Tag Archives: state

The American Dream isn’t dead but we have work to do

06/13/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
May 20, 2009: The Statue of Liberty against the deep blue sky in New York Harbor. On Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 the statue will host the 125th anniversary of its dedication with a Naturalization Ceremony, the presentation of a gift…

Obama brings home one POW, abandons another in Mexico

06/03/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
My fellow Americans, we currently have a POW who was chained on all four pressure points. He was chained so tightly that his wrists and ankles bled. He was beaten and kicked by prison guards while helplessly chained. He was…

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

05/08/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
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…

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…

Hope & change we can believe in — strong Republican health care alternative is here

02/10/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
House Speaker John Boehner said something noteworthy at the recent House Republican retreat on Maryland’s Eastern Shore: “It’s important that we show the American people we’re not just the opposition party, we’re actually the alternative party.” To be sure, there’s…

John Kerry Admits Defeat On Syria, But What’s Next? The Case For Coercive Diplomacy

02/06/2014 Published on Forbes.com
The notion that we’re failing in Syria is just about the only thing both parties can agree on these days. In a recent interview for her MSNBC show, Andrea Mitchell went after a US State Department official on our flawed…

Why we march in the March for Life

01/22/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
The issue of life is front and center this week, as several hundred thousand brave souls come to Washington to march from the White House to the Supreme Court in defense of it. A recent column by Peggy Noonan put…

Penn State students are building a moon lander for Google’s Lunar X Prize

01/20/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Gretchen Buttorf, an Aerospace Engineering junior at Penn St., tests a student-designed rocket engine test rig for the Lunar Lion moonlander. (Penn State) Forget ‘rithmetic. For these students, it’s reading, writing and robotic moon landing. In their free time, most…

State Budgets Still in Need of Major Reform

01/14/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Despite improving tax revenues and numerous reforms, state and local government finances remain in need of major fixes, a task force said Tuesday. Public employee retirement benefits remain a major problem, according to the State Budget Crisis Task Force, with…

Obama sets out to save his legacy — will it work?

12/03/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
President Obama has begun a new 20 day effort to sell the Affordable Care Act. And while his press conference on Tuesday was less defensive and more forward looking than his previous comments, it very much remains to be seen…