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) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 17 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Thu, 17 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Editor's Note: Steve Chapman is on vacation. The following column was originally published in February 2008."Death tugs at my ear and says, 'Live, I am coming.'" Were Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2012/05/17/the_implausibility_of_nuclear_terrorism 4267ebc5-574d-40bf-8e81-09ae20d50f6c Thu, 17 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT President Barack Obama's critics have a point in criticizing his handling of the gay marriage issue as evasive, politically devious and lacking in principle. I hate to say it, but it's bad enough to qualify as... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2012/05/13/obamas_cynicism_on_gay_marriage 0e372990-74cc-4390-bdb1-2bce29a395e9 Sun, 13 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Moderates, we all hear, are an endangered species. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., is the latest to be eliminated. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, announced her retirement in February. Bob Kerrey, a war hero and centrist... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2012/05/10/moderates_only_look_dead c36d4736-40b1-4f97-95d6-773e66ce2f17 Thu, 10 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Ninety-six years ago, when President Woodrow Wilson ran for re-election, two notable things happened: 1) His campaign used the slogan "He kept us out of war," and 2) he won. It has been a long time... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2012/05/06/voting_for_war_again_and_again e98e3397-1125-46e4-bfc5-e17390970c3b Sun, 06 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Until 1977, there was no country that criminalized the practice of bribery abroad. But that year, President Jimmy Carter signed a law making the United States the very first. In due course, this measure eliminated... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2012/04/29/a_bribery_ban_backfires 03a92ca5-f373-4ead-a502-d2733af46f07 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT As he begins his search for a running mate, Mitt Romney needs to keep one question foremost in his mind, because the decision could affect us all for years to come. He needs to ask: Will this person be good for American... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2012/04/26/the_right_running_mate b7f85325-eeb2-41fb-b6b0-fc62f7c1c3df Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT They sound like a group custom-built and poll-tested to appeal to Republicans: hardworking youngsters with a powerful attachment to America, upright habits and a thirst to join the Army or enroll at State U. But the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2012/04/22/killing_the_dream 3f242d3c-b5f7-4106-a8e0-e56e1a059e38 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT This is an election year, which means all of us will spend the next few months carefully following the campaigns, finding out all we can about the candidates' proposals and pondering what issues are most vital for the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2012/04/19/mixing_ignorance_and_democracy b9018cf0-5b6a-4532-810d-ba0fe029171d Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT Last year, as violent strife engulfed Libya and a dictator made war on his opponents, the Obama administration balked at military intervention to topple the regime. This year, as similar events occur in Syria, it is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2012/04/15/inching_toward_war_in_syria f5202e21-1bde-47ea-82f4-42f79e2357b8 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT Unemployment remains high; job growth is sluggish; and millions of Americans have given up hope of ever finding work. So how do creative legislators propose to generate new hiring? Easy: Make it more expensive.That's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2012/04/12/the_minimum_wage_mirage 719618e9-c422-4dd3-ab18-02a2d863fa9d Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT Back in the 1960s, conservatives angry at the Supreme Court's rulings under its liberal chief justice put up billboards with the message: "Impeach Earl Warren." Today, you can order T-shirts and buttons with an updated... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2012/04/08/the_liberal_attack_on_the_court 7acd86d7-ca02-4545-8725-d7f7ad573bc8 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT One day, in a sardonic jibe at some conservative who was piously claiming the mantle of heaven, I told my wife, "Don't forget, God's a Republican." Without missing a beat, she replied, "But his son's a Democrat."Between... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2012/04/05/religion_and_politics_an_unholy_mix 5e6b7b72-6e60-4938-8e9b-2f3855f85850 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT Whenever you hear about a psychic being arrested, the natural question is: Why didn't she see that coming? Conservatives who raise dire alarms about what will happen in Barack Obama's second term face a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2012/04/01/fraudulent_fears_of_a_second_term 946435ea-d562-4afb-8b04-07c03caafe28 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT