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President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set the stage last week for Japan’s inclusion in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade bloc that includes 11 nations but excludes China. With this move, the US has set a dangerous precedent and one that will immediately alienate a critical …

Who had the worst week in Washington last week? According to Sunday’s Washington Post that sad honor went to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Here’s the story: Justice Thomas has not asked a question of lawyers during oral arguments before the Court for seven years. He has said he prefers …

At the same time we have no clear answer about what will happen to Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl or whether or not the United States actually does do prisoner swaps … Or if there is a clear message on fighting Islamic terrorism– because the administration refuses to call it what it …

UPDATE: Somerset Academy issued a formal written apology to 12-year-old Mackenzie Fraiser late Friday for denying her the right to use a Bible verse in a class assignment. School officials have now agreed to allow the sixth-grader to resubmit her original project, this time with her favorite Bible verse — …

Revelations that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) created “disinformation” groups at Stanford University and the University of Washington to censor political speech leading up to the 2020 election should outrage and alarm every American. Free exchange of ideas is the lifeblood of a democracy and the unholy alliance between …

The most important takeaway from Tuesday night’s Florida primary results is that with nearly 4-in-10 (38%) of primary voters saying that they are not satisfied with any of the GOP candidates, all four contenders have a lot work to do in advance of Super Tuesday on March 6 — when …

With the news that a military body is ruling Egypt, the question immediately turns to what the U.S. should do. And the answer is that on the most fundamental level the U.S. needs to play a clear and decisive role in pushing the transition to democracy and free and fair …

Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court disavowed the truth about marriage that diverse cultures and faiths around the globe have embraced for millennia: that marriage is a union between a man and a woman. Why has this fact been recognized so universally and for so long? The answer is simple: the …

The Green citizens have rolled the dice and voted overwhelmingly to reject the “austerity” referendum. This was a way for voters to stick a finger in the eye of their creditors. The left around the world has responded to the vote with thunderous applause – and is seling the results …

For decades the Berlin Wall separated Communist East Germany from Democratic West Germany, and prevented the free flow of peoples, trade and ideas. But it was also a symbol of tyranny. The people on the Eastern side of the Berlin Wall were serfs to an all-powerful state, with no control …