On the heavy weapons firing range at Ft. Bragg, Private First Class Nicholas Trimble asks the weapons officer if he is clear to fire. “Whenever I’m ready?” said Trimble, 29, who is sitting in the gunners seat of a Humvee, where he is given the go ahead and releases a …

Washington, D.C. – This week, while “the most traveled president in history” was on his latest foreign adventure and bowing to Japanese Emperor Akihito, the rest of the O-Team was been busy kowtowing to political correctness. The headlines tell the story: • “Gates Condemns Leaks on Fort Hood Investigation” • …

Cruise ‘Feeble’ In Valkyrie | Shrek, Not Dreck: The Musical and the Party | Madoff — As in Madoff With Our Money | Sightings Cruise ‘Feeble’ in Valkyrie This column has been banned from seeing a preview screening of Tom Cruise in Valkyrie. The publicists for the film at 42West …

Holidays aside, “Points” is worried about a few things in America. If President-elect Obama and Congress try to tax and spend their way out of the recession, we will all suffer much more than we are suffering today. And if the far left intimidates Obama, the USA will change dramatically …

Beware of stating objectives publicly — people hold you to them. I much prefer to keep expectations low and let performance speak for itself. That’s why I kind of have trouble believing this Time magazine story that says the president has set a deadline to get Usama, dead or alive …

WASHINGTON – As exit polling continues totrickle in from Tuesday’s elections, political leadersare putting their own spin on voter attitudes — with Republicans charging thatblacks and Hispanics can no longer be taken for granted by Democrats as two monolithic voting blocs. “The key strategy that the Democrats have had for …

Is it me, or are theseUnited Nations (search)guys just asking for it? I wasn’t too far from the U.N. Tuesday night for an event I had to attend. Some of the streets nearby were closed off and one visibly ticked off U.N. delegate proceeded to tell a policeman, “You don’t …

WASHINGTON – Des Moines, Iowa, is quitethehotspot— during presidential election season, that is. Central to the first-in-the-nation caucuses and a prominent stopping point ina chief battlegroundstate, this yearit is also home to a congressional seat Republicans want. That 3rd Congressional District seat currently belongs to four-term DemocraticRep. Leonard Boswell (search), …

Dear Viewers, I hope the show seemed “orderly” to you. It was a bit of a surprise to us. It was so much of a surprise that during each commercial break, I had to ask my producer in NY, what are we doing next? The show got turned around because …

Jacko’s Items|Steinberg Book|Moore, Julia, et al. PoliceConfiscated Porn and Pills From Neverland It’s good news and bad news for Michael Jackson, according to my sources, when it comes to items taken from his bedroom by the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s office. This week, Jackson’s lawyers lobbied judge Rodney S. …