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The obnoxious public trial of Justice John Roberts

KATHLEEN PARKER

Published May 25th, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON - Novelist John Grisham could hardly spin a more provocative fiction: The president and his surrogates mount an aggressive campaign to intimidate the chief justice of the United States, implying ruin and ridicule should he fail to vote in a pivotal case according to the ruling political party’s wishes.
In politics, something that never existed can still create a furor

KATHLEEN PARKER

Published May 20th, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – What a difference four years make.
Forget issues and problems – it’s likability that counts

KATHLEEN PARKER

Published May 17th, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – A presidential race recently focused on high school has come to resemble a popularity contest of the same vintage.
High-profile stories with nothing but empty calories

KATHLEEN PARKER

Published May 15th, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – This past week’s news cycle has produced two narratives:
We’re an obese nation with a lot (as in weight) to lose

KATHLEEN PARKER

Published May 9th, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – Close your eyes and picture 110 million obese people waddling around America’s sidewalks. You’ll probably want to keep your eyes closed.
Help for one dissident emboldens others the world over

KATHLEEN PARKER

Published May 6th, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – News that Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng and his family might be allowed to leave China for a university fellowship in the U.S. brought relief not only to Chen, but also to dissidents around the world.
Away from the shallow crowds, the true heroes stand quietly

KATHLEEN PARKER

Published May 2nd, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – The squabbling between political campaigns and the harrumphing of pundits were put in proper perspective at, of all places, the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner – the annual Prom on the Potomac where 2,000 or so media members and movie stars gather to honor the president and admire one another.
Sure, the Fallon thing was all good fun – but it was hardly presidential

KATHLEEN PARKER

Published April 29th, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – It was fun. It was odd. It was just a little bit ... unseemly.
Can Obama stand close to the fire and not get burned?

KATHLEEN PARKER; THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP

Published April 25th, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – Either President Barack Obama has wings of Kevlar – or he has the most incompetent scheduling staff in White House history.
Presidential politics 2012: It’s a dog-eat-dog world

KATHLEEN PARKER; THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP

Published April 24th, 2012 - 12:05AM
NEW YORK – I think it is fair to say that the shark has been permanently displaced by the dog.
Dogs have become metaphor in Romney/Obama race

KATHLEEN PARKER; THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP

Published April 18th, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – I take a back seat to no one when it comes to loving dogs. For that matter, my dog takes a back seat to no one.
An issue full of smoke and noise – but not much actual fire

KATHLEEN PARKER; THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP

Published April 14th, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – For reasons that don’t interest me much, “girl fights” have always had a particular tug on our imaginations.
From a small, nasty lie grows a career-pounding beast

KATHLEEN PARKER; THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP

Published April 12th, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – All it takes is one little twit. Or a tweet, as the case may be – not that the two are mutually exclusive.
For many women in America, Mitt just isn’t their type

KATHLEEN PARKER; THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP

Published April 4th, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney “unzipped” is the stuff of cartoonists’ dreams.
Lumping apples (health care) with oranges (civil rights)

KATHLEEN PARKER; THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP

Published March 28th, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – By now you’ve heard it plenty: The Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka “Obamacare,” is like the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This creative bit of dot-connecting began with President Barack Obama, and has been perpetuated by countless talk-show hosts and their guests.
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