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Bridget Johnson
California’s New Starring Role in Presidential Primaries
By bumping up its primary from March to Super Tuesday, writes Bridget Johnson, California is finally more than just a ATM for cash-hungry presidential candidates - and Golden Staters are getting excited about it.
China’s Dirty Pre-Olympic Housecleaning
China dumps truckloads of garbage on own its citizens, and when one of them records the event on his cell phone, he's beaten to death by municipal officers. Then his cell phone footage is deleted by the regime intent on airbrushing its repression in advance of the Olympics. Bridget Johnson argues that China's preparation for the Summer Games demonstrates exactly why it doesn't deserve to host them in the first place.
Keep the ‘Change’ – I’ll Take a Washington Insider, Thanks
Would you want a culinary "outsider" running your restaurant? Then why in the world, asks Bridget Johnson, would you want a Washington "outsider" in the White House?
Let’s Put Foreign Policy on the Front Burner in the Presidential Race
Competing for votes in the heartland, candidates tend to to forget that far-away events affect the future of our country, writes Bridget Johnson, who feels its "disturbing to see the GOP ticket turning into a foreign policy wasteland."
The FARC Farce: Starring Hugo Chavez, Directed by Oliver Stone
Chavez's "hostage rescue" underway in Colombia is sure to give Stone great footage of the Venezuelan leader's finest method acting, writes Bridget Johnson. But it's the behind-the-scenes cooperation between Chavez and the Colombian leftist guerillas that is truly worth watching.
John McCain & the GOP: A Match Made in Heaven?
Voters could be forgiven for thinking that Campaign 2008 is turning into a bad eHarmony commercial. Bridget Johnson writes that "no matter how many fresh faces vie for your electoral affection, sometimes your best bet is the tried-and-true stalwart without a lot of the flash or the cash."
LA City Council Thinks Poor People Are Too Dumb to Make Food Choices
Hang on to your hamburgers. The LA City Council is moving ahead with a plan to ban fast-food restaurants: but only in the low-income parts of the city. Bridget Johnson doubts residents will appreciate the nanny state's attempt to hold the fries.
Smoldering Tinder in Lebanon
Though fewer mortars are fired from Lebanon at Israel these days, the country is still a powder keg. Bridget Johnson asks Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad about the chances that Hezbollah will gain the presidency and what the future holds.
Hugo’s Next Move: Kill the Media
Bridget Johnson firmly believes that, despite Sunday's referendum defeat, Hugo Chavez will slowly, surely, grab the unlimited power he wants by force and that "those who cherish democracy, freedom and human rights have to be ready for the next fight." The first battlefield, she predicts, will be the remaining independent Venezuelan press.
Is There a “Star System” for Crime Victims?
For every Chandra Levy, Laci Peterson, Elizabeth Smart or Natalee Holloway, there are dozens more victims whose cases go ignored by the media. Bridget Johnson asks if some lives - those of the cute, white, female, wealthy and preferably blond - are worth more than others.
Hugo Chavez vs. the Catholic Church
It is increasingly clear that Hugo Chavez wants to become Venezuela's president-for-life. Bridget Johnson writes that "as Chavez steamrolls toward totalitarianism, the church could be the last voice to stand in his way and shepherd the opposition."
Illegal Immigrants: In Search of the Mexican Dream
How many Mexicans are coming to America because their country's major malfunctions leave them with no other choice? The answer isn't zero, although that's what you might think after talking to certain Mexican politicans stuck in denial, writes Bridget Johnson.
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