Steve Chapman – Page 26

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts walks out of the Senate chamber in February 2020.

Column: Will John Roberts be the savior of abortion rights?

July 1, 2020 at 12:50 p.m.

Liberals got a big victory on abortion rights Monday thanks to Chief Justice John Roberts, but don't think they're not ungrateful. "John Roberts is not your friend," announced the leftist...

Lines of cars wait at a coronavirus testing site outside Hard Rock Stadium on June 26, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Florida.

Column: We are losing the war on the coronavirus

June 27, 2020 at 1:39 p.m.

In the category of "famous last words," my favorite has always been what Union Army Gen. John Sedgwick said when urged to take cover from Confederate sharpshooters. "They couldn't hit...

Then-Vice President Joe Biden and then-national security adviser Susan Rice talk in the Oval Office of the White House in 2015.

Column: Joe Biden’s best option for VP is Susan Rice

July 10, 2020 at 9:09 a.m.

In the history of political campaigns, no topic has a higher ratio of punditry to significance than the choice of running mates. It provides a refreshing break after the long...

President Donald Trump, right, gestures as he meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their summit in Singapore on June 11, 2018.

Column: North Korea scammed Donald Trump

June 21, 2020 at 11:03 a.m.

Donald Trump had a bad week. He went to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to make himself look like a strong leader but raised doubts about his health...

A Texas Department of Public Safety official wears boots with the Texas Rangers seal as he testifies before a House subcommittee in Washington, D.C., in 2018.

Column: MLB’s Texas Rangers should give up their name, which honors police force with brutal, racist history

June 17, 2020 at 4:05 p.m.

The injustices of the present are forcing a confrontation with our past — a past wreathed in nostalgia and myths that conceal grim realities. The Civil War ended 155 years...

Joseph Fons, holding a pride flag, walks back and forth in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on Monday, June 15, 2020, after the court ruled that LGBTQ people can not be disciplined or fired based on their sexual orientation.

Column: On gay rights, conservatives were already losing

June 16, 2020 at 4:07 p.m.

The Supreme Court decision granting federal civil rights protection to gays and transgender people struck social conservatives like a two-by-four upside the head. It was yet another epic defeat, made...

John Catanzara holds up a pro-police blue stripe flag as members of the Fraternal Order of Police and their supporters rally outside the George W. Dunne Cook County office building in Chicago on April 1, 2019.

Column: When police are their own worst enemies

June 12, 2020 at 4:17 p.m.

You may have seen it: a black and white American flag with one stripe highlighted in blue. The Thin Blue Line flag is meant to show solidarity with the police....

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks via video link as family and guests attend the funeral service for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston on June 9, 2020.

Column: Joe Biden, trapped in the middle

June 10, 2020 at 2:55 p.m.

Poor Joe Biden. On one side, he is being pressed by progressives who are rallying behind the slogan "Defund the police." On the other side, he faces withering blasts from...

Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 31, 2020.

Column: Why Trump and Sen. Tom Cotton are wrong about sending in the troops

June 5, 2020 at 3:34 p.m.

For most of the 21st century, American presidents have been busy proving that the U.S. military cannot bring peace and stability to Iraq and Afghanistan. But that does not stop...

A demonstrator burns an American flag during a march in the Loop on May 29, 2020, to bring attention to the May 25 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

Column: This wave of protests is a reaction to Donald Trump

June 3, 2020 at 4:58 p.m.

The list of places where citizens have turned out to protest the killing of George Floyd is long and varied. Not just Minneapolis, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and other...

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