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Putin Is Undermining Ukraine’s Democracy — And Obama Is Letting Him

05/08/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Vladimir Putin’s disdain for democracy is no secret. He has quashed dissent at home, and the passage on Tuesday of a new “Blogger Law” is only the latest move by the Kremlin to control media and police the internet. As…

A new ‘Watergate’? Team Obama and the hunt for the truth about Benghazi

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When the White House, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the fearless private watchdog group Judicial Watch, turned over an email about constructing the appropriate narrative response to the tragedy at Benghazi written by…

The Republicans May Be Leading In The Polls, But They’re More Divided Than Ever

04/30/2014 Published on Forbes.com
“Here’s the attitude: ‘Ohhhh, don’t make me do this. Ohhh, this is too hard’…We get elected to make choices. We get elected to solve problems and it’s remarkable to me how many of my colleagues just don’t want to,” Boehner…

Divided GOP only thing Obama, Democrats have going for them before 2014 midterms

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April 29, 2014: House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, joined by Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., talks to reporters following a Republican strategy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington.AP Tuesday’s Washington Post/ABC News poll will not be welcome news to a…

NSA still wants to collect records without probable cause

03/27/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Except for the definition and mechanism of proving treason, no area of the Constitution addressing the rights of all persons when the government is pursuing them is more specific than the Fourth Amendment. The linchpin of that specificity is the…

With Takeover Of Natural Gas Station, Russia Ratchets Up Tension With Ukraine

03/16/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Since the protests in Kiev turned bloody weeks ago, there has been one question on my mind: when will Russia invade Ukraine? And now we know the answer: yesterday. On the eve of the secession referendum in Crimea, Putin used…

Save US jobs — level playing field between brick-and-mortar stores and online retailers

03/10/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
The old adage, if something’s too good to be true, it probably is, too often applies to bargain-basement prices for retail goods online. An often ignored loophole in existing sales tax law is giving online retailers an unfair advantage over…

New Crimean Parliament Votes In Favor Of Leaving Ukraine While U.S. Imposes Sanctions

03/06/2014 Published on Forbes.com
It seemed that the situation in embattled Ukraine couldn’t get any more complicated, but it has. Today, Crimea’s new pro-Russian regional government voted in favor of leaving the country for Russia and will put it to a regional vote in…

Change of heart? Obama pushes executive action strategy despite ’08 Bush criticism

02/15/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
President Obama, speaking to a crowd of House Democrats at a party retreat in Maryland, touted his executive order powers on Friday – repeating a theme he’s hit regularly since his State of the Union address. While saying he’s willing…

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death: The face of heroin abuse is changing

02/10/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
After Philip Seymour Hoffman’s tragic death last week of an apparent drug overdose, a media spotlight has been placed on heroin abuse. ; According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, heroin abuse has increased 75 percent from…