Tag: Steve Chapman

Obama wants to wage this non-war war against a non-state state without congressional authority or debate. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty images)

Obama’s unnecessary, unpromising war

Steve Chapman · September 13, 2014 8:02 pm

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An endurance test that puzzles and inspires

Steve Chapman · September 11, 2014 9:22 pm

You can't push against the seat until the other person returns the reclining seat to its upright position. You can't scream and swear and throw things. If you do, the airplane will land at the nearest airport and let the cops put you in a seat you'll find even less comfy, Chapman writes. (iStock Photo)

Want more leg room in a flight? Pay for it

Steve Chapman · September 6, 2014 5:53 pm

Iraqi security forces hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during an operation outside Amirli, some 105 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. (AP Photo)

Ignorance fuels the calls for war

Steve Chapman · September 4, 2014 6:51 pm

One of the central arguments of the lawyers defending gay marriage bans are that we should limit marriage to male-female couples because that's been the norm in Western cultures for millennia. It's an argument deeply rooted in conservative political philosophy, which has never really had much influence in the United States. (iStock Photo)

‘Tradition’ is not a good argument against gay marriage

Steve Chapman · September 3, 2014 9:28 pm

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (L) said the Islamic State is a threat "beyond anything that we've seen," and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey called it an "apocalyptic" group that will "have to be defeated." (Getty images/Mark Wilson)

Another bad war in Iraq

Steve Chapman · August 27, 2014 10:28 pm

Voters cast their ballots in a school gymnasium as others wait in line in the background Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in Ferguson, Mo. Voters waited in line for hours at the location in order to cast their ballot. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Democracy and Ferguson

Steve Chapman · August 25, 2014 10:11 pm

First lady Michelle Obama visits Chicago's Harper High School, a predominately African-American school where 29 current or former students had been shot in the previous year, Wednesday April 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Chicago Tribune, Nancy Stone, Pool)

What about ‘black-on-black crime’? Funny you should ask

Steve Chapman · August 21, 2014 3:11 pm

The country still resembles what a presidential commission described in 1968: "two societies, one black, one white -- separate and unequal."ÃÂ (iStock)

Ferguson shows that blacks live in a different America

Steve Chapman · August 18, 2014 10:43 pm

If liberals rally behind Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy, they'll be making a Faustian deal. (Getty/ Adam Berry)

Liberals should brace themselves if Hillary Clinton becomes president

Steve Chapman · August 14, 2014 11:51 pm

Congressional Democrats are lining up behind a constitutional amendment to allow restrictions on campaign contributions and spending.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Campaign finance curbs and bipartisan censorship

Steve Chapman · August 11, 2014 2:35 pm

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, left, and CIA Director John Brennan testify during a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee March 12, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The intelligence community’s secrets and lies

Steve Chapman · August 7, 2014 3:00 pm