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Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:38:58 +0000 – By Christopher CoffeyRepublican Political Strategist Sen Dodd The DC Political Class Of great concern to all should be today’s revelation that only five (yes only five) Connecticut residents donated to Senator Dodd’s campaign this year. It suggests that Congress is controlled not by …

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:19:31 +0000 – By Dan Gainor Vice President Business Media Institute “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” In the 1970s, that phrase was made popular by the movie “Network,” where anchor Howard Beale parodied what TV news might become. In …

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:55:20 +0000 – By S.E. CuppRepublican Commentator/Author, “Why You’re Wrong About the Right” Last week I wrote up a facetious — but perfectly plausible — list of tasks President Obama could take on while tending to our ruined economy. In light of revelations that our economy …

Our nation is entering a dangerous new phase in its relationship with Iran. Its nuclear program is proceeding, it continues to threaten to destroy Israel, it maintains its support for international terror and it is wrongfully imprisoning Americans, including a pastor, Saeed Abedini, merely because of his Christian faith. We …

Not long ago, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker was, according to some Democrats and media talking heads, Obama 2.0.The tall, photogenic Booker was going to be our next African-American president, we were told. Booker bounded to the U.S. Senate in a special election after Gov. Chris Christie declined to appoint …

If Republicans win the Senate, President Obama risks another bruising recession if he doesn’t embrace compromise and abandon ineffective populist prescriptions. Slower growth in Europe and emerging markets like China and Brazil threaten U.S. exports and demand for American-made products. At home, stock market volatility threatens consumer confidence and sales …

I strongly believe that within the next four weeks U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi will be released from El Hongo Federal Prison in Mexico and able to walk on American soil once again. Young lawyers are taught to manage expectations. “Under-promise and over-deliver” is the rule – but there are …

The rematch between a career Air Force pilot and careerbureaucrat in Arizona is shaping up to be a key opportunity for a GOP pick-up in the House of Representatives. Republican challenger, retired Air Force Colonel Martha McSally, is poised to unseat Democratic Representative Ron Barber in the all-important Arizona Congressional …

In his 2010 book The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East, Dr. Walid Phares, the renowned scholar of Mideast politics and terrorism, predicted that a “greater clash” was “yet to come” in the volatile region. And he held out the possibility that “the small camp of anti-Islamist …

According to a recent research report from CNN/ORC International, 59 percent of adults believe the American dream has become impossible. As the son of a grocery store manager and a homemaker from Omaha, Nebraska, this troubles me deeply because I see myself as a reflection of the American dream. I …