Ralph Z. Hallow

Ralph Z. Hallow was the chief political correspondent of commentary, served on the Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Times editorial boards, was Ford Foundation Fellow in Urban Journalism at Northwestern University, resident at Columbia University Editorial-Page Editors Seminar and has filed from Berlin, Bonn, London, Paris, Geneva, Vienna, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Belgrade, Bucharest, Panama and Guatemala.

Articles by Ralph Z. Hallow

Sanford impeachment hearing nixed

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford escaped an impeachment hearing Tuesday when House Speaker Bobby Herrel, a fellow Republican, ruled an impeachment resolution was out of order. Published October 28, 2009

Impeachment of Sanford may stall

A fellow Republican lawmaker's expected impeachment move against South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will go nowhere unless new information against Mr. Sanford surfaces during a special session of the state legislature that begins Tuesday, state Republican officials told The Washington Times. Published October 27, 2009

Perry, Hutchison lock horns in Texas race

Republican infighting is getting nasty early in Texas' gubernatorial primary race. Published October 15, 2009

Pawlenty sounds like a candidate for 2012

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty threatened to invoke states' rights over President Obama's health care plan and quipped that the "main benefit" of what he called the market-distorting, taxpayer-financed "Cash for Clunkers" program was that it "got a lot of cars with Obama stickers off the road." Published October 4, 2009

Romney rips Obama’s domestic policies

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said more Americans are being seduced into relying on the government instead of on themselves, thanks to the policies of President Obama and his fellow Democrats. Published September 21, 2009

Huckabee wins Values Voters’ straw poll

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Saturday won a 2012 presidential preference straw poll of social and religious conservative activists from 49 states gathered in Washington, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said at an afternoon press briefing at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. Published September 20, 2009

Values voters poke fun at health reform

Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, once considered a moderate by some social conservatives, was the headliner at the Values Voters Summit in Washington on Friday evening, quoting from the Bible and bringing the nearly 2,000 social and religious conservatives to their feet. Published September 19, 2009

Gingrich launches bilingual site for “American Hispanics”

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is launching "The Americano," a bilingual Web site to counter the liberal Internet sites on "all issues that concern American Hispanics today." Published September 18, 2009

Barbour sees sea of red ink for beleaguered states

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said in an interview Thursday that he doesn't expect recession-depressed state tax revenues to fully recover till 2015, long after the 2010 congressional elections and the 2012 presidential elections. Published September 18, 2009

Palin, Gingrich skip values event

Nearly 2,000 social conservative activists from 49 states gather for a Values Voters Summit in Washington Friday and Saturday, but movement favorites former Gov. Sarah Palin and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will not be addressing the throng. Published September 18, 2009

Medicaid expansion stalls health talks

A proposed expansion of Medicaid, the health care program for lower-income Americans, has emerged as one of the last sticking points in the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform bill. Published September 15, 2009

Sanford, invoking Palin, vows to fight on

Embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday that he has been shaken by the failure of a single fellow Republican to back him in his fight to save his job, but vowed to fight on for conservative causes and for "what God wanted me to do with my life." Published September 2, 2009

Pressure rises for Sanford to resign

State Republican House members in South Carolina agreed Saturday to ask Republican Gov. Mark Sanford to resign and are preparing a bill of impeachment in case he refuses, leading GOP lawmakers said. Published August 30, 2009

S.C. GOP to push for Sanford’s removal

South Carolina Republican lawmakers are laying plans for a special session legislative session on whether to impeach and remove embattled Gov. Mark Sanford by the end of the year, several senior state lawmakers have told The Washington Times. Published August 28, 2009