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CATHERINE FORTE; CONTRIBUTING WRITER
It was crowded, it was smoky, and it was dark. But none of that bothered me. I was 20 years old and drinking legally.
KATHLEEN PARKER; THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP
WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney’s recent losses to Rick Santorum in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota revealed a truism that Romney might want to study – but not too much!
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
“One of the worries we have obviously in the next campaign is that there are so many of these so-called super PACs, these independent expenditures that are gonna be out there, there is gonna be just a lot of money floating around and I guarantee a bunch of it’s gonna be negative.”
BILL HALL; CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Internet website LiveScience recklessly reveals a dirty little secret about cats with no apparent realization that the information might put cats out of business if we all come to realize what we have been sponsoring all these years.
EUGENE ROBINSON; THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON – Criticism of Mitt Romney for lacking a coherent message is grossly unfair. He has been forthright, consistent and even eloquent in pressing home his campaign’s central theme: Mitt Romney desperately wants to be president.
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER; THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON – At the National Prayer Breakfast last week, seeking theological underpinning for his drive to raise taxes on the rich, President Barack Obama invoked the highest possible authority. His policy, he testified “as a Christian,” “coincides with Jesus’ teaching that ‘for unto whom much is given, much shall be required.’”
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN; THE NEW YORK TIMES
MOSCOW – To observe the democratic awakenings happening in places such as Egypt, Syria and Russia is to travel with a glow in your heart and a pit in your stomach.
LEONARD PITTS JR.; THE MIAMI HERALD
Really? Seriously?
RICHARD S. DAVIS
January’s good jobs report has been deservedly, albeit cautiously, celebrated. We’ve been fooled before. Remember “green shoots,” “shovel-ready jobs” and “recovery summer.” But this feels different, maybe because as a nation we’re so weary, even our pessimism is exhausted.
PAUL KRUGMAN; THE NEW YORK TIMES
In a better world – specifically, a world with a better policy elite – a good jobs report would be cause for unalloyed celebration. In the world we actually inhabit, however, every silver lining comes with a cloud. Friday’s report was, in fact, much better than expected, and has made many people, myself included, more optimistic.
ROBERT J. SAMUELSON; THE WASHINGTON POST
“The past is a foreign country: They do things differently there.”
MICHAEL GERSON; THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON – Some issues fade; others fester. The Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate on religious charities, hospitals and universities is the festering kind.
EUGENE ROBINSON; THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON – OK, now it’s settled, right? I mean, it must be settled by now. Mitt Romney is going to be the nominee. Eat your peas, Republicans, and then fall in line, because Romney’s the guy. Right?
JOE JOYCE; CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Are you fed up with hard, honest work? Does responsibility leave you blasé? Interested in combining your cravings of instant gratification and increased stress? Then procrastination might be the thing for you!
KATHLEEN PARKER; THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP
WASHINGTON – Two of the top news stories this past week have revolved around reproductive rights, though both raise far more troubling issues than a woman’s right to contraception or abortion.
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