive Thoughts About Negative Campaigning

Steve Chapman | 1.4.2008 12:03 PM

Politics

Can Anyone Win This Thing?

Why none-well, maybe one-of the presidential hopefuls can possibly win.

Steve Chapman | 12.24.2007 6:58 AM

Politics

2007: The Year in Thugs

Damming the flow of freedom

Steve Chapman | 12.20.2007 6:54 AM

Politics

The Real Mortgage Fraud

How Congress takes a problem and makes it worse

Steve Chapman | 12.17.2007 6:48 AM

Politics

Why the Right Shifted on Immigration

And how Tancredoism took over

Steve Chapman | 12.13.2007 6:36 AM

Civil Liberties

Flunking a Religious Test

Mitt Romney's strange double standards

Steve Chapman | 12.10.2007 7:37 AM

Politics

Democrats Make a Bad Trade

Are the Clintonites becoming protectionists?

Steve Chapman | 12.3.2007 12:27 PM

World

Communism's Comeback

Hugo Chavez: History repeating as farce

Steve Chapman | 11.26.2007 12:00 PM

Politics

Hillary Clinton Learns from Experience

A curious campaign theme from a former First Lady

Steve Chapman | 11.22.2007 3:13 PM

World

Pakistan: The Lady or the Tiger?

Democracy and realpolitik in Pakistan

Steve Chapman | 11.19.2007 6:52 AM

Policy

Energy Independence, Past and Future

And the lies you can expect from the White House hopefuls

Steve Chapman | 11.15.2007 3:15 PM

Politics

Do More Cops Equal Less Crime?

Or do the stats disprove the rhetoric?

Steve Chapman | 11.12.2007 6:50 AM

Is Pornography a Catalyst of Sexual Violence?

Recent research suggests the opposite is true.

Steve Chapman | 11.5.2007 3:52 PM

Politics

The Perils of Presidential Predictions

Hold off on the Giuliani and Clinton coronations--this thing ain't over yet

Steve Chapman | 11.1.2007 12:20 PM

Politics

Campaign Reformers, Drunk on Power

Is their next target the Constitution?

Steve Chapman | 10.29.2007 7:40 AM

Politics

Take the Federal Out of Farming

The disgrace of agricultural subsidies

Steve Chapman | 10.25.2007 7:56 AM

Politics

Obama vs. the Anger Mongers

Why aren't Democrats interested in a president who goes beyond partisanship?

Steve Chapman | 10.22.2007 6:52 AM