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Is our leadership paying attention? Do they not understand that Americans want our problems solved, that we want progress and reasons to be optimistic about the future? We are tired of sloganeering, and tired of political jousting. We elect representatives to do a job – govern the country wisely – …

In 2001, one would-be shoe bomber forced millions of travelers to take off their shoes. In 2006, terrorists planned to bring down aircraft on transatlantic flights by smuggling liquid explosives onto plane. They were thwarted but they succeeded in preventing passengers from bringing liquids into airline terminals. Lesson number one: …

The retiring but hardly shy Christoper Dodd is one of several poster boys for those who stay too long in Washington. He is a prime argument in favor of term limits. Dodd, the former drinking and carousing buddy of the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, got sweetheart mortgages and plenty …

With the usual Beltway fanfare, President Obama released his FY 2011 budget this morning. What does it say about where the country is going under the Obama-Pelosi-Reid leadership? What’s going to happen with taxes? Has the president learned any lessons from his party’s electoral defeats in November and January? Let’s …

Fraud charges were filed against Goldman Sachs on Friday and the Obama administration is portraying the announcement as an attempt to bring greedy and corrupt Wall Street under control. Yet, the timing of the case looks like more than coincidence with the Senate about to start debating President Obama’s plan …

Newark, Delaware, 6-year-old Zachary Christie was so excited about the all-in-one eating tool he got when he joined the Cub Scouts that he brought it to school so he could use it at lunch. Anyone familiar with the “zero tolerance” idiocy that has swept the nation in the last decade …

Six, seven, and eight-year-old kids shouldn’t be put in a position where they have to say that a particular president is inspiring and such a wonderful person. Next Tuesday, the opening day for many schools across the country, President Obama will give a speech to elementary and secondary students across …

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:36:06 +0000 – By S.E. CuppConservative Commentator Nancy Pelosi has suggested that birth control can help economically challenged states save some much needed money. Excuse me while I throw up just a little. This is the same camp that is giddily cheerleading unconscionable (and as of …

Nearly 200 years ago, emperor Napoleon came back from exile and re-conquered France without firing a shot. His conquest of Europe failed when Napoleon, in proper English terms, was soundly thrashed at Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington. Napoleon might be long gone, but President Obama is doing his best …

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:18:57 +0000 – Perhaps the major reason it has been 200 years since pirates dared challenge the United States of America on the high seas was the decisive action taken by Thomas Jefferson (the first Democrat) against them. Jefferson dispatched the schooner USS Enterprise in 1801 …