Longtime broadcast newsman Richard Tucker is a staff writer and media critic at The Heritage Foundation. Tucker works with Heritage analysts and other conservative public policy advocates who appear regularly in the print and broadcast news media. Before joining the Heritage Foundation, he spent almost eight years as a broadcast news copy editor and writer, first in CNN's Atlanta headquarters and most recently in the cable news network's Washington Bureau. Tucker's career as a broadcast journalist began in 1992 as a photographer/editor with WBNG-TV, the CBS affiliate in Binghamton, New York. He is a 1991 graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. Originally from Vestal, N.Y., Tucker lives with his wife and two sons in northern Virginia. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:23:50 GMT Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:23:50 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ If there's one thing a non-scientist needs to understand, it's this: science is never truly "settled." Any theory, no matter how widely accepted or how effectively it appears to be explain the natural world, must be... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/12/11/a_warning_on_warming 8eee2727-5ab8-437b-a5ce-e48040ecf361 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:23:50 GMT Are you a "Tenther?" No, that's not someone who lives in a tent to remain off the grid -- although that may be something we Tenthers will soon consider. No, "the Tenthers are the ones who keep citing the Tenth... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/12/04/taking_the_tenth 5f8cfed6-f6c2-4433-8c70-563762661db6 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:40:00 GMT You should be very afraid. No, not of Islamic extremists plotting to kill their fellow Americans. After all, "At this point, there is no information to indicate Major Nidal Malik Hasan had any co-conspirators or was... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/11/28/where_the_real_fear_is d1cee98f-3c66-49a6-96f3-ae030658867d Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:24:05 GMT It must be difficult to work at The New York Times, surrounded every day by true believers in conservative ideals. Luckily for the rest of us Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the paper's "Book Review" and "Week in Review"... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/11/20/the_death_of_conservatism_a_premature_burial 4983452b-2d5e-45e0-84cd-00a127441709 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:20 GMT Cynthia Hall tried to warn us, but we didn't listen. Hall, as you may recall, was a 51-year-old Fulton County sheriff's deputy assigned to escort alleged rapist Brian Nichols to court in 2005. Alone. He was a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/11/13/pc_can_kill 26de42d6-e601-4ec0-81d9-3891775bbf41 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:09:02 GMT In an ironic twist, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals also treats its employees like so much meat. And it doesn't even pay them for the privilege. A recent story in the Style section of The Washington Post d http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/11/06/a_meaty_debate a74f351e-a91a-4cb3-94e5-db5b16c74f48 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:44:44 GMT Conservatives: Looking for the perfect Christmas gift this year? You might want to consider a gift subscription to the "new" Newsweek magazine. It's the gift that will keep on giving, providing laughter throughout 2010... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/10/30/getting_the_news,_weekly df9e8616-91d5-4268-b782-686d596f7dd3 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:18:59 GMT News flash: It often snows in Syracuse. And it rains. Even floods, sometimes. Another news flash: these are not federal disasters. Or, at least, they shouldn't be. But these days, far too many things are labeled as... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/10/22/a_flood_of_federal_disasters 6703c62f-d4c0-4830-9e5b-7badb9de54eb Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT Some things never change. It's been decades since people regularly carried pocket watches. Heck, since the advent of cell phones, many people don't even bother with a wrist watch anymore. But if you buy a new pair http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/10/16/in_today's_obit_section_newspapers c8ad1e09-0022-4bff-b44f-43b11f44f388 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:54:32 GMT It's one of the biggest myths in Washington, a powerful idea that hangs around year in and year out no matter how hard we try to kill it. It's the claim that liberals offer ideas and conservatives merely oppose... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/10/09/liberal_health_care_ideas_doa f7b5e1ee-c5f5-41f3-826a-94a0559338df Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:49:58 GMT Around the house, leaks are a major problem. They can even lead to structural damage if they aren't dealt with. The same is true in Washington, of course. But here, leaks can also be beneficial, getting out... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/10/02/awol_on_afghanistan e36bd349-53fb-406c-a757-0f5f150adab9 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:50:59 GMT A Washington tell-all book is seldom a good place to look for political wisdom. But, whether he meant to or not, former White House speechwriter Matt Latimer's new book, "Speech-Less: Tales of a White House Survivor,"... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/09/25/it's_not_personal 2a8b2712-3ca9-405c-8202-940295e886b4 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:37:47 GMT It used to be that if somebody did a poor job but didn't want to fix it, he'd shrug and say, "Well, that's good enough for government work." But these days, that's the problem. Too much of our work is government work.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/09/18/the_growing_grip_of_government 36833026-dc6c-4c81-9582-fe89e1a494cc Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:00:48 GMT Maybe August was simply a long dream (or nightmare, for some politicians). Our leaders spent the month in town hall meetings, hearing from citizens who want nothing to do with government-controlled health care. But... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/09/11/same_old_prescription 272fa528-83ca-4dad-81bc-203c03cc1ac7 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT Old jokes tend to hang around because they contain a large measure of truth. For example, everyone knows the punch line to "How can you tell that a politician is lying?" Of course, it's "because his lips are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2009/09/03/keeping_us_in_stitches 3c7478bd-afa5-4b19-b37e-c44faf22ddc5 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:04:08 GMT