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In three weeks, Fox News and the South Carolina Republican Party will host the first debate of the 2012 presidential primary season. A new Washington Post/ABC poll finds that none of the possible Republican contenders is currently running ahead of President Obama in a head-to-head match-up. And less than half …

With the furor over Newt Gingrich’s attack on fellow Republican Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform plan dominating the political chatter these days, the cacophony caused many to miss the audible sigh of relief emanating from the White House Monday following Donald Trump’s decision not to run for president in 2012. No …

What grand words to bookend a long and dangerous effort. On September 20, 2001, President George W. Bush said “whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.” Last night, President Barack Obama proclaimed, “Justice has been done.” Usama bin Laden is …

It was inevitable. After spending several days following the Tucson massacre working to curtail the 1st Amendment, the left and the media are now targeting the 2nd. As always, they have help from either those legitimately concerned for their safety or others trying to scavenge political points from the dead …

It was two years ago today when a 36-year-old mother, Diane Schuler, drove the wrong way down the very busy Taconic State Parkway in New York and collided head-on with an SUV. This day, this collision alone, ended with eight people dead — four of them children — and two …

Vice President Biden opened up yet another can of worms which sparked uproar among many Americans when he stated that the Taliban was not an enemy to the United States. Unfortunately, with more than ten years of U.S. operations in Afghanistan, it is obvious that the vast majority of Americans …

Being racist—or discriminating along racial lines—means treating people differently because of the color of their skin or race. Since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, America has made great strides towards eliminating racism in our society. But the dream of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was not …

Too bad Frank Capra’s not with us anymore. If the great director could make a movie about the last week in politics, it could be called “It’s a Wonderful Country.” Even without Jimmy Stewart’s homespun patriotism, it would be a cornball corker. From the federal courts to the halls of …

Sixty years ago today, North Korean soldiers crossed the 38th Parallel and began the Korean War – what has come to be called America’s Forgotten War. Oddly, by naming it the Forgotten War, it began to be remembered, and that raises the larger questions of why we forget or remember …

In the aftermath of the Gaza flotilla fiasco, the air is thick with nonsense. Chief among the instant myths is that Israel has created a dilemma for President Obama. Actually, it’s the other way around. The president’s appeasement policies helped to create the incident. Israel took the bait, but the …