Tag Archives: america

How my dad helped set me up for success

On the morning a friend had a speech due to President George W. Bush, his first daughter was born. My former colleague said he was trying to figure out a way to get the edits the president wanted back by…

DIA Director sees Iraq as ‘quagmire,’ but strikes term from testimony

EXCLUSIVE: One of President Obama’s top intelligence officers has privately concluded that the situation in Iraq is a “quagmire,” but struck the term from testimony being prepared for him to deliver on Capitol Hill, Fox News has learned. Internal documents…

Donald Trump for president? The 2016 race just got fun

I know. I know. “Trump is flawed” the critics say. “He is a clown.” “He is a buffoon.” “He’s divorced…twice.” “He has business bankruptcies.” Yes, all true. And Reagan was a failed B-movie actor who played second fiddle to a…

High-tech Kevlar-based gloves keep firefighters safe

(Department of Homeland Security) An innovative new glove aims to protect the hands of firefighters far better than before – and is now finally commercially available. After years of intensive research and testing, firefighters can get their hands on –…

Profs say US history guidelines would shortchange college-bound seniors

Neither Ben Franklin nor Martin Luther King Jr. make an appearance in the College Board’s AP US History guidelines. Dozens of historians have sent the influential College Board back to the drawing board, after determining that its U.S. history exam…

Time to pull your kids out of public school?

My high school colors were green and white. At graduation the boys wore green robes and the girls wore white. No one considered the girls inferior because of the color of their robes. Today, we live in different times. My…

An open letter to my friends Jeb Bush, Rick Perry and Mike Huckabee

Dear Governors Jeb Bush, Rick Perry and Mike Huckabee. Old friends, I’m in a bit of a pickle. I’m pretty sure that all three of you will be asking me to campaign for you somewhere along “the trail.” It will,…

UN Secretary-General weighs lumping Israel in with ISIS and Al Qaeda

This week Senators Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz have posed a challenge for would-be presidents and all Americans: if the United Nations criminalizes Israel’s exercise of the right of self-defense it will pay a heavy price. The organization has no…

Big Labor accused of big hypocrisy

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Obama’s gone from bad to wuss

As the days of the Obama presidency dwindle down, bad actors everywhere are in a rush to grab what they can. After all, they are not likely ever again to get such a weak president as Barack Obama, and they…