Robert Rector

As if Americans don’t pack on enough extra inches during the holidays, the folks at McDonalds have decided to loosen our collective belts...

I am loathe to condemn the editorial positions of other newspapers. For one thing, every paper should have a voice, even it isn’t singing ...

I’ve got those now-that-it’s-over, what-did-it-all-mean post-convention blues: Let’s have a show of hands from those who think political ...

Imagine if you will that you are a journalist, covering the story of the century, an event of such magnitude that the fate of the world li...

It has been several years since we have visited the Bulwer-Lytton contest, an event that annually salutes bad writing. The time certainl...

Mitt Romney has always struck me as a decent human being, one who believes deeply in his God, his country and his money, not necessaril...

Move over Washington. You too Dr. King. Step aside Lincoln. Out of the way Jefferson. There’s a new monument coming to Washington, D.C., ...

"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but figh...

There was a time when Stephen Glass was the toast of American journalism. Writing for the New Republic and other high-profile publicatio...

If you spend a lot of time cruising the Internet and absorbing all information therein as absolute gospel, than you believe the following...

To hear the folks at retail giant Wal-Mart tell it, they simply want to help customers save money so they can live better. And when they a...

The Los Angeles Kings win the Stanley Cup. My heart pounds in my chest. Tears fill my eyes. I hug perfect strangers. I order commemorat...

The truck slipped over the Canada-U.S. border unnoticed, then crept down rural roads on its way to New York City. It arrived in pre-dawn ...

The first press conference in recorded history was held by Moses. Descending from the mountain, he said "Do I have news for you. F...

How I spent my spring vacation: When I turned in my column three weeks ago, I decided it was time for a break. It was, after all, my ...

In a scene from a wonderful movie called “L.A. Story” which probed the foibles of life in our merry megalopolis, Steve Martin emerges fr...

Get ready for a spectacle like no other. It won’t be long before you will be witness to more political advertising, much of the negativ...

Years ago, I wouldn’t have hesitated to get down into the conversational mud with those who occupy the fringes of political punditry. ...

It’s been a bad couple of weeks for carnivores. First, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health released a study they said showed ...

A political snapshot, Spring 2012: It’s six months until we elect a President of the United States. It appears the brawl that is the Republi...