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China has now overtaken Japan as the world’s second largest economic power. The news came with the inevitability we have come to expect, given their record of 10% annual growth. This rise from poverty has never been equaled in world history. Two hundred years from now, historians will remember this as the most important [...]

We are losing the war in Afghanistan and we have no good options there.

When President Obama was agonizing over his decision over the future of our efforts in Afghanistan last December, I found myself speaking with a former Green Beret and Vietnam veteran. We agreed that Afghanistan was becoming eerily reminiscent of our painful [...]

Without a doubt, senior citizens and veterans have been the forgotten people in these economically troubled times. As a society, we need to do everything we can to live up to the promises of the people who have worked so hard and long to build up our country and to preserve our way of life. [...]

Over the course of the last year, as the campaign for the U.S. Congress has been ramping up, I have been pushing for a full and open discussion of the critically important issues that face America in the years ahead. I’ve repeatedly asked for debates to help define the differences between us. As candidates, we [...]

For the past several days, even casual observers of current events will have heard about the riots occurring in the streets of Greece. Greece is effectively bankrupt and the massive austerity measures being imposed are likely to inflict significant economic damage.
There is no doubt that the Greek crisis will have an effect upon our economy. [...]

It is difficult to believe that even with the full support of the White House, the senior leadership of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, and legislative majorities in both chambers, the Democratic health care proposal still may fail. This monstrosity of a bill has become so unpopular that Democrats may seek to pass [...]

The Supreme Court today expanded the right of both corporations and unions to directly engage in political speech. While I applaud this decision as an extension of free political expression and a check on self-serving government interference in the political process, I am cognizant of the risks such freedom poses. It is up to the [...]

The decision today of the Obama Administration and Attorney General Holder to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and four other men accused in the September 11 attacks in New York is a serious mistake and establishes a very dangerous precedent. These trials should have been tried in a military court as was originally planned.
Such a trial [...]

Now that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), more popularly known as the “Stimulus Bill,” is six months old, we can begin to assess what results have been achieved by playing another $787 billion on the United States’ credit card. The answer appears to be little to nothing. Unemployment is officially up to 10.2% [...]

The results of election night 2009 are a cause for great celebration for both the Republican Party and more importantly the cause of limited government conservatism. At the same time, the night’s most significant blemish, the loss of Doug Hoffman in the 23rd congressional district of New York, demonstrates an important fact. Primaries matter.
When President [...]