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They are crossing the border illegally and violently displacing the indigenous population whose homes and possessions they either destroy or occupy. They are attacking the young, the elderly, and especially the girls and women, whom they kidnap, forcibly convert, or traffic into brothels. The locals are terrified of them. The …

This wasn’t supposed to happen. At the end of February, after the $787 billion stimulus was approved, the Obama administration predicted that unemployment would average only 8.1 percent this year. Indeed, in February the unemployment rate stood at 8.1 percent. Yet, unemployment now stands at 10.2 percent and keeps rising. …

After Islamist terrorists killed 17 people in and around Paris in January, the trend was to drone on about how the attacks pointed to France’s failure to integrate Muslims. But our latest attack at home, at a military recruiting center in Chattanooga, Tenn., highlights the insanity of blaming ourselves. The …

With each passing year, the meaning of Christmas seems to get further and further away from its original definition and its celebration has become just another event on the retailer’s calendar. And unfortunately divisive politics is never far away. Congress bickers over things they should have done months ago and …

Federal government spending is on a course with disaster. $2.7 trillion has been added to the national debt in just 2009 and 2010. Under current budget plans, the federal government’s debt will likely exceed our income in just over a decade from now. President Obama’s Debt Commission (The National Commission …

There is much conversation lately about the Muhammad cartoon controversy, especially with the latest “draw Muhammad” page on Facebook. The reaction from Muslims has been so varied that it is no wonder that most Americans cannot determine what Islam teaches to its followers on how to deal with insults. This …

Lessons do not always take the form of lectures in classrooms or wise sages dispensing advice, sometimes we are taught valuable lessons in moments of crisis. Such was true on September 11, 2001 as terrorists sought to break the spirit of America by crashing airplanes into strategic locations on U.S. …

This wasn’t supposed to happen. At the end of February, after the $787 billion stimulus was approved, the Obama administration predicted that unemployment would average only 8.1 percent this year. Indeed, in February the unemployment rate stood at 8.1 percent. Yet, unemployment now stands at 10.2 percent and keeps rising. …

American women are paying close attention to the health care debate, and no wonder. After all, the majority of mothers report that they are the prime health care decision makers for their family, and women account for over half of all workers in the education and health services sector.Unfortunately, the …

Tue, 19 May 2009 19:44:30 +0000 – By Lanny DavisAttorney/Former White House Special Counsel I have written many times in this space that I oppose any criminal prosecution of prior-administration officials on torture or other issues relating to the Iraq War and the war on terrorism, especially those CIA interrogators …