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Team Obama’s plan to turn your kids into debt zombies

06/04/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
President Obama spent Friday talking about ways to make college more affordable. But if you think going to college is expensive now, just wait until you learn about his big plans for your college student or high school graduate–and you.…

Don’t blame capitalism for the terrible tragedy in Bangladesh

04/30/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
The media has been having a field day with the recent collapse of a clothing factory complex in Bangladesh that has killed 400, with many more dead still buried in the rubble. Since the mills inside the complex made garments…

After three decades, the Crab Cake Queen still lives for her daily catch

04/23/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
MURRELLS INLET, S.C. – Her name is An Mathis, but she’s known around Murrells Inlet as The Crab Cake Lady. Mathis, 74, is the also known as the queen in these part of South Carolina – and for good reason.…

The Venezuelan Election Settled Nothing

04/15/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Nicolas Maduro’s 1.5% win indicated that Venezuela is, at best, a totally divided society. It also suggests that the winner, Maduro, has no legitimacy. In winning the election, Maduro deployed tens of millions–if not hundreds of millions–of dollars in state…

China’s cotton stockpiling threatens to devastate American producers

04/12/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
AIKEN, S.C. – The Unites States is the third-largest producer of cotton, a product that everyone wears, everyone uses. But that may not be enough to ensure the security of the American cotton industry, with China now a major player…

How to get serious about North Korea

04/05/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
Even experienced North Korea watchers are wondering if this time the annual Kabuki dance in which the country’s dictator threatens war in order to win more food and foreign currency concessions from us and the South Koreans, might not actually…

Here comes Team Obama’s carbon tax

03/21/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
The Treasury Department’s Office of Environment and Energy has finally begun to turn over documents about its preparations for a carbon tax in response to transparency warrior Chris Horner’s Freedom of Information Act request. The documents provide solid evidence that…

The Promise of Pope Francis

03/19/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
From the moment he walked onto the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square last week, Pope Francis has been doing things that herald great promise not only for Catholics, but for the work of inter-religious relations in particular, and for the…

The new Grenada — an island paradise and astonishing medical research hub

02/28/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
(PHOTO COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR) (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR) (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR) PreviousNext St. George’s, Grenada – Many Americans may know about the Caribbean island of Grenada only if they remember the 1983 US military operation, when…

Why respect is overrated

02/15/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
As a conflict resolution specialist with 20 years of experience facilitating peaceful talks between warring parties in the Middle East, Cuba, Sri Lanka, Colombia, and Northern Ireland, you’re probably surprised to hear that I think respect is overrated. Whenever I…