Steve Chapman is a columnist and editorial writer for the Chicago Tribune. His twice-a-week column on national and international affairs, distributed by Creators Syndicate, appears in some 60 papers across the country. Steve Chapman came to the Tribune in 1981 from the New Republic magazine, where he was an associate editor. Steve Chapman has contributed articles to several national magazines, including Slate, The American Spectator, National Review and The Weekly Standard. Born in Brady, Texas, in 1954, Steve Chapman grew up in Midland and Austin. Steve Chapman attended Harvard University, where he was on the staff of the Harvard Crimson. He graduated with honors in 1976 and later did graduate work at the University of Chicago. Steve Chapman has three children and lives in suburban Chicago. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman 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) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ This year marked the 20th anniversary of the blossoming of democracy around the world, stimulated in part by the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989. Far from producing much new growth, however, 2009 brought... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/12/27/in_2009,_global_freedom_had_few_blooms 17d68da7-9701-49d0-a98b-227899958fec Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT Christmas is nigh, and Santa Claus is not the only person who will be flying to make his appointed rounds. This holiday season, according to the Air Transport Association (ATA), 41 million passengers will take trips by... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/12/24/dont_blame_the_airlines 8f01a1bb-37a2-41d9-9710-6604c670bec1 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT Barack Obama hoped to unify the nation, and he is making impressive progress toward that goal. Last week, he created common ground between Howard Dean and conservatives. They agree on one thing, which is that the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/12/20/how_to_make_enemies_on_health_care 93bbcb9f-a0b9-4f04-9e34-3aa6643e2db8 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT The idea of having an al-Qaida presence in Illinois, even locked up behind bars, is a horrifying prospect. That's what we have to confront now that the Obama administration has decided to move some Guantanamo... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/12/17/terrorists_in_the_heartland_chill 28590eb6-2c26-491c-a24c-4cec8bff4980 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT President Obama has outlined his new Afghanistan strategy, and the critics have had a lot to say. Things will be tougher than they were in Iraq, warned one opponent. The American general in charge doesn't understand... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/12/13/a_losing_bet_in_afghanistan 904a0bd5-d6b3-42e0-badd-5b3e06961731 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT This is that wonderful time of year when a roly-poly, white-bearded fellow descends from the North Pole to lavish us with presents. So when President Obama follows suit, maybe it's just his way of getting into the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/12/10/obamas_fantasy_jobs_plan 2019d01c-e862-4a5b-b52b-834d3b5ea9bb Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT One of the ostensible reasons for reforming our health insurance system is the need to halt the growth of spending on medical treatment. So it may be a surprise to learn that in its first major vote on the health... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/12/06/boobs_in_congress a3824b52-d41b-4353-ae36-7fdfd0438913 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:01:00 GMT Last week, the body of Chicago school board president Michael Scott was found in the Chicago River with a single bullet wound in his head. The big story was that this powerful, well-connected public official had, accord http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/11/22/armed_pols_a_chicago_tradition e2d53503-f55c-4e1b-80ac-2887424fc6da Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Opponents of same-sex marriage waxed triumphant recently when voters in Maine rejected a measure allowing gays to wed. Maggie Gallagher, head of the National Organization for Marriage, crowed, "This victory in Maine... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/11/15/gay_marriage_lost,_but_its_not_losing 0ef23667-7a43-4bd6-b10a-04498b30b850 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Mass murders are usually a mystery. When Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly committed one last week at Fort Hood, though, there was no time wasted in solving the mystery by blaming the massacre on his religion, which is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/11/12/muslims_and_mass_murder 1512deeb-dddc-464d-ac88-9d9ddb44da06 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Communism was the greatest catastrophe of the 20th century, and one of the greatest in human history. Twenty years ago, suddenly and improbably, it fell into its death throes. The end began the night of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/11/08/our_dangerous_cold_war_nostalgia 265b83e7-2e2c-47e2-b5e7-f12ab344af88 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Barack Obama held out hope of overcoming partisan divides, lowering the temperature and bringing Americans together. How's that working out? Not well, it appears. One year after he was elected, Americans look more... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/11/05/america_only_seems_polarized 03612188-01f7-4b7a-8edf-ca2a9195a5b1 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT I have seen the future of American politics, and it is big. Big and fat. You can get a glimpse of it in the New Jersey governor's race, which pits the slim, distance-running, Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine against... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/11/01/a_big,_fat_political_mistake e14ae937-15c5-472b-83fd-4288bf9b3714 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:01:00 GMT If Medicare were a bank, federal regulators would be closing its doors, selling its operations and sacking its managers. Thanks to soaring costs, the program is fast running out of money -- even though it pays such low... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/10/29/the_unhealthy_public_option d7ed8236-b960-4874-b355-42e7eecf7ed4 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT If you've been following the health care debate over the last couple of years, you may have heard the grim tale of Nataline Sarkisyan. Just 17 years old, afflicted with leukemia, she needed a liver transplant, but... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2009/10/25/creators_health_care_delusions,_left_and_right 8ab1f566-e692-4b62-9763-fedde82155fe Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT