COMMENTARY
Commentary: Vaccine supply and the public option 
My internist told me he is now using the technique he learned many decades ago in the military, when supplies of vaccine were short and they had to split doses. I wouldn’t even think of asking. But I did ask my rheumatologist, since rheumatoid arthritis is one of those things that makes getting the flu worse. He would have been happy to give me a flu shot — I’m talking regular flu here, not the swine kind — but he was out.
By Susan Estrich , October 31, 2009
Commentary: Here’s a dose of realism in today’s war on drugs
WASHINGTON — During his immersion in his new job, Gil Kerlikowske attended a focus group of 7-year-old girls and was mystified by their talk about “farm parties.” Then he realized they meant “pharm parties” — sampling pharmaceuticals from their parents’ medicine cabinets. What he learned — besides that young humans have less native sense than young dachshunds have — is that his job has wrinkles unanticipated when he became director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
October 30, 2009
Commentary: What does the FHA think it is doing?
Exactly who made Bernadine Shimon think that she could buy a new house shortly after declaring bankruptcy and losing another home to foreclosure? The American taxpayer, that’s who.
October 30, 2009
Cartoon by Dave Granlund
By Dave Granlund , October 17, 2009
Commentary: Republican women — hear them
WASHINGTON — As the Republican Party continues its pilgrimage through the desert, its leaders may be missing the oasis for the vale of tears.
By Kathllen Parker , October 17, 2009
Commentary: The real winner in Oslo
My love of lo these many years came into the room and asked what I was working on. I detailed some topics, enthralled as usual with my own brilliance, but she scoffed at them all. She said that if she were writing a column, she would have something to say about how the Nobel Peace Prize committee got matters a bit wrong. Instead of citing Barack Obama for things intended, it should have cited the American people for things done. After all, we elected him.
By Richard Cohen , October 14, 2009
World Opinion: On the Irish referendum
An excerpt from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States .
By Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo , October 14, 2009
Commentary: A sheriff who is off the rails
SAN DIEGO — Joe Arpaio, who calls himself “America’s toughest sheriff,” has gone rogue. Consumed by ego, accused of racial profiling, and running roughshod over the federal government, this incurable media hound is flirting with another title: “outlaw.”
By Ruben Navarretteopinion@wctrib.com , October 14, 2009
Commentary; Prizing our peace on the home front
WASHINGTON — It is a sign of our weird political moment that the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama will probably hurt him among some of his fellow citizens.
By E.J. Dionne , October 13, 2009
Commentary: Latinos and the 2010 count
SAN DIEGO — If Census Bureau estimates are accurate, there are about 47 million Latinos in the United States, accounting for about 15 percent of the total U.S. population.
By Ruben Navarrette , October 13, 2009
Commentary: A miscarriage of propriety
WASHINGTON — For those whose lives revolve primarily around real people in real time and real space, hurry, go hide.
By Kathleen Parker , October 08, 2009
Commentary: The gay divorce fandango
BOSTON — I suppose there is something charming about watching conservative politicians in Texas trying so ardently to preserve a same-sex marriage.
By Ellen Goodman , October 08, 2009
Commentary: Terorrists within are a concern
What you need to know about Michael C. Finton is that he parked a van in front of a federal building in Springfield, Ill., believing it was loaded with explosives. He then twice made cell phone calls that he thought would detonate the bombs.
By Froma Harrop , October 07, 2009
Commentary:Defense Sec. should not muzzle his commanders
SAN DIEGO — After years of criticizing President George W. Bush for running roughshod over American foreign policy by sending U.S. troops to fight two wars, liberals who support President Barack Obama have learned to stop worrying and love executive power.
By Ruben Navarrette , October 07, 2009
Justice is coming to Polanski
WASHINGTON — In a 24/7 media world, one would have expected the story of Roman Polanski to last, oh, about 9 1/2 minutes. He raped a girl, admitted it, fled the country before sentencing, was caught again, and now faces justice.
By Kathleen Parker , October 06, 2009
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