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A symbol of hope for persecuted Christians

The Arabic letter for “N” is a tiny symbol that Islamic extremists use to mark the homes and businesses of Christians as a sign of contempt, much like the Nazis in World War II used the Star of David to…

Terrorists can strike any time, anywhere: Self defense saves lives

Terrorists can strike anywhere and at any time, giving them a huge strategic advantage.Unfortunately, too many politicians around the world are refusing to admit this. After the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris earlier this month, France placed 10,000 uniformed soldiers…

Five reasons why European Central Bank’s QE won’t save continent’s dying economies

The European Central Bank has just announced a €60 billion ($69 billion) monthly government bond buying program—Quantitative Easing—but that won’t do much for the moribund continental economy. Central banks can print money to purchase government bonds to push up prices…

The Real State of Our Union: More entitlements, taxes and unemployment

In his State of the Union address, President Obama will propose much he knows the Republican-controlled Congress will not enact, but his real agenda is to set the table for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Once again, the president will…

Michael Brown case: Media hype trumps appeal for calm in Ferguson

Ferguson, Mo., is sadly back in the news. The city and an eager media anticipate a grand jury decision in the possible indictment of Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of an African-American teenager. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a…

What’s next for ObamaCare?

Now that the midterm elections – featuring ObamaCare as a key issue – are over, the big question is what’s next for the president’s health care plan. “ObamaCare was an issue for the candidates, it was an issue for the…

Lame duck Congress to tackle spending bill, tax breaks in short session

The aptly named lame duck session of Congress will be short this year — probably about a month. “I don’t think the lame duck session is going to last long,” said Darrell West of the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C.…

Some ObamaCare patients with high deductibles turning to community care centers

When ObamaCare patients learn their deductible is so high they’re unlikely to get any reimbursement, they often wind up in places like the Denton, Texas Community Care Center. “There are quite a few, and I saw another one today, where…

The good news that nobody knows

Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters leave the outskirts of Suruc, Turkey, towards the Turkey-Syria border, on the way to the Syrian city of Kobani, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. The 10 peshmerga fighters from Iraq who entered the embattled northern Syrian town…

Is your ObamaCare information safe?

As the second year of ObamaCare enrollment approaches, the focus this time is on the security of information the government requires enrollees to provide. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the committee with jurisdiction over security of the website, said,…