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President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and Rep. Paul Ryan’s Republican response on Tuesday night offer competing visions of the country. For Mr. Obama, it is business as usual. Sunny days are ahead if only government continues its spending binge. A year ago the euphemism was “stimulus.” Now …

The weaker the hand Barack Obama has to play, the more sanctimonious he becomes. That was clear in his news conference last week when the president lectured Congress that “there’s no point in procrastinating,” and argued senators and representatives “need to do their job” and raise the debt ceiling. He …

Motorists would stand little hope of getting to their intended destination if their maps or GPS systems were fundamentally flawed. In much the same way, American energy policy has lost its way because of a faulty map. According to a deeply-rooted notion held by many in Washington, traditional sources of …

Dakota Meyer, former Marine Corps sergeant, infantryman, and Medal of Honor winner for his actions in Afghanistan, is engaged in a new battle right here at home in America. It’s not against an enemy who is hard to pinpoint and engage, but rather against a defense industry titan – BAE …

Five years ago, today, four suicide bombers blew themselves up while riding on London’s subway system and on one of its famous, red, double-decker buses. The devastating result was 52 murdered and some 800 injured. For a city and a nation that had dealt with Irish terrorism for more than …

Federal government spending is on a course with disaster. $2.7 trillion has been added to the national debt in just 2009 and 2010. Under current budget plans, the federal government’s debt will likely exceed our income in just over a decade from now. President Obama’s Debt Commission (The National Commission …

Flag Day should remind us all of just what the red, white and blue stands for. Every time I see the Stars and Stripes, I feel so proud to be an American. I am reminded just how lucky I was to be born on earth and in a country that …

The battle over the proposed mosque and community center near Ground Zero has sparked outrage and fury. The argument from those who oppose it: it’s an incredibly insensitive move designed to deliberately provoke the nation from a radical Imam who says the U.S. is culpable for the attacks of 9/11. …

At a time when our country is dangerously in debt and looking for areas of federal spending to cut, I think we’ve found a good candidate for defunding. National Public Radio is a public institution that directly or indirectly exists because the taxpayers fund it. And what do we, the …

Hollywood is rediscovering the Bible. Two competing movies about Moses – both by well-known producers – are making a play to become the next chapter of the century-long love affair between the merchants of sin in Tinsletown and the prophet of hope in Israel. But no matter how far the …