PostPartisan Archive: Parker

No Flies on PETA

I thought it awfully strange that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was weighing in on President Obama's fly-swat (the headline on website TMZ: "PETA Swats at Obama for Killing That Fly!"), so I emailed PETA spokesman...

Obama, the Less-Than-Great Defender

President Obama's response to Iran falls squarely in the category of "pretty good" and slow to the draw. He seems to be so worried about not being George W. Bush that he's forgetting to be the American president. His...

Hypocrisy on Obama and Notre Dame?

I've received a number of emails questioning why some pro-life Catholics oppose President Obama's invitation to give the commencement address and receive an honorary degree at Notre Dame when they didn't oppose George W. Bush's 2001 speech there, given...

Peter Orszag's Cowboy Boots

I have much to say about Monday's lifting of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research. Column coming. But in the meantime, I noticed that the folks at the Huffington Post are declaring their love for budget director Peter...

The Obama Guest List

This just in: Dillon, S.C., eighth-grader Ty'Sheoma Bethea, who figured in my Sunday column about crumbling rural schools, has been tapped for special duty tonight. She'll be sitting with first lady Michelle Obama during President Obama's address to Congress....

The Practical President

Most of the president's interview with five columnists aboard Air Force One last Friday has been written about. And everyone by now has heard the Quote du Jour, Obama's response to a question about whether he had any second...

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The Perfect Day, Marisa Katz , January 20, 2009

The Empress' Clothes, Marisa Katz , November 7, 2008

One of the Revelers, Marisa Katz , November 5, 2008

Dancing in the Streets, Marisa Katz , November 5, 2008

McCain's Amazing Grace, Marisa Katz , November 4, 2008

Land Shark, Marisa Katz , November 4, 2008

Redneck Woman, Hell, Yeah, Marisa Katz , October 28, 2008

The Final Debate: Their Essential Selves, Marisa Katz , October 16, 2008

The Town Hall Debate: That One Comment, Marisa Katz , October 8, 2008

The Town Hall Debate: Wake Me When It Starts, Marisa Katz , October 8, 2008

The VP Debate: She Won Fersure, Also, Marisa Katz , October 3, 2008

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, Marisa Katz , September 30, 2008

The Palin Problem, Marisa Katz , September 30, 2008

The Debate: Senator Been There, Done That, Marisa Katz , September 26, 2008

The Debate: McCain's Unforced Error on the 'Bailout', Marisa Katz , September 26, 2008

Romney, a Shadow Veep?, Marisa Katz , September 25, 2008