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School Reform: Congress has stopped looking out for America’s kids

03/10/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Editor’s note: The following column first appeared in The Hill newspaper and on TheHill.com. Last week President Obama invited a small group of journalists, including me, to talk with him at the White House. The conversation was off-the-record. But speaking…

Democrats Drop Millionaire Surtax — For Now

02/14/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
Several senior Senate Democratic aides have confirmed Democrats have laid aside, for now, their attempt to pay for any extension of a package of benefits – including the payroll tax cut, jobless benefits, and a Medicare “doc fix” — with…

LARRY GATLIN: Have I Stayed Too Long At the Fair?

01/08/2011 Published on Foxnews.com
I really love songs…make that, I really love great songs. I know one when I see one…or, hear one. I have had the great, good fortune to have been tutored in the art, not of songwriting, but, songcrafting, by some…

Obama Reduces Pay Increase for Federal Employees

08/31/2009 Published on Foxnews.com
Civilian federal employees won’t get as big a pay raise as expected next year, President Obama announced Monday. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Obama said he has decided — in light of the economic crisis — that…