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The Supreme Court’s Mixed Ruling On Immigration Could Divide Us Further As A Nation

By striking down many components of the Arizona immigration law that sought to deter illegal immigration, while leaving in place the controversial provision requiring that authorities check the immigration status of anyone they detain who’s reasonably suspected of being in…

Why the White House is Nervous

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Obama’s Truman Strategy Will Not Work

President Obama’s news conference today on jobs and the economy offered nothing new. He blamed the Congress and Republicans specifically. The president’s remarks on the economy and Congress echo President Truman’s on the ‘Do-Nothing’ Republican Congress. On the surface, the…

Weak Jobs Numbers, Weak Reelection Prsopects

President Obama’s only claim to reelection is that he and his team steadied America during its time of economic uncertainty and are, albeit slowly, growing the economy. Today’s anemic jobs numbers show that in fact the economy is not recovering,…

St. Patrick’s Day cocktails to get your green on

(Mother’s Ruin) Back in 1903, when St. Patrick’s Day became an official public holiday in Ireland, there could be no way to predict what the day would become in the United States. In no rational Irish mind could anyone have…

Marriage — It Really Is a Beautiful Thing

Yes folks, I think that marriage is pretty important. That however, is really just an opinion. I came to said opinion this weekend, when my good-hearted (albeit hairy) brother said “I do.” Sure, I’d attended weddings before, but this was…

U.S. Swings Back at China in Copenhagen

President Obama’s top climate change negotiator arrived in Copenhagen Wednesday swinging back at Chinese demands for the United States to increase its emission reduction goals. “With respect to our emissions, it’s true our emissions have gone up since 1990,” Todd…