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By Major General Jerry Curry, USA (Ret.) (more)

The late media mogul Andrew Breitbart’s final column was released Sunday night on a newly redesigned website that includes all of his “Big” sites under a single umbrella. (more)

(TheDC/AP) Conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart has died, according to his website Big Government. He was 43. (more)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Ben Berkowitz wanted some graffiti on his street cleaned up, he called the city. They put him on hold. As he sat there, he found himself thinking that his neighbors had probably called in with the same complaint, but he had no way of knowing. (more)

I am a successful small businessman and a patriot who loves America and always sees its greatness. I am also an optimistic, positive thinker who always sees the glass as half full. (more)

I’m an advocate of separating church and state, not because I necessarily worry the latter might suppress the former, but because I want to protect the integrity of the church and related institutions in the face of federal encroachment. Unfortunately, the buzz phrase “separation of church and state” has degenerated into a leftist talking point. This is in large part thanks to groups like the ACLU and various Supreme Court decisions — especially Everson v. Board of Education, which mandated a “wall of separation” between all church and government relations (despite prior state-level involvement), policed by the federal government. (more)

Michigan Republican Rep. Thaddeus McCotter is the author of the new book, “Seize Freedom!: American Truths and Renewal in a Chaotic Age.” (more)

It’s inevitable. A new party is forming. (more)

A political polling report published last week by the Washington, D.C.-based American Enterprise Institute (AEI) captured the attitude of the American public towards government. In short: cynicism and uncertainty across the board is a widespread trend. (more)

Nothing changes so much as it stays the same. The Democrats continue to be relentless in their determination to destroy this country, and Republicans, despite just coming off an historic electoral victory nationwide, still don’t get it. (more)

Five short months after Democrats called Republicans’ suggestion to freeze federal pay a “cynical ploy,” President Obama announces his plan to freeze federal paychecks until 2013. (more)

Barack Obama would like to chalk the 2010 elections up to a weak economy and voters not understanding what a great job he did in preventing an even bigger economic collapse. It suits him to see things that way. He can continue to blame the economy on his predecessor and say that he saved us from the abyss. That’s his story and he’s sticking to it. Yet, if the weak economy were responsible for Democrats’ losses, then, historically speaking, Democrats should have lost only 20 to 30 House seats. Yet they lost 2 to 3 times that many. Why? Because voters aren’t just upset about the economy. They’re upset with the recklessly expensive and unwanted command-and-control policies that Obama pushed down their throats. (more)

In 2008, Barack Obama won the presidency with 53 percent of the popular vote. He was the first Democrat to receive over 50 percent since FDR in 1932. In addition, his coattails gave his party control over both houses of Congress. (more)

With Republicans back in control of the House of Representatives, a new power structure will emerge over the next few weeks. (more)

Sarah Palin and her allies have not taken kindly to comments by Karl Rove this week that the former Alaska governor is not ready to be president, firing back at the former Bush White House political adviser in a fight that illustrates the simmering tensions within the Republican Party. (more)

So when is the last time you heard a truly progressive Democrat say the following (I am paraphrasing, thus no quotation marks): (more)

Advocates of Big Government are forever creative in concocting new justifications for old programs. Supporters of more military spending are no different. One of the most unique arguments is that a bigger Pentagon budget is necessary to simultaneously protect and suppress the Europeans. (more)

Female independent voters may be the ultimate swing voting group.  These voters are open to supporting candidates of any party, and are likely to turn out on Election Day.  This makes them a key target audience for any competitive campaign.  A new poll conducted by Douglas E. Schoen, LLC and commissioned by Independent Women’s Voice (IWV), which is a non-partisan, non-profit group, gauges the current mood and convictions of political independents.  The responses from female independents are particularly telling: they indicate that America is ready for a significant change in political leadership. (more)

Watch out, Wall Street.  Back off, Big Oil.  You’re getting muscled off the top of “Government’s Most Wanted” list by a pair of tycoons on opposite ends of the country, and they’re doing it all before bedtime. (more)

Much of the news in the past month has focused on the pervasive corruption in our nation’s capital.  Stories such as those about Maxine Waters’ alleged malfeasance have garnered prominent positions in the headlines.  But it is odd that the media has ignored an even larger issue of corruption: the government’s self-interested policies regarding General Motors (more)