3:42 PM 05/02/2012
When Congress returns after recess, the astronomical levels of spending included in President Obama’s budget will face a vicious showdown in this election year, which will make the debt ceiling debate look tame. And while our campaigner in chief is busy making jokes about eating dogs and claiming credit for the death of Osama bin Laden, President Obama is facing intense scrutiny for his proposed changes to the military which will leave America vulnerable to future terrorist attacks. (more)
5:01 PM 04/26/2012
At the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington earlier this month, the faithful met to worship the Almighty and discuss the latest battles for religious liberty in an increasingly secular culture. (more)
11:59 AM 04/23/2012
Secretary Hillary Clinton was at the Naval Academy recently. She went there to deliver a prestigious Forrestal Lecture. And she was well received by the 4,000 Midshipmen and hundreds of students attending the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference. (more)
12:03 PM 04/19/2012
The oppressive monster known as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not just killing jobs these days --- it is intentionally avoiding transparency that may shed light on the political motivations behind the agency’s actions. (more)
11:32 AM 04/04/2012
President Obama this week took advantage of the fine spring weather and a meeting with Canada’s and Mexico’s leaders to make an extraordinary statement in the White House Rose Garden. He responded to questions about his health care takeover. Obamacare is currently being reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court. The nine justices are expected to rule on the measure by this June. Their ruling could come right in the middle of a heated presidential election campaign. (more)
3:58 PM 03/27/2012
Wouldn’t you like to have been in the White House Situation Room when the president decided to take out Osama bin Laden? Thrilling, right? You’d have been part of history and have stories to tell your grandchildren. Well, you can’t. Not even if you donate a million dollars to the Obama re-election campaign. Sorry, Bill Maher, you’ll have to wait for the movie. It’s top secret. (more)
3:38 PM 03/19/2012
It was Winston Churchill who first used the term “the crunch” in that way. It refers, of course, to a crisis when a leader has to make a judgment. It is when lives, perhaps millions of them, hang on the outcome of the decision the leader makes. (more)
5:33 PM 02/28/2012
While refinery workers affiliated with the United Steelworkers held demonstrations in Washington Feb. 15 to protest the closure of two Pennsylvania refineries, their union’s leader, Leo Gerard, continued to express his support for policies that might lead more refineries to cut back operations or shut down --- costing even more of his own members their jobs. (more)
9:59 AM 02/22/2012
My longtime friend Chris Matthews was at Ford’s Theater in Washington recently. He appears to have maligned his own Catholic Church by saying that many of the new converts to Catholicism are motivated by anti-gay bigotry. But he went further, alleging that conservatives alone have a “Southern Strategy.” (more)
4:51 PM 02/17/2012
“A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country.” Many of us have read these words of Jesus. We have many, many present-day examples of this. And not just in church matters. It might even apply in dealing with Iran. (more)
1:53 PM 02/15/2012
Early in his administration, President Obama pledged to cut the federal deficit in half. But judging from his recent budget proposal, to say Obama has not kept his promise would be an understatement. (more)
4:35 PM 12/07/2011
The Obama administration has offered in two high-level addresses the crystallization of all that is wrong in its course. (more)
11:49 AM 11/04/2011
The headlines are stark indeed: “Israel Readies a Pre-Emptive Strike.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be working to persuade reluctant members of his coalition cabinet to go along with such a military option against Islamist Iran. The Huffington Post’s British edition reports Netanyahu saying this: (more)
2:22 PM 10/02/2011
Daniel Webster was the most famous lawyer of his day. In 1819, the “Godlike Daniel” stood before the U.S. Supreme Court and argued passionately for the right of Dartmouth College to govern itself, and not to be brought under the rule of the New Hampshire legislature. Webster appealed to the Constitution, arguing that New Hampshire’s actions would violate the provision that forbade states to “impair the obligations of contract." But the emotional power of his argument caught the attention of Chief Justice John Marshall and Justice Joseph Story --- and, in truth, captured the hearts of the country. (more)
2:33 PM 09/10/2011
In liberals’ frenzy to elect Barack Obama in 2008, no one was quite as far out to sea as Andrew Sullivan, a respected columnist for The Atlantic. He served up his “Daily Dish” by the plateful. Here’s perhaps the hottest example of his rhetoric --- quoted endlessly around the blogosphere --- back then: (more)
10:25 AM 09/08/2011
His appeal to comity --- defined as a friendly social atmosphere, social harmony --- was undoubtedly Barack Obama’s greatest attribute as a candidate. He promised a new politics, a new cordiality. No more red-state/blue-state divisions. He touted his Senate friendship with Oklahoma’s Tom Coburn. It was genuine. On the campaign trail in 2008, Sen. Obama offered his sitting down with Tom Coburn as an example of how he could reach out to opponents and bring disparate groups together. (more)
1:17 PM 08/31/2011
Forbes magazine, which is a respected resource for business leaders, recently came out with a list of the world’s most powerful women. Not surprisingly, Forbes chose German Chancellor Angela Merkel as No. 1. This is doubtless because the conservative Merkel has been trying to get the European Union to shape up. Putting out economic fires in Greece, Spain, Ireland and Portugal, Germany’s financial strength has been put to the test. Just how much longer can the E.U. rely on Germany’s productivity to subsidize European sloth? Merkel is like the old E.F. Hutton ads on TV: When Angela talks, Europeans listen. (more)
2:18 PM 08/17/2011
Floundering. Flopping around like a fish on deck. That’s the best description of the Obama administration this summer. The president’s now on a bus tour of the Heartland. Next, he’s slated to go to Martha’s Vineyard for a well-earned vacation. (more)
5:25 PM 08/06/2011
For almost two hundred years, the Monroe Doctrine has been a cornerstone of American foreign policy. First proclaimed in December 1823, the message from President James Monroe to the imperialist ruling houses of Europe was bold and unmistakable: The Western Hemisphere, including the Latin American colonies that were throwing off European rule, was not open to further colonization, and the U.S. would view any attempts by Europeans to extend their existing colonies into independent American states or to interfere with those states' attempts to achieve independence as hostile acts against us, the United States of America. (more)
1:07 PM 07/20/2011
I learned in science class that no two snowflakes are exactly the same --- their uniqueness is owed to the fact that tiny droplets in clouds cool and freeze at different rates. Determining whether a student understands this or any other level of science is where tests come into play, and for students considering college, the standardized admissions test has an important role. (more)
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