TweetAmerica must uphold judicial independence at home, tooBy Brad WarthenEditorial Page EditorWHAT DO Viktor Yushchenko, Saddam Hussein, Clement Haynsworth and Samuel Alito all have in common? Judicial independence. That is to say, all have been at the center of events that illustrate the importance of that critical element, which anchors our republic in […]
TweetI just posted a reply to a comment on my Sunday column, and what I had to say was important enough that I thought I’d also publish it as a separate post. Hmm. That sounded pompous. What I mean is, it’s important in terms of explaining what this blog is all about (or what I […]
TweetFinally, voices of reason talk back on IraqBy BRAD WARTHENEditorial Page EditorFINALLY. Finally, after weeks of serious talk about taking the suicidal step of pulling American troops out of Iraq — driven by the steady drip of relentless news coverage of a casualty one day, two the next, and virtually nothing else; by poll […]
TweetA comment by GS Gantt deserves a prominent reply, so I’m making a separate post of it. He wrote, in part: Your "UNPARTY" idea has merit in that it would be in opposition to the Democrats and Republicans, such opposition being desperately needed. But I’m sure you know full well how terribly difficult and expensive […]
Tweet‘Disinterested observer’corrupted by a can of soupBy BRAD WARTHENEDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR BIG BROTHER is about to step in and make my life — and the lives of a tiny handful of others — better by imposing broad regulations that will probably cost the food industry billions without benefiting the overwhelming majority of Americans one […]
TweetDid anyone besides me note the extreme irony in this item on NPR this morning? Asked by anchor Renée Montagne about how the rest of the country was reacting to the anger of many Pakistani quake victims over "inadequate response" on the part of their government to their plight, Michael Sullivan said: Renée, I think […]
TweetAnything strike you as odd in this item from the "What’s News" briefing in The Wall Street Journal‘s weekend edition today? Louisiana is asking up to $750,000 of FEMA for a media campaign to get storm-scattered residents to vote absentee in coming elections. If you were an elected official in Louisiana right now, and you […]
TweetSome additional thoughts I didn’t have room for in today’s column. In fact, these thoughts were actually central to the original idea for the column, but I ended up going in another direction: A related issue: I’m sick of seeing perception spoken of as though it were substantial. If a poll shows that 57 percent […]
TweetSnippets from a conversation: Bill Gates, innovation and leadershipBy BRAD WARTHENEditorial Page Editor JOHN WARNER responded to my Sunday column about Inez Tenenbaum’s decision not to seek a third term as education superintendent by quoting Bill Gates. Specifically, he quoted from a speech the Microsoft honcho delivered to the National Education Summit on […]
TweetThere were a few points of interests from our Thursday editorial board meeting with Inez Tenenbaum that didn’t fit into my column Sunday. First, she made a number of comments that — despite her continued attempts to be diplomatic — betrayed the degree to which her frustration with Gov. Mark Sanford has grown over the […]
TweetHis name is Jim St. Clair. He is a member of the Lexington 4 school board, he works for U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, he is a major in the S.C. Air National Guard, and he is running for the Republican nomination for the District 1 seat on Lexington County Council. And his name is Jim […]
TweetOK, Jake and Tim, time to chill with the party stuff. It’s really wildly inappropriate in the present context. Both of you started off great with the good wishes, and I’m sure Nina appreciates them. But things start to go awry with Jake’s words, "Since Ms. Brook was a Democrat working for Gov. Hodges…" Was […]
TweetThe coincidences abound. One of my colleagues happened to e-mail me a link to Jerry Brown’s blog. Yes, that Jerry Brown, former governor of California (and son of a governor of California), former presidential candidate, former boyfriend of Linda Ronstadt. The original Governor Moonbeam. I already had the site bookmarked, but hadn’t looked at it […]
TweetThat was an excellent letter to the editor we ran from Shell Suber on today’s editorial page. Am I saying that because I agree with his point? Well, yeah. But there’s another reason — the way that he expressed the point. After pointing out that he was not in the room when the filibuster compromise […]
TweetThis is supposed to be an immediate medium, but this is a delayed posting. I’ve had all the pieces for over a week, but just not had them together in one place. In fact, I waited so long that some of what I’m about to tell you has been reported elsewhere. (And congrats to Tim […]