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Romney’s great escape

Say this for Mitt Romney: He won. Although no one thought a few weeks ago that would be anything to brag about in Michigan. Romney came back to edge Rick Santorum in his home state that he won handily in…

Key Senators Say Drones Should Document Assad Regime Attacks on Civilians

As diplomats attend a critical meeting in Tunisia to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down in the wake of attacks by his regime forces on his own people, a key group of U.S. senators suggested Friday that unmanned…

Whiskeys fit for a president

From left to right: George Washington Straight Rye Whiskey comes from our first president’s Mount Vernon distillery, made to Washington’s own recipe. Jefferson’s Reserve pays homage to bourbon produced by Thomas Jefferson himself at Monticello and Old Overholt was one…

Santorum’s sweep says 2012 GOP presidential race is wide open…again

The Republican race has changed, and changed in a profound way. With Rick Santorum’s three victories Tuesday in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado, the whole nature of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign has changed. First, the air of inevitability that Romney…

Reid Threatens to Push a Democrats-Only Payroll Tax Cut Extension

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid threatened to move his own payroll tax cut extension bill Thursday, as Democrats across the Capitol decried what they said was GOP obstruction, this as the deadline fast approaches for the tax break to expire.…

Romney leaves Gingrich in his Florida rearview mirror

Carpetbombing works. That’s the lesson of Florida, where Mitt Romney overwhelmed Newt Gingrich on the air and in every other aspect of the campaign. He out-organized him, out-messaged him, and out-researched him, if an exchange in the last debate where…

Five challenges facing Mitt Romney right now

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Achilles’ heel was exposed in the final minutes of what was an otherwise good debate performance Monday night. He played offense, engaged Gingrich directly faring better than some members of the media and made a…

Obama’s proposals evasive and irresponsible

Don’t worry, America. There’s nothing that ails this country that can’t be made right by a catalogue of piddling proposals that will be forgotten tomorrow–and oh yeah, more taxes on the rich. Such was the message of President Obama’s State…

Why I eat squirrel, really

Some consider squirrel to be the best meat in the woods. On my journey as a chef, I have come to think that it may be the best meat period. The phrase, “You are what you eat,” befits a squirrel…

Romney for President? What’s a Tea Party Voter to Do in 2012?

Having spent the last several days in the Granite State I am even more puzzled now than I was late last week when I began pondering this new reality: “The Tea Party is dead.” I don’t know what happened between…