Opinion - Cynthia Tucker

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  • OUTDATED NORMS ARE HOLDING BACK AMERICANS

    Cynthia Tucker – Wed Dec 9, 10:24 pm ET  

    My mother still has the telephone number that rang up the avocado green rotary phone, matched to the kitchen appliances. Actually, the phone number was old by then, dating to my elementary school days. The avocado kitchen upgrade didn't come along until I was in high school. Full Story »

  • IGNORE THE PUBLICITY HOUNDS AND GET BACK TO WORK

    Cynthia Tucker – Sat Dec 5, 7:58 pm ET  

    Without regrets, the social secretary declined the invitation. Desiree Rogers skipped last week's congressional hearing to determine exactly who's to blame for the blemish that marred the first couple's big dinner party -- the entry of two interlopers. The guests of honor, the gate-crashing Tareq and Michaele Salahi, also declined to attend. Full Story »

  • HARD-WON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE UNDER SIEGE AGAIN

    Cynthia Tucker – Sat Nov 21, 7:58 pm ET  

    Success in any long-running campaign breeds complacency; first euphoria, then relief, later forgetfulness. Whether the campaign for universal suffrage or the crusade to curb childhood disease through immunizations, success leads to historical amnesia. Full Story »

  • SARAH PALIN: RICHARD NIXON UPDATED FOR THE CELEBRITY AGE

    Cynthia Tucker – Wed Nov 18, 11:42 am ET  

    Poor, put-upon Sarah Palin. Full Story »

  • HOUSE VERSION OF HEALTH BILL PUNISHES KIDS

    Cynthia Tucker – Sat Nov 14, 7:58 pm ET  

    "We are eating our seed corn." -- Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund Full Story »

  • FORT HOOD BACKLASH UNFAIRLY TARGETS MUSLIM SERVICE MEMBERS

    Cynthia Tucker – Wed Nov 11, 6:41 pm ET  

    During last year's presidential campaign, it was Colin Powell who spoke most eloquently of the brave service of Muslim soldiers and sailors, not Barack Obama. Cowed by a widespread belief that he was Muslim, Obama was virtually silent on the subject, craven in the face of the demands of electoral politics. Full Story »