http://creators.com/ Creators Syndicate is an international syndication company that represents cartoonists and columnists of the highest caliber. en Sun, 27 May 2012 14:14:17 -0700 758b93d9f810901a003bf8cac9f158db http://creators.com/opinion/dick-morris/mrs-gingrich-s-revenge.html Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0800 <style type="text/css"> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; m ...<br> <br/>Updated: Tue Jan 26, 2016<br/><br/> f0be0fdd410afe35e30870952de14d69 http://creators.com/opinion/roland-martin/the-gop-s-sad-infatuation-with-rev-jeremiah-wright.html Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>EVANSVILLE, Ind. &mdash; Shortly after President Barack Obama was inaugurated, he said that his re-election effort will be judged largely on the economy.</p> <p>The overall unemployment rate is above 8 percent; fewer than 150,000 jobs were created the last month; student loan debt has hit $1 trillion; consumer personal credit card debt is on the rise; gas prices look like a yo-yo; the housing i ...<br> <br/>Updated: Wed Jun 20, 2012<br/><br/> 277ac618c26f72c334805a2e1ea2fcbb http://creators.com/opinion/marc-dion/tough-guys-live-in-europe.html Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Here in the land of the fat and the home of the homeless, a new reason to hang my head. </p> <p>Europe is tougher than America. </p> <p>Geez. </p> <p>In Athens, Greece, the government does something they don't like, and they riot in the streets. In Spain, 100,000 people rocked the pavement this month. Portugal? Riot police had to clear protestors in Lisbon. The French are striking, marching, de ...<br> <br/>Updated: Mon May 28, 2012<br/><br/> 0ca187324d159bf8de15fc96d8fbd50e http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/holiday-mathis-weekly/for-release-the-week-of-may-27-2012.html Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>It's a wonderful week for getting your point across. If you don't have a point to get across, Mercury is game to help you come up with one. This busy, purposeful planet considers it a shame to be pointless. So when he conjoins with the Gemini sun at the beginning of the week, he inspires us to know our purpose. Mercury then proceeds to conjoin Venus at the end of the week, helping us share our ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sun May 27, 2012<br/><br/> a2d361d865cd886886f48618c09bb3f8 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/tales-from-the-front/maybe-the-cougar-doesn-t-fit-but-she-might-still-be-delusional.html Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>One fact has gotten lost in all the give-and-take between If the Cougar Fits, me and you. And that fact is that if she dates these guys who are 20-plus years younger than her, she's going to keep it a secret from her kids, the oldest of whom is 17. </p> <p>What do you think about starting a relationship, even a casual one, with a secret and all that entails in terms of lying, covering up, makin ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sun May 27, 2012<br/><br/> 5f5e6ae88f9c213cf7ae316ea9458f14 http://creators.com/opinion/debra-saunders/when-will-obama-reform-presidential-pardons-12-05-27.html Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>As a candidate for president in 2008, Barack Obama pledged to &quot;immediately&quot; review federal mandatory minimum sentences &quot;to see where we can be smarter on crime and reduce the ineffective warehousing of nonviolent drug offenders.&quot; Obama also had written memoirs, in which he admitted to using marijuana and cocaine &mdash; &quot;maybe a little blow when you could afford it&quot ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sun May 27, 2012<br/><br/> af61f5146bb7986ca3ea163d81e6528d http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/horoscopes-by-holiday/for-release-sunday-may-27-2012.html Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>When you look into the night sky at an object that is 100 light years away, you are essentially looking back in time because what you are seeing is how the object appeared 100 years ago. This same weird sense of time affects your life story. Mercury's conjunction in brilliant Gemini brings a sense of immediate relevance to ancient history. </p> <p>ARIES (March 21-April 19). You'll act out of a ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sun May 27, 2012<br/><br/> c9962df19811763efd2ed2e7e05079a3 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/sylvia-rimm-on-raising-kids/medical-resident-has-little-time-for-family.html Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Q: My husband is a medical resident and works more than 10 hours a day and often on weekends. We have a 3-year-old and a 1-year-old, and I often feel like a single parent. My children (especially the 3-year-old) are old enough to notice. Do you have any advice for me?</p> <p>A: I often speak on the importance of balance in life, and I am certain that at this time, neither you nor your husband f ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sun May 27, 2012<br/><br/> b8e436876790001fa27358a6f8d0c848 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/men-mars-women-venus/afraid-to-commit-at-50.html Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Dear John: I am a 50-year-old single man who owns my own business. Recently, I started seeing a woman who lives nearby. I explained that I saw myself as a loner and in fact, had not had a relationship in the past 15 years. I also said that I felt that a transition would be necessary for me to make room in my life for another person.</p> <p>After a few dates and evenings together, she now seems ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sun May 27, 2012<br/><br/> f19dd84e725e80a34f22981646b8b460 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/travel-and-adventure/la-dolce-vita-art-arias-and-gastronomy-in-parma-italy.html Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>By Victoria Looseleaf</p> <p>Whether it's music, art, architecture, food, fashion or fantastic natural scenery, Italy's got it. And for those who've done the Rome/Venice/Florence route and don't want the crowds, Parma is one of the country's best-kept secrets. Located in the northern Emilia-Romagna region between Milan and Bologna in the Po River Valley, this sleepy town of 170,000 is a magical ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sun May 27, 2012<br/><br/> 4c6a63c3d3bd66b9b030ab168d6c2cf5 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/annies-mailbox/jumping-the-relationship-gun.html Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Dear Annie: Last month, an old boyfriend contacted me. I hadn't seen &quot;Bud&quot; in 30 years. We had a wonderful conversation. I visited him at his home. He even sent me a large sum of money to help pay off a mortgage bill. We now talk at least twice a day and always say &quot;I love you.&quot; Bud speaks of a future together, but I told him that I want a commitment before I will sell my pl ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sun May 27, 2012<br/><br/> c9e04fd7c846774df035a2ceb4451d25 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/classic-ann-landers/release-sunday-may-27-2012.html Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999.</p> <p>Dear Ann Landers: When I married &quot;Glenn&quot; eight years ago, I knew his parents were divorced, but I didn't realize they both had been married and divorced four times. </p> <p>Last year, Glenn and I were having a difficult ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sun May 27, 2012<br/><br/> 7935d25938edca5d20f2b063eb7e5ada http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/edith-lank-house-calls/using-stepped-up-basis.html Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Dear Edith: My deceased mother's house has an offer that my siblings and I have accepted. We believe we each will receive about $20,000 after the realty fees. My question is, do I have to pay income tax on the money, since it is my inheritance? &mdash; L.</p> <p>Answer: The IRS says that for inherited property, your cost basis is the value at the time of death. That's known as a &quot;stepped-u ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sun May 27, 2012<br/><br/> 6c84d29a130bac72f0392034f65d9723 http://creators.com/opinion/steve-chapman/are-we-headed-for-a-fight-with-china.html Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>SHANGHAI &mdash; The Soviet Union is gone, al-Qaida is decimated, and Iran may never acquire nuclear weapons. But don't get too relaxed. If you're looking for reasons to be anxious about world peace, China offers an abundance.</p> <p>It's a huge country with a growing economy, an expanding military and ongoing disputes with several neighbors. Nationalist sentiment has grown. China is a rising p ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sun May 27, 2012<br/><br/> c997f44544628f5b4736106e1e6d8f98 http://creators.com/opinion/bill-oreilly/are-teenagers-really-americans.html Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>As a former high school teacher, I know one of the great challenges in education is to get teenagers interested in their country. Many of them take their freedom for granted and have no interest in even learning about what it takes to be a good citizen. They are too busy keeping up with the Kardashians to absorb John Adams.</p> <p>So I have undertaken a new project: teaching a 13-year-old girl ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sat May 26, 2012<br/><br/> 94cc8568487477839f617e42401a7f4f http://creators.com/opinion/tom-rosshirt/no-gain-no-pain.html Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>In 2004, a writer named Warren St. John published a book about the mad passion of University of Alabama football fans, and it helps explain the election results this month in France and Greece &mdash; and America's budget politics.</p> <p>In Tuscaloosa for the Alabama-LSU game, the writer runs into Alabama fan Don Cole. Don is awaiting a heart transplant. He is wearing a beeper that will ring i ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sat May 26, 2012<br/><br/> c6f9f698eb1443d7e7942aa82a861330 http://creators.com/opinion/diane-dimond/watching-the-justice-system-up-close.html Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>When they first sit down together, they look uncomfortable. No one knows each other, and it could be a group of people who've gathered for a mandatory driver's ed class or in response to some training ad about how to get a better job. They sit stiffly with their eyes straight ahead, afraid to look at the person sitting shoulder-to-shoulder next to them. </p> <p>But after a day or so, they invar ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sat May 26, 2012<br/><br/> 48ab9488814367370787e0f87a3cbfc2 http://creators.com/opinion/mark-levy/give-me-the-commencement-microphone.html Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Good day, graduates. Most commencement speakers use their time waxing nostalgically in glorious platitudes about the value of a college diploma and how you could be the class that changes the world. Unfortunately, I'm not one of those speakers, as I'm going to tell you how the cow eats the cabbage in the world outside the insulated walls of academia. </p> <p>I promise to keep my remarks short, ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sat May 26, 2012<br/><br/> 8cf3239f91804ea36c847cb56922ae9d http://creators.com/opinion/roger-l-simon/is-liberalism-dead.html Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Maybe it's just me, but I find it hard to believe liberals believe in liberalism anymore. </p> <p>With the obvious global meltdown of Keynesian economics, how could anyone remotely intelligent support the continued deficit spending that is driving the Western World into bankruptcy? </p> <p>And yet a large proportion of our population still backs Barack Obama for a second term. Yes, some of this ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sat May 26, 2012<br/><br/> 6476a6db2296635c0830304a4d0bc2c4 http://creators.com/lifestylefeatures/bruce-cameron/to-the-person-sitting-next-to-me-yes-you-12-05-26.html Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <p>Editor's Note: The following column was originally published in 2007.</p> <p></p> <p>The invention of the laptop computer has meant that in all sorts of unlikely situations &mdash; on buses, at picnic tables, in school &mdash; we can pretend to be working. </p> <p>&quot;Why don't you go over to your sister's house and help her move her piano?&quot; my mother wants to know. </p> <p>&quot;Can't,& ...<br> <br/>Updated: Sat May 26, 2012<br/><br/>