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) 2008 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:00:06 GMT Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:00:06 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Well, it was fun while it lasted. When the decrepit Soviet Union collapsed in 1989, it looked as though the U.S. and our allies would be able to preside over a future of peace and prosperity, governing the planet... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/08/15/the_future_looks_hard 58470fc3-031b-48e7-b011-930761b8ed44 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:00:06 GMT "Don't knock it until you've tried it," my grandmother used to say when serving a food that seemed, let us say, unappetizing. The same advice ought to be applied to public policy. In the Outlook section of The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/08/08/conservatism_the_premature_burial cd6b2811-48ef-4865-b13d-0ee46804dff3 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:35:56 GMT Halfway through the busy summer driving season, gas prices are finally starting to come down a bit. Still, it's difficult to get excited about paying "only" $3.75 per gallon, when that's double what prices were a few... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/08/01/leading_the_drive_for_more_oil b786d1a9-6205-4ade-9ac8-ec98882afc37 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:20:01 GMT Saratoga, N.Y.-Where does money come from? Some in this lovely town think they know the answer: Albany. On July 18, the 79-year-old majority leader of the New York State Senate retired. Before he left office, Joe Bruno... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/07/25/adding_up_the_earmarks 377eeab5-e92a-48c0-acad-1a5bce52635c Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT How are you doing, financially? You've probably got a better job than you did five years ago, and you'll probably have a still better job (or at least better pay) five years from now. Unless, of course, you retire. In... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/07/18/no_time_for_whining a0d16d73-da73-44ed-8cdf-5fc03703050c Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT Here's news: Africa needs more international financial aid. During the recent G-8 summit, the world's richest and most powerful nations vowed to deliver $60 billion to help Africans fight AIDS and starvation. It's only... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/07/11/aiding_the_aid_process 5f45390a-d51f-42a3-be87-b7ba79e9cf34 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:36:55 GMT Clichés are generally tiresome, but they only become clichés by first being true. Perhaps the best cliché to explain this year's presidential election would be, "The more things change, the more they remain the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/07/04/the_election_that_we_need 0fe04446-e452-49af-9501-fb33a1114ae6 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT Finally, in an election supposedly about "change," somebody offered something genuinely different. Something that might actually work and would, if nothing else, improve how Washington operates. "I further propose we... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/06/27/can_you_spare_some_change db6b840d-d657-41a3-a02f-e6c19d5b0c3c Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:12:12 GMT Well, it's that time of year again. Students are pouring out of high schools across the country, with most getting ready for the next natural step: college. In one sense that's good. Today's economy requires more... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/06/20/degrees_of_incompetence 1b7f8f92-d899-4bf3-b22f-abd6479961b6 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT What a relief to see the sign at the Subway restaurant: "We have tomatoes, approved by the FDA." In the event, I didn't want tomato on my sandwich, but it's good to know the government is looking out for me. I did... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/06/13/todays_special_over-regulation 6ed1d6fe-5688-45a1-bb93-2a8bdd81c9f2 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:09:51 GMT In the last week, story after story informed us that our nation had passed a critical milestone because of the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama. And indeed, Americans have been taking great leaps forward. But the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/06/06/crashing_canards 4085bb00-f524-4345-88b0-457d4046c4f7 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:25:32 GMT During the 1980s, Kool & the Gang enjoyed a massive hit with "Celebration." It was so popular it's probably still on the charts somewhere. The song fit its era. It was the go-go Reagan years (when the Go-Go's also... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/05/30/pining_for_perfection 45f5a759-243f-4472-b92d-35ccf4e087a0 Fri, 30 May 2008 18:39:41 GMT During the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois asked him, "You're a Bruce Springsteen fan?" An odd question, to which Alito replied tepidly, "I am to some degree,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/05/23/dancing_in_the_legislative_dark 1c8e5865-7a6c-4f62-9c24-faa28b368055 Fri, 23 May 2008 18:19:23 GMT Sorry, but is this a bad time to discuss global warming? Here in the mid-Atlantic, the month of May has been a washout. Record rainfall has made last year's drought seem like a distant memory. And the temperature... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/05/16/global_warming_playing_it_cool eeb03401-8646-4686-9550-44bd38570e90 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:08:32 GMT Barack Obama's overwhelming win in North Carolina seems to have ended the lengthy Democratic presidential primary process. Sure, Hillary Clinton's vowing to fight on, and maybe she'll keep running all the way to Denver... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichTucker/2008/05/09/finding_ways_to_win ae567e4a-7e96-4570-8778-59f8403d5676 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:17:32 GMT