2011 commentary 12/2: Occupy needs a lobbyist 11/22: Lazy is not our problem 11/9: Duty 11/3: It's the policy, stupid! 10/26: Occupy's cause 10/17: Five misconceptions 10/5: Shameful conduct 9/21: Military foreign policy 9/14: Getting money for that 9/6: Country or contributions 8/16: Inconsequential D.C. 7/15: Catch 22 7/8: Jobs in China 6/8: The grand charade 5/25: Budget politics 5/24: What's wrong with DC 5/10: The VAT is necessary 5/2: Quit planning 4/28: War is too convenient 4/26: Wake up! 4/8: Just campaigning 3/28: Solutions avoided 3/22: Going broke 3/17: Tsunami 3/2: Nation needs a leader 2/10: Jobs czar 2/3: Best politics is no politics 1/25: Understanding China 1/14: In real trouble 1/7: Same act, same scene Previous commentaries 2010 columns 2009 columns 2008 columns

• 12/31: Against jobs in the U.S.
• 12/20: Wake up, America
• 12/2: Best off-Broadway show
• 11/9: What went wrong?
• 10/20: What's the matter with America?
• 10/6: Communist controlled capitalism
• 9/29: Money cancer in politics
• 9/17: Military and press arrogance
• 9/8: Spoiled brats
• 8/31: The economy charade
• 8/13: Refusing to change
• 8/6: It's the government, stupid
• 8/4: Marshall for Mexico
• 7/29: Bottom line
• 7/27: Making trade war less secret
• 7/15: Afghanistan: unnessary; trade war: necessary
• 6/21: Money in politics
• 5/21: Deficit commission
• 5/13: Turned off
• 4/29: Hue and cry
• 4/21: Replace corporate income tax
• 4/15: President for the country
• 4/9: Time is of the essence
• 4/5: Afghanistan -- Not necessary
• 3/26: Engaging in the trade war
• 3/12: Laws for sale
• 3/5: Washington's job fraud
• 2/26: Filibuster solved
• 2/19: Kill the economists
• 2/11: Doing nothing
• 2/4: Can we sustain?
• 1/22: Change for Obama
• 1/7: Am I wrong?

2009 commentary

• 12/17: Campaigning, not governing
• 12/15: Nothing gets done
• 12/4: Compete
• 11/19: Quiet conspiracy
• 11/9: Trade war
• 11/5: OUT!
• 10/29: Perfect desertion
• 10/22: Out of Afghan - into trade war
• 10/16: Fifth Column
• 10/9: Creating terrorism 2
• 9/30: Creating terrorism
• 9/25: One troop
• 9/17: When will they learn?
• 9/10: Money is the cancer
• 9/3: Still campaigning
• 8/11: Afghanistan
• 8/6: No one's minding the store
• 7/21: The solution
• 7/8: To govern or to campaign
• 6/18: Politics like cancer
• 6/3: We are in real trouble
• 6/2: A car Americans want to buy
• 5/29: Lesson learned
• 5/12: Frustrated
• 5/7: Confused
• 4/24: Silent conspiracies
• 4/15: Conventional wisdom
• 4/1: Free trade
• 3/16: Over the long run
• 3/13: Sober up
• 2/25: State of the Union
• 2/18: Why are we in Afghanistan
• 2/13: Kill all the economists
• 2/3: Industrial policy
• 1/16: Sobering up
• 1/9: Same old, same old -- no change

2008 commentaries

• 12/28/08: Level playing field for jobs
• Dec. 2008: Economists and free trade
• 10/24/08: The trouble with today's economy
• 10/24/08: Acting like a governor
• 10/3/08: Saving the country
• 9/10/08: Ashamed
• 8/28/08: Outsourcing
• 6/20/08: Making Government Work in Washington
• 6/13/08: Making Government Work in South Carolina

About Fritz Hollings

Ernest F. Hollings served the public for 56 years -- 38 years in the United States Senate and as South Carolina's governor, lieutenant governor and a member of the S.C. House of Representatives.

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