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The Obama administration came to office pledging to reverse course in Afghanistan. But the administration has found itself in a predicament as it prepares to make a final decision on adding more troops. While some naysayers have argued that Afghanistan has little strategic value, Al Qaeda’s ties to Afghan insurgent …

With the Copenhagen climate talks starting next week, climate-gate keeps getting worse. There is no precedent for so many academics engaging in coordinated efforts to distort research for political ends. The problems go well beyond deleting e-mails to prevent their disclosure from a Freedom of Information Act request. The UN …

SEAN HANNITY – An impeachment inquiry has been formally announced and here’s what’s happening inside the Biden White House. You have Joe Biden, who wants you to just simply trust him. Now, Joe has previously lied about, let’s see, his past employment, his grades in law school, his trips on …

Senator McCain and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney traded insults this week over intelligence leaks – McCain called the Obama White House “grossly irresponsible” to leak classified information for political gain, while Carney called McCain “grossly irresponsible” for even suggesting it. I’ve been in three presidential administrations, and frankly, …

You hear the bell ringing and you look and see The Salvation Army’s famous “red kettle” and you know it’s getting close to Christmas. First started in 1891 in San Francisco, the “Red Kettle Christmas Campaign” is The Salvation Army’s biggest and most visible fundraising program to help the needy …

China is circumventing international sanctions against Iran by enlisting North Korea’s help in providing the Islamic state with its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missiles and the technical expertise to make those nuclear warhead-capable missiles operational. And now the Communist giant is threatening to come to Iran’s defense should the missile …

After a narrow victory over the Romans that caused his side irreparable damage, King Pyrrhus of Epirus said “one more such victory would utterly undo me.” That is a sentiment Barack Obama should echo during his next appearance on “The View” or in any other discussions in reference to the …

Today, President Obama released his proposed 2011 budget, which forecasts the federal deficit will fall to $706 billion by 2014 or just 3.9 percent of GDP before rising again in 2015. To accomplish this feat, he proposes letting the Bush tax cuts expire and other spending cuts the Congress has …

The story of a smoking car parked on one of the busiest streets, in one of the most congested cities in the world is the story of violence averted, mayhem aborted…and murder foiled. In short, evil lost in New York City’s Time Square last week. It is a victory we …

Sex. Some of us do it, most of us like it and we all think about it…. A lot. I know I do (though I was told that it’s normal). Gettin’ busy really isn’t the taboo subject that it once was. Whereas once upon a time the conversation was relegated …