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Steve Huntley is a commentary columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and a member of its editorial board.

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Tea Party hasn’t learned to govern

For months the Tea Party was viewed by America as a victim of harassment from the Internal Revenue Service. Now it’s seen as a gang of extremists shooting for a government shutdown. IRS honcho Lois Lerner, a prime suspect in the IRS persecution, must be …

Bitter legacy of Israel peace hopes

In a speech I gave a few years ago, I talked about all the things that went wrong with the Oslo Accords aimed at achieving a durable peace arrangement between Israel and the Palestinians. Among them: The execrable murderer and terrorist Yasser Arafat was liberated …

Putin holds the stronger hand in Syria

After laying down a red line a year ago, Obama’s credibility, and that of the United States, was on the line. But as the crisis unfolded, even admirers saw his policy as unfocused, chaotic, muddled and, worst of all, out of step with the American people.

Time for courage in Washington

The best argument for President Barack Obama’s tough stance over Syria emerged Monday with a surprise proposal from Russia for the United Nations to take control of Syria’s chemical weapons and to destroy them. Without doubt, there would be no such development without the threat …

We must back Obama on Syria

The path to congressional approval of President Barack Obama’s request for authorization to punish Syria is messy, rocky and not a sure thing. All that will make a declaration by the Congress against Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons all the more powerful. And make …

Call Ft. Hood attack an act of terror

BY STEVE HUNTLEY. Now that justice has been delivered to Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan and he’s facing execution, it’s time for the Obama administration to deliver justice to the victims of his wretched crime.

Attack on Syria needs Congress’ OK

The best policy for a president flexing our military might is to do it with the consent of the people through their elected legislators. Obama’s previous go-it-alone war, Libya, didn’t turn out well.

Beware growing liberal witch hunt

Liberals find many dark chapters in U.S. history, and one of them was the “Red scare” era of the late 1940s and ’50s. That was the epoch of the Hollywood 10, the blacklist against artists with suspected far-left-wing leanings and people hauled before Congress to …

Turkish leader’s hot air on Egypt

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is often portrayed as the model of a modern, moderate Islamist ruler. But he showed himself to be anything but moderate and more medieval than 21st century when he got around to talking about the ouster of fellow …

GOP aims to avoid 2012 primary lowlights

Hold on to your hats! — the 2016 presidential race already is heating up. Hillary Clinton is making political speeches. Sources close to Vice President Joe Biden indicate he may not cede the Democratic field to her. Fresher faces, among them New York Gov. Andrew …

See the rise of Egypt’s next pharoah

President Barack Obama’s call for national reconciliation in Egypt fell on deaf ears for the simple reason that there is no basis for reconciliation. Egypt is locked in an existential struggle for supremacy between the radical Islamism of the Muslim Brotherhood and the disorganized and …

Government workers enjoy increasing privilege

BY STEVE HUNTLEY. Government workers were once low-paid folks with fairly nice benefits. Over the years, thanks to the growth of public employee unions, their dues-funded campaign contributions and their ballot-box clout, they enjoy generous pay, job security and pensions that are the envy of the rest of us. Retirement, sometimes early, can mean checks as high as 75 percent of their pay.

We’re terrorized without the terror

BY STEVE HUNTLEY. Let’s see if I’ve got this right: The world has been transfixed for weeks over the controversy about U.S. intelligence surveillance of phones and emails, but leaders of al-Qaida still use electronic communications to plot terrorist attacks?

What is Ft. Hood killer? A terrorist

Nearly four years after Nidal Hasan shouted “Allahu Akbar” and opened fire at a medical processing center at Fort Hood, Texas, he goes before a court martial Tuesday for killing 13 people and wounding 32, most of them fellow soldiers but a couple of them …

John Kerry is showing Hillary Clinton how to do a job

He is threatening to upstage his predecessor’s resume by proving what a determined public figure can do with a post like secretary of state.

Economy-boosting tax reform dicey

A good bit is being said in Washington about tax reform. But it’s hard to figure out whether the two sides are laying down starting positions for actual negotiations or digging hard-line partisan ditches precluding any hope of getting something done. Either way, the outlook …

Another empty speech from Obama

The economy is performing better, but still the recovery inches along far behind historic norms, and more and more Americans see the country on the wrong track. Scandals suggest a government out of control. Foreign affairs are in shambles, belying the hope that a new …

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