Lucia's Previous Columns

Socialized Medicine Saved My Life - August 12, 2009

Jon and Kate Plus 8: How is Watching This Trainwreck Good for Anyone? - August 5, 2009

Men Embracing Plastic Surgery? Might As Well Come to Terms With It - July 29, 2009

F-22s: Even a Patriot Can’t Give the Military Everything It Wants - July 22, 2009

Washington: Land of Glass Houses - July 15, 2009

While You’re Scrambling for a Job, Know Your Employee Rights - July 8, 2009

Let’s Be Honest About What Michael Jackson Was - July 1, 2009

Given Our Recent Middle East Track Record, Hands-Off Sounds Good in Iran - June 24, 2009

Unemployment ‘Only’ 7.2 Percent in Phoenix? If Only That Were the Whole Story - June 17, 2009

Adam Lambert’s Gay, But It Doesn’t Matter, Except That It Does (Huh?) - June 10, 2009

Upset About Obama’s Date Night? Would You Prefer Booger-Eater Berlusconi? - June 3, 2009

Who Cares About Sotomayor? The Real Housewives is Going to D.C.! - May 27, 2009

Guantanamo Needs to Close, But It’s Hardly Priority One - May 20, 2009

Medicare is Screwed, But We Don’t Have to Screw Ourselves - May 13, 2009

Kids and the Recession - May 6, 2009

The Grassroots Gives the Finger Back to the Marketplace - April 29, 2009

Liberals’ Torture Memo Dilemma - April 22, 2009

U.S. Education Reform is Great, But Europe is Not the Model - April 15, 2009

North Korea: Global Pain in the Ass - April 8, 2009

Health Food Industry is Still an Industry - April 1, 2009

Michelle, Must You Go Fashion Maven on Us? - March 25, 2009

The Pursuit of Profit at Arizona State University - March 18, 2009

$750 Billion for the Military? Now? Why? - March 11, 2009

Forget Abstinence Education: Teach Us to Parallel Park! - March 4, 2009

Have All the Kids You Want, Nadya; But You Pay for Them - February 25, 2009

A Green Recession Quandary: Biodegradable or Affordable? - February 18, 2009

Want to Act Out Like Celebrities, Kids? Better Nab Some Endorsement Deals! - February 11, 2009

Michael Phelps and American Parents’ High Anxiety - February 4, 2009

Executives Fear the Apocalypse: The Badly Needed Employee Free Choice Act - January 28, 2009

Get a Grip, Because the Change is Up to Us, Not Obama - January 21, 2009

Joe the Plumber: Idiocy in Media - January 14, 2009

States Need Federal Money, But Did They Get in Line Too Late? - January 7, 2009

Spotlight Loved Candidate Obama; Now He Gets to Live With It - December 31, 2008

P’wned! Lazy New York Times Gets Taken by Phony Letter - December 24, 2008

The Shoe-Thrower Gets a Job Offer; And Bush is Overdue for a Long Vacation - December 17, 2008

Plan B for Blagojevich: The Illinois Way to Pay for Christmas - December 10, 2008

Trample-Free Holiday Giving That Does Lots of Good - December 3, 2008

Vatican Forgives Lennon’s Blasphemy; Hey! Elvis Made Him Do It! - November 24, 2008

In Quantum of Solace, Even James Bond Joins Modern Times - November 17, 2008

The World Hails Obama; World Leaders, On the Other Hand . . . - November 10, 2008

I’ll Gloat Later; Tonight, We Celebrate! - November 5, 2008

Hoping For Better Election Photo-Ops Than We Got in 2000 - November 3, 2008

Meanwhile, Across the Globe, Chaos Rules the Day - October 27, 2008

Candidate Humor Shines at Smith Dinner; Where Was This During the Debates? - October 20, 2008

Fox Shows Its Patriotism, By Eschewing the Debate in Favor of Baseball - October 16, 2008

Why Focus on Local Issues? Because (Surprise!) the President Doesn’t Run Everything - October 13, 2008

In a Post-Bailout World, Charity for Illegal Immigrants Can’t Make the Cut - October 6, 2008

Take Heart, Americans! It’s Tough All Over - September 29, 2008

McCain to the Rescue? Results Are Long Overdue for Mr. Maverick - September 26, 2008

Wall Street Bailout: Let’s All Rescue the Privileged - September 22, 2008

Uh, Sarah, Those Shoes You Might Have to Fill Aren’t On Sale at Macy’s - September 15, 2008

America’s Beef With the Latest Planet-Saving Plan - September 8, 2008

VP or Mother of Special Needs Child? Sarah Palin Can’t Do Both - September 1, 2008

Hillary’s Discovery: No Country for Women Leaders - August 29, 2008

Arranged Marriages for 8-Year-Olds, and the Nations Who Protect Them - August 25, 2008

Only Real News for You, Mr. Serious; Sure . . . - August 18, 2008

Whatever Happened to the Liberal Commitment to Fighting AIDS? - August 11, 2008

Health Providers Reject Immigrants to Serve the Bottom Line; Are Citizens Next? - August 4, 2008

Obama Rolled By the Iraqis; Get Used To It, Rock Star - July 28, 2008

Iran Talks: Deal Time or Delay Tactics? - July 21, 2008

Europe As a Civil Rights Model? After a Closer Look, Maybe Not - July 14, 2008

Zimbabwe Sanctions: For the G8, Common Language Would Be a Good Start - July 10, 2008

Sorry, But I Just Don’t Share Your White Guilt - July 7, 2008

We Need a New Way to Pay for Infrastructure, Even If It’s Foreign Investment - June 30, 2008

Change Your Race! Hey, It Might Help - June 23, 2008

Understand Sports, Understand the Geopolitical World - June 19, 2008

Guantanamo Detainees: You Wonder Why They Hate Us? - June 16, 2008

The Laughable Scam That Is ‘Medical’ Marijuana - June 9, 2008

Panties for Peace Bringing Burma’s Junta to Its Misogynist Knees - June 2, 2008

Texas Authorities, Media Ensure It’s Not Easy Being Mormon - May 26, 2008

Below the Surface, All Is Not Well in South Africa (Sort of Like the U.S.) - May 19, 2008

Taking Stock of Supreme Court Conflicts of Interest - May 13, 2008

Al Sharpton, Innocent Victim of IRS Intimidation (Well That’s What He Says!) - May 12, 2008

Gay Penguins and the Progressive Agenda - May 5, 2008

White House Correspondents Dinner Stunner: President Bush Funny? On Purpose? - April 28, 2008

Party on the Pope Plane: The Bounce in Benedict’s Step - April 21, 2008

Sure, Boycott China, If You Want to Walk Around Naked - April 15, 2008

Good Thing American Politicians Don’t Get Sexy Like the French! Oh Wait . . . - April 14, 2008

Heston Dead, Jay-Z Wed, Yoko’s Cred, Camel Celebs, No Arabs Bled - April 7, 2008

Why Women Back Barack Obama - March 31, 2008

Soon You’ll Be Driving a Tata! Better Indulge Your Ego Elsewhere - March 28, 2008

Sara Jane Olson: Scourge of the Fascist State! (Until She Needs Its Protection) - March 24, 2008

If Obama Wants to Highlight International Priorities, How About AIDS? - March 17, 2008

Bush Waterboarding Veto: Defending America the Proud, Egotistical and Overconfident - March 10, 2008

Will Democracy in Iraq Go the Vladimir Putin Route? - March 3, 2008

Ralph Nader: No Civic Virtue, Even With a Clipboard - February 25, 2008

Northern Illinois University Shooting Revives Horrible Idea: Guns on Campus - February 18, 2008

Political Valentine’s Day: Democrats, Republicans All Need the Love - February 14, 2008

What’s a Patriotic Moderate to Do? - February 11, 2008

You’ll Wait Two Hours to Watch Golf, But You Won’t Vote? - February 4, 2008

The Writers’ Strike: Only in America - January 28, 2008

Chinese Authoritarians Ask Nicely, But the People’s Republic Prefers to Smoke - January 22, 2008

Once the Troops Are Home, Then What? - January 21, 2008

Keep Your Midlife Peccadilloes to Yourself, Mr. Politician - January 14, 2008

Bhutto Assassination: Geez, Pervez Musharraf, You Call This a Coverup? - January 7, 2008

New Years Resolutions for Ron Paul and the Gang - December 31, 2007

Naomi Campbell Reporting: The Most Absurd of 2007 - December 24, 2007

Will Democrats Pander to Illegal Immigrants to Win? - December 17, 2007

Would You Really Let Oprah Winfrey Tell You How to Vote? - December 10, 2007

China Getting Real About HIV? Baby Steps are a Start - December 3, 2007

Can a Hillary Supporter and a Kucinich Devotee Find True Love? - November 26, 2007

Freerice.com: Battling Hunger One Grain at a Time - November 19, 2007

You Can Swear By It: Hugo Chavez is a Joke - November 12, 2007

Inspiring Young Voters: It Has to Start With Parents - November 5, 2007

From Hillary Clinton to Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the Substance is the News - October 29, 2007

Harry Potter Politics: Is Dumbledore Too Gay? Or Not Gay Enough? - October 22, 2007

Japan Starvation Death: Universal Shadiness With a Local Flavor - October 15, 2007

‘I Have a Che Shirt and I Don’t Know Why’ - October 8, 2007

So Now Bush Wants to Fight Global Warming? Right . . . - October 1, 2007

Oil in Ecuador: Pay Up or the Pandas Get It! - September 24, 2007

U.S. Push for Democracy in Eastern Europe Inspires the Crime Olympics - September 17, 2007

To Protect Grazing Routes, Dignity May Have to Become a Sacrificial Lamb - September 10, 2007

Holy Carbon Footprint! Who Will Save Creation from the Vatican? - September 3, 2007

If Pat Tillman Was a Hero, What About All These People? - August 27, 2007

Western Economics Meets Chinese Culture: The Result is ‘Corpse Brides’ - August 20, 2007

France the Friend? Bush, Sarkozy Kick Back Over Burgers and Beans - August 13, 2007

If the War on Terror is Serious, Look to China - August 6, 2007

Oscar the Cat for President? - July 30, 2007

David Beckham: Not Sexy, Not Edgy, Not Noble - July 23, 2007

Sex Ed for Child Porn Creeps? Here, Abstinence Rules - July 16, 2007

Wonders of the World? It’s All About Utility - July 9, 2007

Oh, Hillary, We Need to Talk Strategy - July 2, 2007

Immigration Imbroglio, European Style - June 25, 2007

Blood and Wine Mix in France's Centralized Economy - June 18, 2007

Despite Bush Visit, Eastern Europe Needs to Look Out for No. 1 - June 11, 2007

Net Privacy? There is None - June 4, 2007

Passion, Not Fame Sets Bono Apart in AIDS Fight - May 28, 2007

Philippines: Heads I'm Elected, Tails You Lose - May 21, 2007

Hip Appeal of Armed Forces May Erode Its Dignity - May 14, 2007

Queen Elizabeth and the American Royals - May 7, 2007

Iraqi Victims of Violence Deserve Virginia Tech-Style Recognition - April 30, 2007

French Election: Left vs. Lefter - April 23, 2007

U.S. Foreign Policy: Knowing the Factions Would Help - April 16, 2007

Iraq's Last Chance at Peace? - April 9, 2007

May Cool Heads Prevail As Iran Provokes the West - April 2, 2007

Pepperoni, Mushrooms and a Deadbeat - March 26, 2007

When Restaurant Service Reaches the Tipping Point - March 19, 2007

Marriage by the Real Numbers - March 12, 2007

Help! I'm Hooked! Oh, a New Private Message... - March 5, 2007

Every Love Tip from a College Kid Begins With K - February 12, 2007

When the Sexual Abuse Victim is a Man - January 29, 2007

Does Bush's New Stance Have a Snowball's Chance? - January 22, 2007

If You Must Use the Word 'Stupid', Maybe You Are - January 15, 2007

Dress to Honor - January 8, 2007

EU Expansion: Someone Here Doesn't Belong - January 1, 2007

Love Your Body, and the Other Bodies Too - December 25, 2006

Gifting Lessons for the Monetarily Challenged - December 18, 2006

Humanities Scholar, Yes; Trophy Wife, No - December 13, 2006

Holidays American Style - December 6, 2006

Yes, Professor, I'm Attached To My Stuff - September 6, 2006

Caste, Not Race, Drives Affirmative Action in India - August 30, 2006

Terrorists Smile at Sight of Weary Travelers - August 23, 2006

If This Is Vacation, Why Am I Writing A Column? - August 16, 2006

Next Retro Trend: 1980s, It's Your Turn - August 9, 2006

Alcohol Reveals Mel's Real Passion - August 2, 2006

A New Twist on the Paris/Nicole Catfight - July 26, 2006

You, Paris?  An Icon?  Maybe We Need to Talk - July 19, 2006

Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Film Critics - July 12, 2006

Natural American Pride from a Naturalized Citizen - July 5, 2006