We’re getting the same old IRS spin
By Tribune-ReviewDaniel J. Mitchell, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, is a former economist for former Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Oregon, and the Senate Finance Committee. …
Heritage scholar strikes back
By Eric HeylRobert Rector is the senior research fellow in domestic policy for The Heritage Foundation and co-author of a Heritage study released Monday on the Senate …
The marathon mindset
By Eric HeylAimee Kimball is director of mental training for UPMC Sports Medicine, a certified consultant with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and a member of …
Here comes the ‘BS’ defense
By Eric HeylRalph Peters is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, author, novelist and Fox News analyst. Peters spoke to the Trib about the legal case against …
Venezuela after Chavez
By Eric HeylGeorge Ciccariello-Maher is an assistant professor of political science at Drexel University in Philadelphia and author of the book “We Created Chavez,” which was published …
Ignoring the rest of the world
By Eric HeylNationally syndicated columnist Georgie Anne Geyer has been a foreign correspondent and international affairs commentator for more than four decades. Notable world figures she has …
Environmental judge, jury & policeman
By Eric HeylMarlo Lewis Jr. is a senior fellow in the energy and environment program at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank advocating limited …
Are we heading toward a police state?
By Eric HeylChristopher Coyne is the F.A. Harper Professor of Economics at George Mason University. Abigail R. Hall is a Mercatus Graduate Fellow in George Mason University’s Economics Department. They spoke to the Trib regarding their recent article in The Independent Review …
Whither American leadership?
By Eric HeylJoe Lieberman is a former U.S. senator of Connecticut and was the Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee in 2000. He spoke to the Trib about his new …
Political satire at its steppiest
By Tribune-ReviewElaina Newport is the producer and a co-founder of The Capitol Steps, a troupe of political satirists that has entertained the nation for more than …
The college tuition racket
By Eric HeylLisa Snell is education director at the Reason Foundation, a Los Angeles libertarian think tank. She spoke to the Trib regarding the financial model for …
Rubik’s Cuba
By Eric HeylCarl Meacham is director of the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan foreign policy think tank. He spoke to the Trib about what Cuban President Raul Castro’s recently announced plan to step …
Richard Viguerie’s fight for the soul of the GOP
By Eric HeylPolitical direct mail pioneer Richard Viguerie is chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, an organization devoted to relaunching America’s conservative movement and diminishing the influence of Republican beltway …
Handicapping the next pontiff
By Eric HeylLawrence Cunningham is a professor emeritus of theology at Notre Dame. He spoke to the Trib about possible successors to Pope Benedict XVI, who announced …
Hagel pick telegraphs weakness
By Tribune-ReviewBret Stephens is the foreign affairs columnist and a deputy editorial page editor for The Wall Street Journal. Stephens spoke to the Trib regarding the …
Whither freedom, whither liberty
By Eric HeylRobert Higgs is an author and senior fellow for The Independent Institute, an Oakland, Calif., nonpartisan organization that sponsors studies on key social and economic issues. Higgs spoke to the Trib about the current condition of freedom in America. Q: …
Measuring the value of gun control
By Eric HeylJohn R. Lott Jr. is a former chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission and author of the 2010 book “More Guns, Less Crime.” …
Death of a president, 50 years on
By Eric HeylDr. Cyril Wecht is an internationally renowned forensic pathologist, author and former Allegheny County coroner. In 1978, he testified before a congressional committee disputing the …
The challenges of the second-term inaugural address
By McClatchy NewspapersMartin Medhurst, a professor of rhetoric and communication at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has authored or edited more than a dozen books on presidential …
A changing of the Heritage guard
By Eric HeylEdwin Feulner is the president of The Heritage Foundation, the nation’s most influential conservative think tank. Feulner, who is retiring in April after 35 years …
