Washington, DC – Sixty-six years ago, August 14, 1945, the bloodiest war in human history finally ended with a radio broadcast by President Harry S. Truman. Even before the instrument of surrender was formally signed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, plans to demobilize the 16 million American men and […]
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Dereliction of Duty
Categories: Common Sense, CSS Research And ArticlesGeorgetown Co., SC – The potentates on the Potomac claim that Mr. Obama’s signature on the “debt deal” solves the immediate problems created by Washington’s spendthrift fiscal madness while “protecting America’s future.” Truth be told, it does neither. Here’s why. The arcane legislation cobbled together by House Republicans, Senate Democrats and the Obama White House […]
Read more Defining Victory
Categories: Common Sense, CSS Research And ArticlesWashington, DC – This week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved an amendment to the fiscal year 2012 Defense Department appropriations bill, which sets up an independent, nonpartisan Afghanistan-Pakistan Study Group (APSG) to provide recommendations for future U.S. military missions in the region. The measure, proposed by Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA), would establish a […]
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Categories: Common Sense, CSS Research And ArticlesQuantico National Cemetery – When I was a kid, we called May 30th “Decoration Day.” It was an occasion for Boy Scouts to be up before dawn and report, in uniform, to the American Legion hall. There, Cub Scouts would be paired with older Boy Scouts, organized into detachments of a dozen or so and […]
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Categories: Common Sense, CSS Research And ArticlesWashington, DC – We finally know how President Barack Obama wants us to handle our nation’s crippling national debt. If we can believe his own words, the president intends to ignore the monster under the bed – Social Security entitlements – while he raises taxes and cuts deeply into our nation’s defense. Haven’t we heard […]
Read more The SOTU, Hope and Change
Categories: Common Sense, CSS Research And ArticlesWashington, DC – When the world tunes in for the State of the Union (SOTU) address next week, viewers will be treated to a dramatic improvement in the background scenery. Thanks to American voters, House Speaker John Boehner’s well-tanned smile will be behind the president instead of Nancy Pelosi’s surgically enhanced grimace. But if Mr. […]
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Categories: Common Sense, CSS Research And ArticlesWashington, DC – Congratulations Speaker Boehner to you and the members of your new majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. The gracious humility of your acceptance remarks were a vivid contrast to your predecessor’s ill-mannered comments as she handed over the Speaker’s gavel. She clearly does not intend to be held accountable for the […]
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Categories: Common Sense, CSS Research And ArticlesWashington, DC – “Happy New Year,” I said to the long-haul trucker as we arrived simultaneously at the door of the service station just off I-70, near Frederick, MD. The temperature was in the teens, the wind was gusting over 30 miles per hour and his 18-wheel rig was covered with residue of the blizzard […]
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Categories: Common Sense, CSS Research And ArticlesWashington, DC – There’s a lot of phony hype about how tough things have gotten for the Obama administration. Last month, the president’s party took “a shellacking” from Republicans at the polls. Those aren’t my words; they’re Mr. Obama’s. Since then, he’s been depicted as “politically wounded,” “forced to accept a new reality” and “pushed […]
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Categories: Common Sense, CSS Research And ArticlesPierre, SD – Next week, America will observe its 56th Veterans Day. It hasn’t always been so. In 1938, Congress declared November 11 – designated “Armistice Day” – as a federal holiday to commemorate the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when World War I ended. In 1954, at […]
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