Tag Archives: congress

The Battle For The Senate: What To Watch For On Election Night

11/04/2014 Published on Forbes.com
At 6 p.m. Central Time, the ballot counting will begin in Kentucky. Recent polling has given Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell a comfortable seven-to-nine point advantage over Democrat Alison Grimes. I don’t expect any surprises there – and you…

Rebels Test The Strength Of Ukrainian Ceasefire

10/02/2014 Published on Forbes.com
It seemed like it was too good to be true from the start. Just a few weeks ago, during talks in Belarus, the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire and a buffer zone. The…

UN panel raps Iran over imprisonment of Christian pastor Saeed Abedini

09/18/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Saeed Abedini has not seen his family in nearly three years, including young daughter Rebekka and son Jacob. (Fox News) A United Nations panel this week blasted Iran’s continued imprisonment of American citizen Saeed Abedini, who is serving an eight-year…

What We Need To Hear From President Obama On His ISIS Strategy Tomorrow Night

09/09/2014 Published on Forbes.com
We’ve been hungering for consensus in America and we’ve got it: 91% of Americans see ISIS as a threat to the vital interests of the United States, according to a new Washington Post poll. 71% of respondents support airstrikes in…

"Mary Poppins" 50th anniversary: Why "Mary" is my favorite movie

08/28/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
A couple of interesting things happened 50 years ago this month. On Aug. 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Then, 20 days later, Walt Disney Studios released “Mary Poppins.” The resolution, by allowing the Vietnam War to…

Changing ‘normal’ for foster care’s used and abused children

08/15/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
They normalize the experience of being used for financial gain? Isn’t that slavery? Who would say such a thing? Is that an actual quote? These are the words of Ms. Withelma “T” Ortiz Walker Pettigrew as she testified before Congress…

Impeachment Talk Won’t Help The GOP

07/29/2014 Published on Forbes.com
The Republicans are standing on the brink of yet another missed opportunity to capitalize on a Democrat party with their backs against the wall. Obamacare is still struggling. There are thousands of illegal migrants streaming across the southern border. Ukraine…

Marine Held in Mexico: If Congress can’t get Obama’s attention to free Tahmooressi, We the People must

07/18/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
When justifying the release of five vicious Taliban terrorists detained at “Gitmo” in exchange for U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, the president said, “We don’t leave our people behind.” He was subsequently accused of violating a law requiring him to notify…

ABC, CBS, NBC cover up IRS, VA scandals but love Christie’s bridge troubles

06/25/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Imagine Watergate. America’s greatest political scandal took down a president. Only picture The Washington Post barely covering it. The story would have died on the vine. Richard Nixon would have completed his term in office without scandal. He would have…

Obama Flubs Iraq

06/19/2014 Published on Forbes.com
It has been a rough week in Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, has stormed into Fallujah, Mosul, and Tikrit in Iraq’s Sunni north, and is eager to strike at Baghdad. In a historic move, Kurdish…