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NEWS ABOUT: Kathleen Parker

Kathleen Parker stories: 18 news summaries
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 Legalizing Pot 
 May Be Women's Work 

Today's users don't fit the stoner stereotype: Parker

Oct 21, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Good for AG Eric Holder for announcing that the Justice Department will let medical marijuana laws stand, writes Kathleen Parker—at last, the 14 states that give cannabis to the chronically ill won't face further raids by the feds. But it's not enough: 44% of Americans favor full legalization, and... More »

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medical marijuana • marijuana • cannabis • marijuana legalization • Eric Holder • Kathleen Parker • women's issues

OPINION

 Leave Wilson Alone: Parker 



Outbursts par for the course in partisan politics

Sep 11, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - After Joe Wilson's “you lie” outburst, we may need to add “Joewilsoning” to the lexicon, as in, “OMG, he Joewilsoned right in the middle of the sermon!” writes Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post. Still, the reaction to the outburst seems a wee bit... More »

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Republican • South Carolina • partisanship • speech • US Congress • State of the Union Address • George W. Bush • Kathleen Parker • President Obama • heckling • Joe Wilson

OPINION

 2 Words Could Clean Up
'Death Panel' Mess: Parker

'A simple amendment' would put debate to rest

Aug 12, 09 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin went way too far in suggesting “death panels” would kill her loved ones—but  the wording of the House health bill authorizing payment for end-of-life consultations is worrisome, writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. “A simple amendment would do much to cool tempers.” The... More »

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language • health care reform • bill • Kathleen Parker • amendment • death panel • end-of-life care • deathers

OPINION

Southern Rednecks Killing GOP: Parker

Is it any surprise that birthers are common down there?

Aug 5, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Asked recently what was wrong with his party, Ohio Sen. George Voinovich didn’t hold back. “It’s the Southerners,” he said. “They get on TV and go ‘errrr, errrr.’ People hear them and say, ‘These people are Southerners.’” No one’s... More »

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George Voinovich • right wingers • Southerners • South • Kathleen Parker • Republicans • birther

OPINION

Sexist? Racist?
Chill Out,
GOP Pundits

Sotomayor's right;
her gender and ethnicity do matter

May 30, 09 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The conservative chattering class needs to chill out about Sonia Sotomayor, writes Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post. Bloggers are frothing with rage over Sotomayor’s infamous comment that a Latina woman might make better decisions than a white man. “Could a white man get away with saying... More »

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pundits • US Supreme Court • conservatives • Kathleen Parker • Sonia Sotomayor

OPINION

 Parker Takes 
 Hammer to Steele 

GOP chairman 'means well,' but isn't fit for the job

May 20, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Almost every demographic is quitting the GOP—despite a chairman who aims to win over everyone, including “one-armed midgets,” writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. “The emerging consensus is that [Michael] Steele, though he means well, has the wrong personality for the job,” she notes.... More »

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RNC • Republican Party • Kathleen Parker • Michael Steele

OPINION

 Washington Can't Take a Joke 

Uproar over Sykes' routine shows we take things too literally

May 13, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, Wanda Sykes’ controversial jokes at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner were “over the top,” and they weren’t all that funny, writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. But the uproar they sparked just shows “we take ourselves far too seriously—and literally.” Sykes... More »

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media • Rush Limbaugh • comedy • joke • punditry • Kathleen Parker • President Obama • Wanda Sykes

(Newser) - Questioning Elizabeth Edwards’ motives may be a “modern sacrilege,” but Kathleen Parker is doing it anyway. Yes, she’s endured a lot, but she’s the one who dragged herself back into the public spotlight with her book. “Victimhood is a reliable insulator against criticism, but something... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • Rielle Hunter • extramarital affair • Kathleen Parker • book promotion

(Newser) - It's time for Canada to end the systematic slaughter of hundreds of thousands of baby seals, argues Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. While the US and even bear-hunting Vladimir Putin have banned the practice, Canadians keep up the "gruesome drill" of massacring baby seals for their pelts. While... More »

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Canada • Vladimir Putin • animal cruelty • PETA • Kathleen Parker • sealing

OPINION

 Obama Speaks 
 Softly, Carries 
 ... You Know 
 the Rest 

President trades macho for cool

Apr 8, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama didn't swagger through his European road trip, but that doesn't mean he isn't ready to play hardball. "If George W. Bush was a cowboy, Obama is a group hug," writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. The contrast between Obama, who's still establishing his presidential... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Barack Obama • North Korea • diplomacy • Kim Jong Il • Obama administration • Kathleen Parker • President Obama

OPINION

Where's the Council on Men and Boys?

Obama's Council on Women and Girls a misplaced gesture

Mar 18, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - When President Obama last week created the White House Council on Women and Girls—a body that looks out for the fairer sex in federal policy-making—it seemed an almost laughable “act of paternalistic magnanimity,” writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. Unfortunately, it also perpetuates “the... More »

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Barack Obama • women • Valerie Jarrett • gender bias • Obama administration • Kathleen Parker • President Obama • White House Council on Women and Girls

OPINION

 This Guy Wasn't the Real Jindal 

Politician's handlers fail to showcase his talents

Mar 1, 09 11:55 AM CST
(Newser) - He may have looked like Bobby Jindal, but the man delivering the Republican response to President Obama's congressional address on Tuesday was no Bobby Jindal. Rather, the "brilliant statesman" was "equal parts Mister Rogers, Bobby Brady, and Kenneth the Page," writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post.... More »

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Barack Obama • Louisiana • Bobby Jindal • Kathleen Parker • Kenneth the Page • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

 Obama Is Acting Like an Amateur—or a Candidate 

Lack of experience might matter after all

Feb 11, 09 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The stuttering start of Barack Obama’s presidency has been a regular amateur hour, writes Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post. He’s failed to assert his authority on the stimulus, apologized for other people’s tax mistakes, and even held bizarre campaign-like events in Indiana and Florida.... More »

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Barack Obama • experience • inexperience • Obama administration • Kathleen Parker

OPINION

 The GOP 
 Has a God 
 Problem 



Parker: It's time for a break-up with the Christian Right

Nov 19, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - After getting death threats for dissing Sarah Palin, Kathleen Parker is stirring up trouble in the right-wing ranks again. The Republican Party is going to go the way of the Shakers if it doesn’t lose some of that old time religion, she writes in the Washington Post. The party’... More »

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religious right • Republican Party • Christian conservatives • culture wars • Kathleen Parker • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

 Hate Palin? You 
 Just Haven't Met Her 

But Fred Barnes has, and, he assures us, she's great

Oct 25, 08 5:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many of Sarah Palin’s critics have something in common: They haven't met her. Virtually everyone who has come into the governor’s presence leaves impressed, writes Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard. Even Alaska politicians she’s quarreled with say she’s smart and capable. “Her politics... More »

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media • Weekly Standard • Peggy Noonan • Election 2008 • Lorne Michaels • Sarah Palin • Kathleen Parker

OPINION

 Conservative 
 Sees Future 
 in Palin 

Movement needs 'plain spoken' leader like VP candidate, not 'over-delicate' Noonans

Oct 23, 08 7:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative commentators who shamelessly jump on the Barack Obama bandwagon are blinkered to the new face of conservatism, Tony Blankley writes in the Washington Times. Just like “me-too” Republicans of the New Deal era, “they all cast their admiration for Mr. Obama in contrast to Sarah Palin—who... More »

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Barack Obama • Republican Party • Peggy Noonan • David Brooks • Election 2008 • conservatism • Christopher Buckley • Sarah Palin • Kathleen Parker • David Frum

OPINION

Parker Gets the Dixie Chick Treatment After Dissing Palin

Conservative columnist labeled a traitor and worse after calling for Palin to step down

Oct 1, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - After Kathleen Parker wrote a column suggesting Sarah Palin step down, the long-time conservative got an inbox full of nasty messages accusing her of treason against the GOP. This week, she worries in the Washington Post about the “bleak future” such vitriol suggests. In a hyper-partisan America, “anyone... More »

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Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Kathleen Parker

OPINION

 'Out of Her League' 
 Palin Must Drop Out 

Candidate has shown she can't cut it, so play the family card and go home

Sep 26, 08 6:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Her “cringe reflex exhausted,” Kathleen Parker calls for Sarah Palin to drop out of the presidential campaign in a National Review column. “Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out... More »

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feminism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Kathleen Parker

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