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At a time when it seems most rational people have moved on from false allegations that the tea party movement is steeped in racism, the accusation once again reared its ugly head. This time, thankfully, it came with repercussions — and necessary ones, considering the source. Conservative activist James O’Keefe, …

At some point you have to grow up, and being a grown-up means accepting responsibility. Such is the main point of the movie “Arthur,” the remake of which opens this week. Hollywood’s compulsion to capture past box office glory leaves many of us wishing they’d just leave well enough alone. …

For all of my conservative friends who think that Barack Obama will never be re-elected if the economy is still in the doldrums next year, I have three words for you: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR was re-elected in 1936 and the economy was in a very bad way — far, …

The concerns of the American people were ignored by the Democratic-majority in Congress when the health care bill was enacted. Despite promises from the administration for an open debate and fair process, the bill that became law was put together behind closed doors. Few citizens had time to read the …

Well Mr. President this year’s State of the Union marks the halfway point in your administration and from the look of all the White House folks moving to Chicago it’s also the beginning of your 2012 re-election campaign. Your amen corner in the mainstream media has once again fallen in …

I wanted this piece to be a simple story about the history of what is called the Ground Zero cross. But now I need to write about a lawsuit that claims including a cross at the National 9/11 Museum is a “mingling of church and state” and shouldn’t be there. …

Six weeks from Tuesday – January 10, 2012 – all eyes will be on the New Hampshire Primary. Here’s my prediction: That day – and night – will be the end of Mitt Romney’s six-year quest to become president of the United States. Here is how things are going to …

NASA administrator Charles Bolden must have felt like Astronaut Frank Poole in the cult classic, “Space Odyssey: 2001.” In that film, the menacing computer HAL 9000 cut Poole’s tether and let him drift off into space. In this case, it was President Obama’s press spokesman Robert Gibbs who, on Tuesday, …

I smell progress. Maybe it’s Judge Hudson’s ruling on the insurance mandate in Obamacare, or maybe it’s the EPA backing off from imposing new pollution rules. It could be better-than-expected retail sales, higher home starts and declining unemployment claims. Possibly it’s having just finished my Christmas shopping. Whatever the cause, …

America’s most senior foreign policy officials defended the merits of the first strategic arms control treaty to be brought before the Senate in almost 20 years last week. Secretaries Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, and Admiral Michael Mullen went to bat on behalf of the Obama administration, which is anxious for …