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Jobs Report: Friday unemployment numbers hide widespread joblessness

The economy added 257,000 jobs in January, down significantly from the 324,000 fourth quarter average monthly gain. Overall, the economy is creating jobs but lower oil prices and a strong dollar are slowing the pace. Unemployment rose a notch to…

ISIS Burns Jordanian Pilot: Mr. Obama, when will you get angry about radical Islam?

America wants to know, when is President Obama going to get angry? When is he going to slam his fist on the desk, demand vengeance, put aside his incessant campaigning and call out the Islamic radicals of ISIS as the…

Progress In Ukraine While Russia Continues Incursion

Last week in Davos, thought leaders and interested parties gathered to discuss a total overhaul of Ukrainian society, with particular focus on increasing transparency, stamping out bureaucracy and corruption as well as promoting efficiency and Western practices. For a country…

Obama shows mixed results in delivering on State of the Union promises

Close Guantanamo. End the Iraq war. Tax the rich. Increase nuclear power. Drill for oil in the Atlantic. President Obama called for all these initiatives and more in previous State of the Union speeches. Some came to pass; others did…

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…

Republicans start small on ObamaCare, cross fingers for court intervention

Jan. 7, 2015: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP) HERSHEY, Pa. – Republican leaders have yet to spell out their strategy for tackling ObamaCare now that they control Congress,…

Previewing The State Of The Union

President Obama has faced some incredibly difficult situations in his presidency. But he has faced perhaps none more dire than the danger we are confronting in the rise of a new, stronger radical Islam. To this end, it is my…

Sen. Ernst tapped to give GOP response to State of the Union

HERSHEY, Pa. – Newly elected Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst will deliver the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address, GOP leaders said Thursday. “She’s a perfect choice,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said at a GOP…

Dems change tune after mocking GOP for ‘drill, baby, drill’

Back when gas topped $4 a gallon, Republicans chanted “drill, baby, drill” at rallies across the country — arguing more domestic drilling would increase supplies, reduce dependence on foreign oil and boost the U.S. economy. Democrats, almost universally, mocked the…