I signed up. I saved. And so will millions of Americans. Honestly, I couldn’t wait to sign up for ObamaCare — not because I talk about it on television, but because I’m tired of being ripped off by my insurance company. I live in New York State — which for …
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Back to school, back to drugs? Five things parents need to know
As kids across the country are getting back into their routines with the start of the new school year, not everyone’s focus will be on class schedules and new teachers. One of the most common – and potentially fatal – threats to our youth today is the pervasive peer pressure …
Read More »ObamaCare's 'navigator' program ripe for disaster
We already know ObamaCare is a poorly conceived law that is unworkable in the real world. We know the law is already driving health care premiums through the roof contrary to what President Obama promised. For instance, in my home state, our largest health insurance provider reported recently that health …
Read More »'Glee' should use Cory Monteith's death as a teaching moment
He made us believe in “Glee” with “Don’t Stop Believin” and for four glorious seasons, sang his way into our hearts. Cory Monteith, starring as Finn Hudson, was that guy. The one every girl falls in love with in high school. The one who lights up a room, fits in …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz: Principled or Polarizing?
Editor’s note: The following op-ed first appeared in the Baltimore Sun. It is used with permission. Who is the face of American liberalism? Who is the face of American conservatism? In Washington politics and on social media these days, the king and queen of “base” politics are two freshman U.S …
Read More »Should the FCC allow more prime-time sex and profanity?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing changes to its standards to allow more racy content to appear on broadcast TV during prime-time hours — when kids could tune in. (To read more on this topic, click here.) This is a non-scientific viewer question.
Read More »Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a killer and should be punished as a killer
One of the consequences of abandoning a standard by which right and wrong can be judged is our increasing inability to mete out punishment that fits the crime. In fact, too often we weigh extenuating circumstances rather than guilty actions. In the case of the Boston bombers, observers search for …
Read More »Bon Voyage, Mr. President
Israel’s borders are surrounded by minefields. President Obama’s forthcoming trip to Israel will put him into the middle of a figurative one. If he makes it back from his March sojourn to Israel without stepping on one or more of them and setting off diplomatically damaging blasts, that will be …
Read More »It wasn't pretty, but the system worked
The system worked. It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t neat. It wasn’t quick. But after much political wrangling, posturing and grandstanding, it still worked. The two major political parties, despite their clear differences, came together and passed a major piece of legislation with bipartisan votes — something that has rarely happened …
Read More »The transformation of '60 Minutes' — now the place for swooning, softball interviews
CBS News’ Steve Kroft made a statement Monday that totally epitomizes liberal media bias in the modern era. Speaking to CNN’s Piers Morgan about his interview with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the previous evening’s “60 Minutes,” Kroft said the president likes doing his show because “he knows that …
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