Kathleen Parker

Kathleen Parker started her column in 1987 when she was a staff writer for The Orlando Sentinel. Her column was nationally syndicated in 1995 and …Read More

• OMG! Man up, end annoying statements

  ’Tis the season when columnists write mea culpas, make predictions and list their resolutions. Since my culpas are too vast for this tiny space, my predictions best in retrospect and my resolutions inevitably ignored, I thought I’d list a few resolutions for the rest of …Read More

• Health care 2-way street for Romney

  Sitting under the lush palms and blue skies of the richest Americans’ favorite resort — Palm Beach, Fla., — during the offseason when the rich wouldn’t be caught dead here, I hastily add — I naturally couldn’t wait to watch Mitt Romney’s PowerPoint presentation on …Read More

Misused words distort issues

Words matter. Just ask Google, which now has arranged for anyone to search millions of books online and track how many times a particular word has been used through the ages, thus suggesting how much we think about (and, by inference, value) certain things. Or …