Politics

Local merchants have protested that these moves damage business by closing off areas popular with fishermen, even though a depressed economy and high gas prices might well explain any recent visitor decline.

From a moral standpoint, there is no question that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney should retract opposition to the Obama Administration's 61-cent federal excise tax increase on cigarettes.

In previous White House contests, environmental concerns rarely surfaced in the exchanges between candidates. But the 2012 campaign could be different.

The Republican Party appears incapable of actively addressing the fundamental challenges posed by the onset of the 21st century.

In the rare instances when Rush Limbaugh is forced to produce evidence to support his broadcast diatribes and vile personal attacks -- evidence that he does not have -- Limbaugh shifts gears and professes he was merely engaging in satiric humor to make his point.

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum's dismissive stance towards environmental concerns crucial to the future quality of life leaves him unfit to lead.

There is one scenario in which a victorious Republican presidential nominee could make good on the pledge to get government off our backs.

You might agree that the 100 projects Sen. Tom Coburn recently listed to illustrate wasteful government spending don't merit taxpayers' support. That doesn't mean, however, that they were all profligate boondoggles.

You might agree that the 100 projects Sen. Tom Coburn recently listed to illustrate wasteful government spending don't merit taxpayers' support. That doesn't mean, however, that they were all profligate boondoggles.

The sad truth is that in the Republicans' "green" lexicon, the epithet "extremist" usually applies to those who cite health benefits in support of tough environmental laws that the GOP opposes at the behest of powerful business interests.

Republicans maintain that the states and private companies could more effectively rehabilitate infrastructure than could Obama's proposed Federal Infrastructure Bank. But the GOP argument is a red herring.

Why aren't the media doing their do diligence and asking the candidates whether the planet is getting warmer at an inordinately rapid pace, and if so, whether that is due primarily to natural fluctuation or human activity?