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PARKER: Evolution of a narrative
WASHINGTON -- This past week's news cycle has produced two narratives:. One, Barack Obama is an evolutionary, 21st-century hero who supports equality for all. Two, Mitt Romney is a gay-bashing bully mired in the previous century, who also supports a war on women and, oh yeah, hates dogs.
PARKER: A little lesson on obesity
WASHINGTON -- Close your eyes and picture 110 million obese people waddling around America's sidewalks. Such is the scenario suggested by a new study projecting that 42 percent of American adults will be obese by 2030. That's 32 million more than today.
PARKER: Slow jamming the presidency
WASHINGTON -- It was fun. It was odd. It was just a little bit ... unseemly. Doubtless you've heard plenty by now of President Obama's slow jam.
KATHLEEN PARKER: Political 'girl fight' the wrong fight
For reasons that don't interest me much, "girl fights" have always had a particular tug on our imaginations.
KATHLEEN PARKER: Our appalling-ness
WASHINGTON -- There are so many appalling aspects to the Trayvon Martin case that it's hard to find a permanent home for outrage.. Most appalling, obviously, is the fatal shooting of an unarmed 17-year-old who was targeted by a 28-year-old volunteer neighborhood watchman. George Zimmerman thought
PARKER: What women want
Introducing her husband on Super Tuesday night, Ann Romney said women this election season are interested in jobs, the economy and the debt. Translation: So could we shut up already about contraception?.
PARKER: Obama's prayer
WASHINGTON — Let me be blunt: If Republicans nominate Rick Santorum, they will lose.
PARKER: Civility is golden
Can civility be saved?This has become the question du jour among scholars, journalists and others who fret about such things at dozens of programs popping up around the country. As a nation, we seem to want to be a more civil society, which is laudable if, quite possibly, unlikely
KATHLEEN PARKER: The power of losing
Romney and the power of losing. WASHINGTONMitt Romney's recent losses to Rick Santorum in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota revealed a truism that Romney might want to study -- but not too much!Parting with one's dreams isn't only sweet sorrow, it also can be liberating. Beneath the sorrow and alongside
PARKER: All the news that's unfit to print
Patrick Witt, who played quarterback for Parkview High in 2005 before transferring to a school in Texas, is in the news again after making headlines about a decision to compete for a Rhodes Scholarship. This time the news is not so flattering, as he is the subject of a New York Times story that essentially indicted and convicted him on an alleged sexual assault charge by an anonymous accuser.
