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Obama’s military misstep
By Grace Vuoto

In the midst of two wars, the worst economic downturn since World War II and sky-high budget deficits which threaten the nation’s long-term financial viability, President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the...

Politics
Duplicity, delivered
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

The Obama administration is accusing Republicans of enabling Islamic terrorism. The White House has sent out John Brennan, President Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser, to defend its mishandling of the failed...

Disavowing Third Party politics
By Joe Vigliotti

Conservatives have reason to smile.Conservative Republican candidates Bob McDonnell in Virginia and Chris Christie in New Jersey, swept the gubernatorial races in November last year. Republican Scott Brown, once tailing...

Big government backfires on Democrats
By Kerry W. and Peggy McCarthy

Ironically, Scott Brown’s election as U.S. Republican senator for Massachusetts was made possible by a manipulation of the law that backfired on Democrats. In 2004, Massachusetts law allowed the governor to appoint a...

Reclaiming a conservative America
By Martin Bertram

Republican Senator Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts signals new support for conservative values. A fairly conservative Republican being elected in the most liberal of states is no small feat, and it is...

Foreign Affairs
Wreckage in Haiti
By Anthony Rainone

On January 12, 2010, Haiti suffered the worst natural disaster to hit our hemisphere since 1770.  The earthquake measured 7.0 on the rictor scale, hurling a devastating blow to the country. The people of Haiti are...

Putting an end to female genital mutilation
By Susan Oliver Nelson

In February and March, countries all over the world will commemorate the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM) by holding summits and campaign calls. These strategies offer an...

Noam Chomsky and anti-war ethics
By Michael Fowler

Since the sixties, Noam Chomsky has been calling the United States an imperialist nation and continues to do so, now saying U.S. actions in Iraq and Afghanistan are imperialist. The purpose of Mr. Chomsky’s’...

Culture
Exposing the abortion industry’s racist agenda
by Joseph R. Giganti

A pro-life ad, produced by Focus on the Family which aired during the Super Bowl, has many pro-choice and radical feminists up in arms. The ad tells the story of Pam Tebow, who, despite pressure to abort her unborn son,...

America’s withering Christianity
By Lawrence P. Grayson

At the Super Bowl earlier this month, two proposed television commercials illustrated the on-going battle for traditional Christian values in the public square.  One, a pro-life message from Focus on the Family...

Public Policy
Obama curbs charitable giving
By Robyn Wethington

The fiscal 2011 budget reveals President Barack Obama’s intent to draw $291 billion over the next decade by reducing tax write-offs from charitable donations, according to an article in The Daily Caller. Reducing tax...

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