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Letter from Austin | In Texas, thinking about Barbara Jordan COMMENTARY Noting what would have been her 75th birthday, Dave McNeely looks back on Barbara Jordan's achievements, and friends and admirers create a foundation in her name. 
Here we go again | Is Middle East unrest causing oil price spikes? Maybe not. COMMENTARY Reporters and editors, based on past experience, should examine the extent to which stock market speculators and the oll companies are pushing gas prices to the $4 mark. For guidance, here are some questions and leads from experts who wrote about the subject for Nieman Watchdog in the period 2005 to 2009, when oil and gas prices last shot through the roof.
Repeat after me... | Lowered rates have meant a lot less tax revenue, not more. That's a plain fact. America, we have a revenue problem. COMMENTARY The mantra – lower taxes bring in greater revenue – has just gone through a decade of testing. The result, writes David Cay Johnston: a lot less revenue, no increase in jobs and no economic growth. It’s time for reporters, news anchors, talk show guests, and syndicated columnists to use the actual figures – but that's unlikely, isn't it?
| The figure no one wants you to see COMMENTARY If Americans were ever presented with the real bill for the total U.S. national security budget, it would actually add up to more than $1.2 trillion a year.
The Chamber's winning record | The Chamber of Commerce: A friend of the Court (and vice versa) COMMENTARY The Chamber of Commerce has a 46 and 20 record in the modern Supreme Court. So what happens if the Court votes 5-4 to strike down healthcare reform's individual mandate?
| Will GOP candidates out-devout each other in Iowa? COMMENTARY Tim Pawlenty visits, holds Bible studies, cites scripture, says he’s a ‘devout, open Christian.’ Coming soon are Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann. Can they match that? Candidates who want to succeed in Iowa may have to.
| Apres Mubarak, no deluge COMMENTARY American journalists shouldn't cast the Egyptian president as the last bulwark against chaos and Islamic theocracy, says a Middle East scholar. Indeed, there are many reasons to be optimistic about how things will unfold once he leaves.
“A shameful copout” | The GOP, the financial crash, and the Washington Post editorial page COMMENTARY Republicans continue to hold to their radical ideology of free market infallibility, claiming now that the economic collapse was really the government’s fault. Henry Banta isn’t surprised that true believers would make such a claim -- but he is a little disappointed that the Washington Post seems to take it seriously.
This is a legitimate political event? | Turning the Iowa GOP caucuses into an extremism limbo COMMENTARY Iowa's results can be significant in a presidential race; Obama’s showing in 2008 is proof of that. But next year only the GOP caucuses will be relevant -- and the GOP in Iowa these days is controlled by right-wing religious extremists. How far will candidates bend to get their approval?
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