During forty years in public life I have been accused of being many things, but never of being a terrorist. Yet during a period from 2004 to at least late 2005 I was obviously on the federal government’s aviation watch list requiring additional screening and surveillance every time I flew. …

Most people seem to believe that the number of Americans with jobs is a clearly identifiable number. All you do is count up the number of people with jobs. Unfortunately, that isn’t the way it works. The number reported each month is based on surveys, and surveys have can often …

As I have repeatedly warned and noted on www.ObamaChart.com, when Congress blocks the Obama administration, the White House always finds a way to get around the normal policy-making process and pursue its agenda by other means. Today’s reclassification assault on the Internet is the latest—and perhaps the most egregious—example. In …

The path to permanent peace between Israelis and Palestinians is familiar and well trodden, yet the final destination has remained elusive. So, a casual observer might be forgiven for asking what is the point of the United States leading this exercise again by facilitating the restart of direct peace negotiations? …

Did you file your federal income taxes on or before April 15? Almost 50% of American households won’t be paying any federal income tax this year, and the reasons why have profound implications for our democracy as well as our economy now. A series of tax reforms, generous exemptions and …

Since he burst onto the national scene in 1988, Rush Limbaugh has sometimes been accused of being merely an entertainer, a blowhard who doesn’t really believe what he talks about and someone who uses his schtick to excite his audience, drive up ratings and sell stuff. These are all claims …

There was nothing, per se, wrong with the text of President Obama’s Tuesday address to the nation’s school children. It was, as speeches go, fairly standard boilerplate, combing bits of Horatio Algerism with the standard “stay in school” rhetoric with just a pinch of Robert Fulghum’s “All I Really Needed …

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:49:22 +0000 – By Peter RoffFormer Senior Political Writer, United Press International That Democrats are unhappy about the way Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Hillary Rodham Clinton’s open Senate seats were filled is understandable. The three vacancies were handled with all the grace of an overweight …

Editor’s Note: Join Ellis Henican and FOX News Channel interns for a discussion of this topic on Foxnews.com’s “Intern Hour” on “The Strategy Room” on Friday, July 31 at 4 p.m. ET. Somewhere in America, there may be a college student who is dissuaded from drinking by Legal Age 21. …

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:50:08 +0000 – By Leonard JacobsWriter/Political Commentator/Editor, “The Clyde Fitch Report” Dear Miss California: I will not scream at you, castigate you for your stupidity or label you “ignorant” for what you said at the Miss USA Pageant. After all, you didn’t win; that’s punishment enough. …