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The Civic Price of Courting Corporations

By Froma Harrop
Amtrak riders passing through New London, Conn., can catch an odd sight in an otherwise picturesque New England setting: a fancy corporate center standing next to a street grid emptied of nearly...

Pumpkin Pie Shortage - Thanksgiving, Christmas Scramble

By Gene Byrd
Black Friday may have to wait for the real retail scramble - there is a pumpkin pie shortage!  Blame it on the rain.  According to a United Press International report, "Heavy Midwestern rains have destroyed...

Obama Asia Trip - World Governments Not Playing Along

By Michael Barone
On his 10-day trip to Asia and in his 10th month in office, Barack Obama is beginning to encounter limits on his ambition to change the world. Even as he bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia last April and...

Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue" and the Conservative Descent

By Steve Chapman
The 19th century American writer Henry Adams said the descent of American presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant was enough to discredit the theory of evolution. The same could...

Jerry Brown Ensnared in His Own Tapegate Trap

By Debra Saunders
A recent Gallup poll found that 55 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of the mass media. Hence, many readers may have felt little outrage when they read a few weeks ago that Scott Gerber, then...

Chuck and Gena Norris: Visiting Maj. Nidal Hasan's Hospital

By Chuck Norris
While the military still is reeling and recovering from the massacre at Fort Hood, my wife, Gena, and I decided to boost the morale of military personnel by visiting the cadets at West Point...

Can Obama's Health Care Plan Pass?

By Dick Morris
Joseph Stubbs, President of the American College of Physicians -- the second largest doctors' group in the country -- confirms that "the supply of doctors just won't be there" for the 30 million new patients Barack Obama...

Recession Hangover Leaves 49 Million Americans Hungry

By Tina Johnson
Are 49 million Americans hungry?  Once the economy went into free fall one year ago in September, the US Government began handing out billions of dollars to large corporations deemed "too big" to fail...

President Barack Obama Interview with Fox News Major Garrett from China

By Gene Byrd
Did President Barack Obama finally grant an interview with Fox News and White House reporter Major Garrett in China?  The Administration has been at odds with the cable network that covers political news...

Tax Cuts and Fiscal Discipline

By Froma Harrop
Nearly every Republican these days calls for tax cuts and lower deficits, and in the same sentence. Point out that these goals clash -- that taxes pay for government and not paying for government causes...