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Kathleen Parker

PARKER: Minority conservative knows value of perseverence

COLUMBIA, S.C. ---- On Monday, as news filtered out that beleaguered South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was being charged with 37 ethics violations, the woman who wants his job spoke of restoring public pride in her home state.

Nov 27, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

PARKER: The storm before the calm

WASHINGTON ---- Calm.

Nov 22, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…

PARKER: Minding political manners not part of our heritage

WASHINGTON ---- Growing concern about incivility is one of America's more appealing trends. Increasingly, individuals and institutions are seeking ways to burnish the Golden Rule.

Nov 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

PARKER: Saving the news

WASHINGTON ---- Each time another report surfaces about the decline of newspapers, I feel like a death row inmate counting the warden's footsteps.

Nov 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

PARKER: Jumping through the hoops

WASHINGTON ---- As if President Obama didn't have enough on his plate with health care and Afghanistan, he's now faced with the problem that can't be solved: Women.

Oct 28, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

PARKER: Franken smear decidely unfunny

WASHINGTON ---- Picking one's battles has never been trickier, especially if you're a member of the benighted Republican Party.

Oct 25, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

GOP case for reefer sanity

WASHINGTON ---- In an act of merciful sanity, the Obama administration has made good on its promise to stop interfering with states that allow the medical use of marijuana.

Oct 22, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

PARKER: When progressives go retro

WASHINGTON ---- Virginia women have plenty of reason to feel offended by their state's gubernatorial race, though not because the Republican candidate once wrote a dissertation observing that the American family had suffered as a result of women joining the work force.

Oct 11, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

PARKER: New Polanski-esque story captures society's imagination

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.

Oct 04, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

PARKER: 'Acorns' and tangled roots

WASHINGTON ---- While everyone in Washington is suddenly pretending they've hardly ever heard of ACORN, they might want to pretend they've never heard of the SEIU, one of the nation's largest unions.

Sep 28, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

PARKER: Nation must be sensitive to race, racist epithet

WASHINGTON ---- Charges of racism these past several days, from op-ed pages to Jimmy Carter's interpretation of Rep. Joe Wilson's "You lie!" outburst, are proving ... complicated.

Sep 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

PARKER: Joe Wilson steals show, loses audience

WASHINGTON ---- South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson seems to have set a precedent Wednesday night when he called the president a liar during a joint session of Congress.

Sep 13, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

PARKER: What was the fuss about?

WASHINGTON ---- Just when you thought things couldn't get any stupider, schools across the nation decided to censor President Obama's speech urging kids to work hard because "being successful is hard."

Sep 09, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

PARKER: Obama's 'choice' he may regret

WASHINGTON ---- As President Barack Obama prepares to address Congress on health care reform, America's pro-life movement is gassing up.

Sep 05, 2009 | 9:00 am | Loading…

PARKER: Kennedy, God and health care reform

WASHINGTON ---- Reaction to Sen. Ted Kennedy's death suggests that there really are two Americas.

Aug 30, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…

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