David Pakman, host of “The David Pakman Show,” writes a monthly column. If your newspaper or website is interested in running the column, contact us.

• 5/2013: Burden of Proof
• 4/2013: Values Are Under Assault
• 3/2013: Is that a bold political stand, or merely posturing?
• 2/2013: The Political Opposite
• 1/2013: Guns, Shootings, and Actual Change
• 12/2012: Of jackpots and happiness
• 11/2012: A Tipping Point for Progress
• 10/2012: What Debates Don’t Deliver
• 9/2012: The Good the Bad and the Ugly of the Republican National Convention
• 8/2012: 1st Amendment Confusion
• 7/2012: The Real Future of Healthcare
• 6/2012: The Art of Projection
• 5/2012: Mitt Romney & Porn Reveals Much
• 4/2012: What’s a Life Worth?
• 3/2012: Who Are You Working For?
• 2/2012: Taxing days on the campaign trail
• 1/2012: 2012′s Questions Answered
• 12/2011: A wish to be railroaded
• 11/2011: A handy glossary for news consumers
• 10/2011: The media knowledge gap
• 9/2011: 9/11 – Schooled in what’s real
• 8/2011: Going inside a shooter’s beliefs
• 7/2011: What’s hold-up on single-payer?
• 6/2011: Overcoming Ballot Box Blue
• 5/2011: Vermont’s single payer push
• 4/2011: Promises from GOP wannabes
• 3/2011: The GOP and Attacks on Women
• 2/2011: 2011 State of the Union: The Good, The Bad, the Made Up
• 1/2011: Only thing worse than blind patriotism is fake patriotism
• 12/2010: The GOP’s eternal sacred cow
• 11/2010: Memorable moments in the 2010 election
• 10/2010: The Christine O’Donnell Show?
• 9/2010: Strange bedfellows in Fox holes
• 8/2010: We’re all in a blue state of mind
• 7/2010: No illusions in his native land
• 6/2010: The on-air art of finessing the gatekeeper
• 5/2010: Checking in on health reform