Ron Hart

Op-Ed Contributor

Cecil the Lion: Pride and Prejudice

Full disclosure: I don't hunt much. It's not my thing. But I have friends who hunt birds. I understand at some level why they like it. Doves and ducks just seem to be asking for it. My friends call it a sport. It's not a sport. A sport is where both sides know they are playing and also have high-powered rifles. Then it is a fair fight.

Cecil the Lion: Pride and Prejudice

Uber Liberals Reveal Themselves By Defending Cab Companies

The New York City Uber story unmasks the reality of the Democrats: politicians beholden not to the citizens' best interests, but to their own. If your city makes it hard for Uber to do business, you have corrupt or corruptible politicians.

Uber Liberals Reveal Themselves By Defending Cab Companies

Donald Trump: Citizen Vain

You have to hand it to Trump. He started out broke and, by pure determination and grit, built a big real estate business in New York that made his family a fortune. But enough about Frederick Trump.

Donald Trump: Citizen Vain

Justice Antonin Scalia: A Steadfast Man Willing to Act

A board I serve on in Washington, D.C. was fortunate to meet with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia last week. Scalia is a famous jurist, admired by many for his intellect and convictions and despised by liberals for his steadfast willingness to act on them.

Justice Antonin Scalia: A Steadfast Man Willing to Act

Obama Has Built His American Dream: A Dependent Welfare State

The "wars" on poverty, drugs and terrorism have failed. The goals are noble on the surface, but they have been used -- with scant results -- to tax us more, employ more government workers, and expand the power of Washington.

Obama Has Built His American Dream: A Dependent Welfare State

Handicapping the Expansive and Growning GOP Field

It's that time again. Every four years, the GOP interviews presidential hopefuls to determine who will be their nominee, who will have a show on Fox and who will be doing reverse mortgage commercials on TV.

Handicapping the Expansive and Growning GOP Field

FIFA Shades of Pay

Hey soccer, I thought we had a deal. Every four years we act like we care about the World Cup, and then you go away until the next time.

FIFA Shades of Pay

Iraq: Losing Our Trillion Dollar War

In his own "Mission Accomplished" moment, Obama declared a couple of years ago that he had brought a "responsible end to the war in Iraq." As it turns out, not so much.

Iraq: Losing Our Trillion Dollar War