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How To Reform The NSA

“It’s not enough for me to have confidence in these programs. The American people need to have confidence in them as well.” Those were President Obama’s words at his August 9th press conference in which he laid out his plans…

How Hillary Clinton can win in 2016

2016 is in the air. Vice President Joe Biden is heading to Iowa next month to be the keynote speaker at Senator Tom Harkin’s steak fry fundraiser, an event that often showcases speakers aspiring to be president. Things are heating…

NSA Oversteps (Again)

Let me be clear, Edward Snowden will never be a hero or a patriot in my eyes. I will not argue that he is traitor, though he is certainly a criminal. And no amount of revelations as to how the…

Pope Francis in Brazil — you can’t make this stuff up

FILE — July 22, 2013: Pope Francis waves to crowds in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Felipe Dana/AP) “Pope Francis’ car takes wrong turn and is nearly crushed by adoring throngs of young people” ; ; You can’t make this stuff…

What Does Rowhani’s Election As Iran’s President Mean for America?

Iranian President-elect Hassan Rowhani (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) The election of Hassan Rowhani as the next Iranian president is a clear rebuke of the current regime. The final count shows Rowhani with a remarkable fifty-two percent of the…

What men want

Father’s Day 2013 arrives on Sunday. Here’s what we have to show for it: According to a survey conducted by Today Moms, more than half of the 7,000 mothers polled feel more stressed out by their husbands than they do…

Obama administration is in a crisis with no answers

It seems that President Obama just can’t catch a break. He has most certainly had a difficult start to his second term. The debt ceiling and sequestration battle with House Republicans, attempts to broker a peace deal in Syria and…

Progressives must hold Obama accountable for NSA phone spying

FILE- In this Dec. 8, 2005, file photo, a man walks out the Verizon’s new corporate headquarters(AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh, File) (AP2005) Friday, the New York Times published an editorial about the recent revelation that our federal government is collecting broad…

Benghazi, IRS, AP scandals — will buck ever stop with Obama?

The first question for White House spokesman Jay Carney at Tuesday’s press briefing went right to the heart of the growing crisis facing President Obama: In the matters of the Benghazi terror attack, the IRS targeting conservative groups, the Justice…

China’s cotton stockpiling threatens to devastate American producers

AIKEN, S.C. – The Unites States is the third-largest producer of cotton, a product that everyone wears, everyone uses. But that may not be enough to ensure the security of the American cotton industry, with China now a major player…