http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields 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, 04 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I've always wondered how we might have celebrated Independence Day if it had fallen on the Fourth of February. But summer it is, and good, because summer liberates the spirit like no other season. We ride waves... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/07/04/speakers_for_the_fourth f3614b52-7c09-4a64-8a3c-519cc6d93b7b Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT If you had met him, you might think he "had kicked himself loose of the earth" and "knew no restraint, no faith and no fear." He was once perceived as "remarkable" and a man of great promise, but had descended into... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/06/27/heart_of_darkness 8711fe48-c151-48fa-b873-58087c4026bb Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT I was looking out on Chesapeake Bay, sipping a chilled white wine and nibbling a pear plucked from a tree outside my window when I heard that Tim Russert was dead. I didn't know him, but like everyone else who follows... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/06/20/death,_be_not_proud_--_the_poets_and_a_media_hero_dying_young de2dd838-d0e5-4961-bea1-83fd44f1498f Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT BERLIN -- An American won't easily recognize politics at home as seen from Europe. Even our British cousins often look through a glass, darkly. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, distilled to their essence, were... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/06/13/american_politics_through_a_glass,_darkly 3c63a423-3cdc-4b29-8eb4-422437c6ffb6 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT "The Path to Purpose" sounds like the title of an autobiography of Barack Obama or John McCain. But it's not. It's a sad story about children who never get started on that path. These are children of the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/06/06/a_path_to_purpose eef91d34-901b-4ce8-a7db-9fdad6965aea Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT LONDON -- The Brits seem to have more fun in their politics than we do -- more eccentric personalities, steamier scandals and their newspapers don't take themselves or the scandals as seriously as ours do. But... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/06/02/labor_pains_in_london 6aaef32b-6cdd-4045-93ca-16d0e305688b Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT The youth vote is rockin' if not rollin'. Young voters who blog -- and there are lots of them -- boast they're the voting bloc that's hot. "Young voters are the new pink," a Rock the Vote blogger shouts. "Or the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/05/23/rock_the_ignorance 980966f4-bbc6-4bc6-8053-ead4952334b9 Fri, 23 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT Power, money, sex, politics. Hillary Clinton is the ex-wife at the table where her ex-husband sits with his new wife. They've come together for the sake of the children to iron out as amiably as they can the specifics... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/05/16/up_close_and_public d977a07a-c596-47e0-8079-001b73d167f4 Fri, 16 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT Are we having fun yet? The run-ups to the voting in Indiana and North Carolina kept Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama working on their performance art (and who knew that Ron Paul was still in the Republican race, but he... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/05/09/playing_performance_politics 5489bfcf-d337-495c-8267-267dd9207554 Fri, 09 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT Americans have always loved to read. The first pilgrims brought their Bibles with them, and the Good Book was well-thumbed. The Founding Fathers were avid readers of philosophy and history, and their arguments... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/05/02/a_rising_tide_of_ignorance eb502c6e-b71d-4075-9f03-df6c8754221c Fri, 02 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT Hillary Clinton has been left for dead by most of the pundits, many of whom more or less openly yearn for consummation of their passionate love affair with Barack Obama. These pundits look to each other for constant... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/04/25/not_quite_road_kill_hillary_wins_what_was_lost_before aae8cd32-2b3b-4a80-afba-fa2260caf72c Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT If it's true, as Marc Antony observed over the bier of Julius Caesar that "the good that men do is oft interred with their bones," Margaret Thatcher is an exception proving the rule. Maggie, at 82, is still... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/04/21/the_living_legacy_of_maggie_thatcher_how_the_politics_of_conviction_saved_britain a7de8be1-c3bd-412e-b68e-9e77ed53b523 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT John McCain skipped the forum on faith at Messiah College. That gave more time for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to spar with each other over who was holier than thou -- smart. The Democratic candidates continue... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/04/17/closing_the_gap_on_god 889e920a-a2f7-4786-9407-227754708fae Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT Pope Benedict XVI is an odd man for our season. We hardly live in a religious age, or even in a time of minimal regard for concerns of the soul. But when the pope visits the United States this week, he will be a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/04/14/a_hard_icon_for_a_soft_age_pope_benedict_comes_with_an_ancient_rebuke 53c23cd6-a855-4b06-8f88-79878a0d9acd Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT It's a lot later than we think. We're raising an illiterate and uneducated generation, and there's more to come. On April 1, America's Promise Alliance released a detailed study revealing that fewer than half of the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SuzanneFields/2008/04/10/the_ignorant_fools_errand_how_were_encouraging_the_high_school_dropouts ffb61be9-6378-47fd-afb8-66ac55076c2a Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT