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President Obama delivered one of his better speeches as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. He first acknowledged the obvious when he said he has not done anything worthy of the prize which was given by Europeans still angry about the eight years of the Bush administration. It …

Tue, 19 May 2009 08:30:59 +0000 – By Michael GoodwinNew York Daily News Columnist/FOX News Contributor Say this much for President Obama’s view on the Mideast: he’s consistent. He was off course before his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and he was still off course when the meeting …

Israel doesn’t celebrate the Fourth of July, but during the weekend the skies over the southern border with Gaza were filled with the rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air, giving proof through the night that Hamas was still there. There were fireworks in the cities, too, brought about …

“Crazies” “TeRrorists” (Yes, spelled like that.) “A**holes.” That’s how former top IRS official Lois Lerner described conservatives on emails sent from her official IRS email account just days after the 2012 election. Corresponding with an unknown person (the name is redacted), she provides her own unique brand of commentary on …

OK, OK. To the Bush family, and particularly to former two-term Florida Gov. Jeb Bush: don’t worry. Let me start, up front, by saying: I would never vote for Jeb Bush for president. He is way too conservative for me. Now that that’s over with, I think Bush is a …

Some women have marvelous relationships with their mothers. Many women don’t. When Mother’s Day comes around every year, these women struggle with conflicting feelings. Hurts, past and ongoing, often cripple our relationships.How do we move forward without getting lost in the past? Dr. Jill Hubbard and I would like to …

Like him or not — agree with him or not — Donald Trump adds spice to the 2016 presidential campaign. Don’t you want to see what he just might say on the debate stage? I know I do. Call it good entertainment — call it whatever — the last people …

With the tenuous and fragile geopolitical backdrop of today, the U.S. would want to be able to leverage a strong financial foundation. Whether a solid balance sheet that could accommodate an increase in military and related spending if needed or a Strategic Petroleum Reserve that was full and ready for …

So as the mainstream media obsesses over the Republican speaker chaos, they’re just as happy to ignore a far deeper divide among the Dems. And all it took was 1,400 dead Israelis to bring it to light. So let’s have an adult conversation, shall we? I know what you’re thinking. …

Wisconsin’s battle over the union label continues to resonate nationwide. Lefties complain about conservative funders David and Charles Koch in often obscene fashion, making juvenile plays on their last name and prank calls like troublesome children. The so-called mainstream media are heavily invested in that strategy, calling the Koch brothers …