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It is hard not to be excited by the news of the Gang of Six’s resurrection. Their $3.7 trillion plan to reduce the budget deficit over 10 years coupled with lowering tax rates, eliminating loopholes, and ultimately raising $1 trillion in new revenue meets the broad outlines of the Bowles-Simpson …

Mitt Romney is expected to clinch the Republican nomination tonight and he will no longer be known as his party’s “presumptive” nominee. By tomorrow it will likely be official — the 2012 presidential race will be a contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The 2012 presidential election should be …

The Supreme Court’s ruling in theObergefell v. Hodges(same sex marriage) case is a wholesale redefinition of one of the pillars of human civilization – the family – at the demands of a movement that in historical terms sprung up only yesterday. Redefining marriage will have far-reaching and unintended consequences. It …

President Obama is feting Afghan President Karzai this week like he’s royalty. The red carpet has been rolled out — White House luncheon, Blair House digs, joint press conference. Is this the same guy that just a month ago the administration said stole an election, and was in bed with …

President Obama delivered what was billed by the White House as a “major” speech on national security Thursday at the historic National Defense University. In short, Mr. Obama thinks the War on Terror is over, and he won it. There may be a few final details to mop about, but …

President Obama seems to have forgotten his claim that “no [Iran] deal is better than a bad deal.” Let me be candid: I’m no nuclear physicist; I am a young businesswoman, an average citizen. But while I may not be an expert in nuclear proliferation, I do know this: America’s …

This week is a watershed not only for the future of Greece but also for the rest of the historically troubled region in which the country is situated. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will have a leading voice in deciding whether the Balkans, including Greece, become Europe’s No Man’s Land, or …

Editor’s note: The following column originally appeared on RedState.com. I have seen a number of Republicans and even some Christian evangelicals in the past seventy-two hours make the case that the Republican Party should avoid a government shutdown to stop Planned Parenthood. In fact, a few have said the fight …

Could 2015 be the breakout year for the economy? Last week we got very joyful news: The economy grew by nearly 5 percent in the third quarter of 2014, after 4.6 percent growth in the second quarter. That’s a giant increase from the 2 percent rut the economy has been …

“I did not email any classified material to anyone…” proclaimed Hillary Clinton at her March press conference in an attempt to quell questions about the unsecure server she used for all State Department business. Cleverly, Clinton dodged the fact that she received classified email on that vulnerable server, conduct also …