<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Opinions - National columnists</title><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com</link><description>RSS from www.daily-chronicle.com</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>O’Reilly: Can’t stop running if you want to score</title><description>So, there I am coaching third base for my 9-year-old son’s little league team. Man on second, one out. The batter hits a ground ball to third, the fielder promptly boots it so I send the runner in to home plate.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/23/oreilly-cant-stop-running-if-you-want-to-score/asnytps/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/23/oreilly-cant-stop-running-if-you-want-to-score/asnytps/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schultz: She thanked God, and the debate rages on</title><description>It was a flash of joy against a relentless backdrop of despair. So, of course, the video of Barbara Garcia’s happy news went viral.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/22/schultz-she-thanked-god-and-the-debate-rages-on/at0q3o3/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/22/schultz-she-thanked-god-and-the-debate-rages-on/at0q3o3/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ponnuru: ‘Obama scandals’ could actually hurt Republicans</title><description>Republican politicians and activists can barely contain their glee at the simultaneous eruption of three major controversies about the Obama administration.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/22/ponnuru-obama-scandals-could-actually-hurt-republicans/aa16lip/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/22/ponnuru-obama-scandals-could-actually-hurt-republicans/aa16lip/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reeder: The common man silenced</title><description>Shortly before World War II, Norman Rockwell painted an image depicting a workingman standing to speak at a government meeting. Surrounded by men in suits, he stood there in a flannel shirt and a laborer’s jacket with an agenda stuck in it’s pocket.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/21/reeder-the-common-man-silenced/a1ui6q2/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/21/reeder-the-common-man-silenced/a1ui6q2/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pitts: In Florida, timely injustice</title><description>At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/21/pitts-in-florida-timely-injustice/aal1668/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/21/pitts-in-florida-timely-injustice/aal1668/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Barone: IRS and AP scandals cast a chill on free speech</title><description>Chilling effect. That’s the term lawyers and judges use to describe the result of government actions that deter people from exercising their right of free speech.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/20/barone-irs-and-ap-scandals-cast-a-chill-on-free-speech/an72ujl/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/20/barone-irs-and-ap-scandals-cast-a-chill-on-free-speech/an72ujl/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Smith: Overheated climate rhetoric hurts economy</title><description>Climate change is an issue that needs to be discussed thoughtfully and objectively. Unfortunately, claims that distort the facts hinder the legitimate evaluation of policy options. The rhetoric has driven some policymakers toward costly regulations and policies that will harm hardworking American families and do little to decrease global carbon emissions. The Obama administration’s decision to delay, and possibly deny, the Keystone XL pipeline is a prime example.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/20/smith-overheated-climate-rhetoric-hurts-economy/awj1phw/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/20/smith-overheated-climate-rhetoric-hurts-economy/awj1phw/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Harrop: Consumers not best drivers in health care</title><description>For years, conservatives have pushed for a health insurance model emphasizing catastrophic coverage. It works as follows:</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/17/harrop-consumers-not-best-drivers-in-health-care/awjakwr/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/17/harrop-consumers-not-best-drivers-in-health-care/awjakwr/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>O'Reilly: What happened, Mr. President?</title><description>It hasn’t been a great week for the Obama folks, as the scandal du jour tour has firmly taken hold. Every day it seems another federal agency is exposed as having intimidated, snooped, covered up or gone to Vegas on the taxpayer dime.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/16/oreilly-what-happened-mr-president/aa7w7y2/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/16/oreilly-what-happened-mr-president/aa7w7y2/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schultz: Already, some whistle-blowers have lost their nerve</title><description>Two weeks after the press partied hearty with President Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the administration admitted that federal authorities had secretly combed through phone records for dozens of Associated Press journalists.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/16/schultz-already-some-whistle-blowers-have-lost-their-nerve/axjie8j/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/16/schultz-already-some-whistle-blowers-have-lost-their-nerve/axjie8j/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ponnuru: Liberals Fulfill Caricature in Flextime Fight</title><description>It didn’t get a lot of attention. It happened the same day as hearings on the Benghazi attacks and the announcement of a verdict in the Jodi Arias trial. But House Majority Leader Eric Cantor took a modest step forward last week in his plan to broaden the Republican agenda beyond budget cuts.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/14/ponnuru-liberals-fulfill-caricature-in-flextime-fight/aoxggid/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/14/ponnuru-liberals-fulfill-caricature-in-flextime-fight/aoxggid/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Diehl: GOP seeks blame, not solutions on Benghazi</title><description>Remember the scandal of “the 16 words”? If not, the quick version is this: A former ambassador named Joseph C. Wilson IV charged in 2003 that President George W. Bush had included in his State of the Union address a (16-word) allegation about Iraq that his top aides knew to be false – that Saddam Hussein had sought to purchase uranium from Niger.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/13/diehl-gop-seeks-blame-not-solutions-on-benghazi/a2q6v90/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/13/diehl-gop-seeks-blame-not-solutions-on-benghazi/a2q6v90/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Barone: Did Clinton and Obama believe their Benghazi baloney?</title><description>What were Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton thinking? Why did they keep pitching the line that the Sept. 11, 2012 Benghazi attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans started as a spontaneous protest against an anti-Muslim video?</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/13/barone-did-clinton-and-obama-believe-their-benghazi-baloney/as74rh3/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/13/barone-did-clinton-and-obama-believe-their-benghazi-baloney/as74rh3/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Meyerson: Unions try new models for future growth</title><description>Since the emergence of capitalism, workers seeking higher pay and safer workplaces have banded together in guilds and unions to pressure their employers for a better deal.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/10/meyerson-unions-try-new-models-for-future-growth/a7t6jxp/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/10/meyerson-unions-try-new-models-for-future-growth/a7t6jxp/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Harrop: Three girls lost in Cleveland</title><description>The story of three girls grabbed from the streets of Cleveland and caged in their neighborhood for some 10 years demands scrutiny beyond expressions of shock.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/10/harrop-three-girls-lost-in-cleveland/ag066e1/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/10/harrop-three-girls-lost-in-cleveland/ag066e1/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>O’Reilly: Fear mania puts our freedom under fire</title><description>Every time there’s a horrendous story about kidnapping or child molestation, America loses another ounce of freedom.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/10/oreilly-fear-mania-puts-our-freedom-under-fire/awjmxiu/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/10/oreilly-fear-mania-puts-our-freedom-under-fire/awjmxiu/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schultz: Cleveland ordeal dredges up trauma for others, too</title><description>As I write this, not even 48 hours have passed since three young women escaped a decadelong nightmare of captivity in a house in Cleveland.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/09/schultz-cleveland-ordeal-dredges-up-trauma-for-others-too/a72nkgt/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/09/schultz-cleveland-ordeal-dredges-up-trauma-for-others-too/a72nkgt/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ponnuru: Liberal anger only makes Cruz stronger</title><description>Rude, entitled, arrogant and off-putting: That’s how the conventionally wise in Washington are characterizing Ted Cruz, the conservative new senator from Texas. It’s a better description of the critics themselves, who are inadvertently helping Cruz build his national fan base.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/07/ponnuru-liberal-anger-only-makes-cruz-stronger/a5j0pto/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/07/ponnuru-liberal-anger-only-makes-cruz-stronger/a5j0pto/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rubin: Israel steps up to the plate</title><description>The Washington Post reports: “Israeli forces have carried out an airstrike against a shipment of sophisticated missiles bound for the Lebanese political and military organization Hezbollah, officials in Washington, Lebanon and Israel told reporters Saturday.</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/07/rubin-israel-steps-up-to-the-plate/aeno8h2/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/07/rubin-israel-steps-up-to-the-plate/aeno8h2/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reeder: Illinois is competing with Texas</title><description>SPRINGFIELD – Who cares what Texas Gov. Rick Perry thinks?</description><link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/06/reeder-illinois-is-competing-with-texas/aa2w16k/</link><guid>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/05/06/reeder-illinois-is-competing-with-texas/aa2w16k/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>