Mike Bates

Archives for 2011:

• Social Security Checks Won’t Go Out. Again. (July 14, 2011)

Archives for 2010:

• Fifty years ago, Kennedy and Nixon changed our politics forever (September 25, 2010)
• Barack Obama: GOP Man of the Year (September 20, 2010)
• The Names Have Been Changed to Protect the Guilty (September 13, 2010)
• Where are the apologies? (September 5, 2010)

Archives for 2009:

• CNN's Sanchez Retracts His Claim of a 400 Percent Increase in Presidential Death Threats (December 3, 2009)
• On Mammogram Guidelines, No Fact Checks for Sebelius or Durbin (November 22, 2009)
• If ObamaCare wins, Obama loses (August 20, 2009)
• The "most trusted man in America" reconsidered (July 19, 2009)
• Why I Quit The Reporter (February 3, 2009)
• Include Me Out (January 22, 2009)
• Roland Will Fit Right In (January 8, 2009)

Archives for 2008:

• Requiescat in pace, Uncle Sam (December 31, 2008)
• Slummin' with Barry (November 20, 2008)
• A Nation of Peter Pans (November 13, 2008)
• Why the race was lost (November 6, 2008)
• The young will pay for a President Obama (October 31, 2008)
• Birds of a feather Barack together (October 23, 2008)
• Another Great Depression? (October 16, 2008)
• The politics of the bailout (October 2, 2008)
• Patriotism, taxes and charity (September 25, 2008)
• The truth is not dishonorable (September 18, 2008)
• Obama's politics of new ideas (September 11, 2008)
• Obama condemns (wink, wink) sleazy politics (September 4, 2008)
• Convention observations (August 28, 2008)
• The Power of One (August 7, 2008)
• Is Obama an alien abductee? (July 31, 2008)
• Have we gone insane? (July 24, 2008)
• Smart Hillary bides her time (July 17, 2008)
• Obama's Supreme Puzzlement (July 10, 2008)
• The Mike Bates Independence Day Quiz (July 3, 2008)
• The Unsinkable Father Pfleger (June 26, 2008)
• Big Bad Barack Flinches (June 19, 2008)
• Hooray for Gas Pains (June 13, 2008)
• Echoes of 1968 (May 29, 2008)
• Where Obama should start (May 16, 2008)
• I just love Fox News (May 9, 2008)
• The Supremes uphold election i (May 1, 2008)
• Another liberal profile in pet (April 24, 2008)
• St. Francis should have tried bribes (April 17, 2008)
• No uniform answer for the Democrats (April 3, 2008)
• Green collar jobs to the rescue? (March 27, 2008)
• Not a dime's worth of difference (February 28, 2008)
• Behind every great man (February 22, 2008)
• McCain's looking better already (February 15, 2008)
• Trusting in government (February 8, 2008)
• Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (January 24, 2008)
• As nasty as an afternoon tea party (January 19, 2008)
• Democrats for dead babies (January 11, 2008)

Archives for 2007:

• Honestly, is this the best we can do? (December 28, 2007)
• Christmas contemplations (December 24, 2007)
• Jackson had it right the first time (December 13, 2007)
• This is America, speak Spanish (December 6, 2007)
• Durbin toys with a new idea (November 29, 2007)
• The Pilgrims, Thanksgiving, and the common good (November 22, 2007)
• Judging Clarence Thomas (November 15, 2007)
• Obama, pizza, and the forgotten man (November 8, 2007)
• Oprah finds answers aren't so simple (November 2, 2007)
• Homeless for Hillary No Occident (October 25, 2007)
• A biting assessment of socialized medicine (October 18, 2007)
• Liberals rush to ban Rush (October 11, 2007)
• Candidates try to keep ‘em laughing (October 4, 2007)
• Still Selma after all these years (September 28, 2007)
• Recalling the Indispensable Senator No (September 21, 2007)
• Even Oprah Can't Save Obama (September 14, 2007)
• Verbal blunders: Not just for kids (September 7, 2007)
• Another Law We Don't Need (August 31, 2007)
• Don't ask, don't tell, just pander (August 18, 2007)
• Obama Is Out to Clean Up (August 10, 2007)
• Of justice and the fullness of hearts (August 4, 2007)
• Green Acres: Welfare for the wealthy – and dead (July 27, 2007)
• Larry Flynt: Democratic Moralist (July 20, 2007)
• Valenti an LBJ Stalwart Until the End (July 13, 2007)
• Redemption is divine. And so quick (June 15, 2007)
• Giving new meaning to working the polls (June 9, 2007)
• Ripping off old folks, but for a good cause (June 1, 2007)
• Remembering the meaning of Memorial Day (May 26, 2007)
• Joe McCarthy: Gone but certainly not forgotten (May 24, 2007)
• Tommy Thompson tries some bathroom humor (May 18, 2007)
• Welfare Queen Welcomed at the White House (May 10, 2007)
• Packing Heat Can Save Lives (May 4, 2007)
• Hillary, aka Senator Clinton, plays the name game (April 27, 2007)
• Imus’ selective acts of contrition (April 13, 2007)
• Mr. McAuliffe's Excellent Adventures (April 6, 2007)
• Searching for the Great Right Hope (April 5, 2007)
• Besieged Bush can stop the nonsense (March 24, 2007)
• Policy makers look to the stars (March 16, 2007)
• Mrs. Clinton Endorses Gay Adoption, Quietly (March 10, 2007)
• Suze Orman is an Expert on What? (March 3, 2007)
• Britney versus Jefferson: No contest (February 24, 2007)
• One reason so many senators crave the presidency (February 15, 2007)
• For Some, Super Bowl Ad Was Nothing to Snicker About (February 8, 2007)
• The initial Obama obstacle is relative (February 1, 2007)
• New Congress is a mirthful majority (January 25, 2007)
• Class struggle rhetoric obscures the truth (January 18, 2007)
• Lollapelosi diverts attention from Democrat mischief (January 11, 2007)
• John Edwards and universal health care (January 4, 2007)

Archives for 2006:

• Psychic predictions for the New Year (December 28, 2006)
• Cupid can strike at any age (December 14, 2006)
• Mr. Claus Goes to Washington (December 7, 2006)
• Lights! Camera! Reverend Al! (November 30, 2006)
• Chairman-in-waiting Rangel feels a draft (November 23, 2006)
• Senator Obama hits a speed bump (November 9, 2006)
• Republicans Had Their Chance and Blew It (November 2, 2006)
• Hillary stuck between Barack and a hard place (October 27, 2006)
• What a Democratic victory will mean (October 20, 2006)
• A Forgiveness That’s Out of This World (October 12, 2006)
• Congress gave tacit OK to page abuse (October 5, 2006)
• Death by chocolate, at taxpayer expense (September 29, 2006)
• How Much Good Will Have We Squandered? (September 24, 2006)
• OK, Buster, get in that La-Z-Boy (September 15, 2006)
• It Must Be a Conspiracy (September 8, 2006)
• The state of the unions, 2006 (September 1, 2006)
• Hillary may have to hide her brothers (August 25, 2006)
• Summertime and the politicos are prowling (August 17, 2006)
• Democrats head for déjà vu all over again (August 10, 2006)
• So many sensitivities, so little time (August 3, 2006)
• She's Ready For Her Close-Up Now (July 28, 2006)
• Bring back literacy tests (July 21, 2006)
• The Pope, Richard Speck and the death penalty (July 13, 2006)
• A young boy serves a life sentence (July 7, 2006)
• Bishop announces what the gay agenda is (June 30, 2006)
• Barack to the future: Is there any there there? (June 22, 2006)
• The ultimate epithet in the liberal lexicon (June 15, 2006)
• A real confidence builder for geezers (June 8, 2006)
• MySpace Isn’t a Cyber Place for Everyone (June 3, 2006)
• Ready or Not, Here Comes Hillary (May 25, 2006)
• Floyd Patterson a gentle man in a violent world (May 18, 2006)
• Biden Proves He’s A Man Of His Word (May 11, 2006)
• Diann burns over alleged racism (May 5, 2006)
• A Modest Proposal to Ease Our Gas Pains (April 28, 2006)
• Oprah blends confusion with compassion (April 20, 2006)
• American flag appropriated by illegal immigrants (April 13, 2006)
• Miss McKinney regrets. But won’t apologize (April 6, 2006)
• Hillary has her come-to-Jesus moment (March 31, 2006)
• For leftists, junk science ‘R us (March 23, 2006)
• Ruthie's REMs render a Supreme yawn (March 9, 2006)
• Barney Fife and the way things were (March 2, 2006)
• Kids say the darndest PC things (February 23, 2006)
• Watch out, Big Babysitter is in the offing (February 16, 2006)
• When placing blame, one size fits all (February 9, 2006)
• Illinois governor commits truth: What now? (February 2, 2006)
• Handwringing over government intrusion rings false (January 26, 2006)
• Kennedy claims Capitol Hill cutup title (January 19, 2006)
• DeLay’s descent a win for pompous snobs (January 12, 2006)
• History, Henry Ford and the minimum wage (January 5, 2006)

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Biography - Mike Bates

Mike Bates wrote a weekly column of opinion - or nonsense, depending on your viewpoint - for over 20 years. Additionally, his articles have appeared in the Congressional Record, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Mensa Journal. He has been a guest on Milt Rosenberg's program on WGN Radio Chicago, the Bruce Elliott show on Baltimore's WBAL, the Jim Sumpter show on the USA Radio Network and the New Media Journal's Blog Radio. As a lad, Mike distributed Goldwater campaign literature and since then has steadily moved further to the Right. He is the author of "Right Angles and Other Obstinate Truths." In 2007, he won an Illinois Press Association award for Original Column

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