“How does it feel to be the one person disagreeing with over 100,000 people?!” the protester at the People’s Climate March asked me. On that Sunday, September 21, when New York City was swarming with protesters chanting “Hey, hey, ho, ho, these fossil fuels have got to go,” I was …
Read More »On Veterans Day, I challenge you to be inspired by our vets
Today, our nation pauses on November 11 to remember the service and sacrifice of its veterans. This year, I would like to challenge you to do something else as well: draw inspiration from these outstanding men and women. In spite of the tragedies of war, our veterans should be a …
Read More »Where have all the leaders gone?
Some people I know refuse to watch the news or read the papers these days, and who can blame them? The headlines are depressing and no one seems to be in charge. The stock market rises and falls, playing “now you see it, now you don’t” with your 401k, the …
Read More »To defeat ISIS follow the money
President Obama’s vow to destroy ISIS by way of a bombing campaign sets the course for another American misadventure. His strategy fails to recognize that global terrorism is inspired and well financed by systemic flaws in the international economy, and that global security cannot be accomplished without greater commitments of …
Read More »More ObamaCare woes: Congress must act to block health insurance bailout
As evidence mounts of a looming taxpayer-funded bailout of health insurance companies under ObamaCare, the urgency grows for Congress to take this possibility off the table for good. As expected, ObamaCare’s costs are rising, and health insurers are passing them along to patients in the form of higher premiums and …
Read More »This Fourth of July, let's celebrate the right to work
Independence Day is my personal favorite holiday of the year, the day we celebrate our freedom from tyranny and oppression and the basic and self-evident right of American citizens to live free. That isn’t the case in most other places in the world. Ronald Reagan put it best in his …
Read More »Confessions from the blond, black sheep in the family — a mom among boys
Before I had kids, I thought my perfect family would be two boys and a girl. I pictured my daughter and I having the close relationship I share with my mother. We would go shopping, get manicures, and whisper secrets. She would borrow my clothes and I’d tell her and …
Read More »Ten of America's worst villains, scoundrels and rogues
America has produced an amazing list of illustrious figures over the past three centuries, but we’ve had our share of nefarious characters as well. When I began researching my new book, “Villains, Scoundrels, and Rogues: Incredible True Tales of Mischief and Mayhem (Prometheus Books, March 4, 2014),” I found myself …
Read More »Benghazi emails: Proof Obama White House put politics ahead of truth
Some are calling it the “smoking gun” in the Benghazi scandal. A just-released email from a top White House communications adviser clearly shows the political strategy behind then-U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s appearance on Sunday news programs — blaming the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya — which resulted …
Read More »Why does Air Force Academy encourage atheism, prosecute Christianity?
There appears to be a double-standard at the Air Force Academy. The Academy is defending its promotion of an atheist event just a week after a Christian cadet was pressured into removing a Bible verse from his personal white board because it allegedly offended non-Christian cadets. “Ask An Atheist Day” …
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