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I am pleased, but not surprised, that the new survey from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life shows that atheists know just as much — if not quite a bit more – about religion than do religious people in general. The simple truth is this; the more someone …

The Obama administration came to office pledging to reverse course in Afghanistan. But the administration has found itself in a predicament as it prepares to make a final decision on adding more troops. While some naysayers have argued that Afghanistan has little strategic value, Al Qaeda’s ties to Afghan insurgent …

I find it interesting that on the same day we have members of Congress putting forth bills to allow our military personnel to be armed in military recruiting centers … President Obama is presenting a plan to limit the ownership of guns for some of our elderly citizens. The administration …

President Joe Biden’s dereliction of duty at the southern border is quite literally, destroying innocent American lives — and has the potential to put thousands more at risk. The situation at the southern border has degraded for years, if not decades. Yet, it shows signs, after four years of marked …

My son Matt was diagnosed with ALS in April 2014, just a few months before the ice bucket challenge took off on social media. Many people remember this as a rare moment when our country was united in the hope of solving a terrible problem. For our family, it felt …

In his passionate defenses of the planned mosque near Ground Zero, New York City Mayor Bloomberg depicts the issue as a simple case of freedom of religion. “People have a right to pray, and I think, you know, we have a quarter of a million Muslims that live In this …

Congressmen and women have lots of reading to do every year, especially when lawmakers try to pass 2,700 page bills like ObamaCare. But whatever, we all know that Congress doesn’t read bills before they pass them. It’s only after bills are passed that we get to find out what is …

Recently, in a column for the Fox Forum called “Muhammad Cartoons vs. Piss Christ” I compared the insult Muslims feel when they see a drawing of Muhammad to the hurt Christians felt when an artist photographed a crucifix in a jar of urine, called it “Piss Christ” and received a …

In 2001 and 2003, President Bush and the Republican Congress cut taxes for everyone. Like the Reagan tax cuts and the Kennedy tax cuts before them, the Bush tax cuts are historical events that help define today’s tax reality. Changing that reality by raising current tax rates is not a …

The Obama administration came to office pledging to reverse course in Afghanistan. But the administration has found itself in a predicament as it prepares to make a final decision on adding more troops. While some naysayers have argued that Afghanistan has little strategic value, Al Qaeda’s ties to Afghan insurgent …