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 […]
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Dereliction of Duty
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Georgetown 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 […]
Read moreDefining Victory
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Washington, 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 […]
Read moreMemorial Day 2011
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Quantico 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 […]
Read moreCommon Sense: Busted
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Washington, 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 […]
Read moreThe SOTU, Hope and Change
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Washington, 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. […]
Read moreWelcome Aboard
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Washington, 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 […]
Read moreGreat Expectations
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Washington, 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 […]
Read moreIn Denial
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Washington, 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 […]
Read moreCommon Sense: Heroes
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Pierre, 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 […]
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