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As Barack Obama enters the twilight of his tenure, the debate over his legacy is beginning, but one conclusion already seems certain. It can best be described as “Honey, I shrunk the presidency.” Not since Jimmy Carter was held hostage by Iran has the Oval Office seemed so inconsequential against …

Fifty years later we are locked in a time of deep political division in America, frustrated by a Congress that can’t deal with a national immigration crisis, protect the right to vote or even pass a jobs bill to help the struggling economy. But this Thursday, four presidents – Barack …

Editor’s note: The following column by Ben Velderman’s column originally appeared on EAGnews.com, the website of the Education Action Group. When future scholars write the history of the school choice movement, Jeb Bush will be remembered as one of its founding fathers. Bush was a charter school advocate years before …

Except for the definition and mechanism of proving treason, no area of the Constitution addressing the rights of all persons when the government is pursuing them is more specific than the Fourth Amendment. The linchpin of that specificity is the requirement that the government demonstrate probable cause to a judge …

Once again, the Obama administration attempted to get what it wanted through its often-used strategy of intimidation and executive overreach. This time, though, the American people responded quickly and forcefully, and sent a powerful message to the White House: No, not this time.Americans stood up and said this unconstitutional power …

On January 3, I had the great pleasure of witnessing a privilege that we far too often take for granted. My good friend, Lenny, originally from Canada invited me to be his guest as he took the oath that made him a citizen of the United States. At the naturalization …

In November, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that the agency would be considering whether cell phone use for voice calls should be allowed on planes. This follows the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) October decision to allow airlines to safely expand passenger use of consumer electronics during all …

While White House Press Secretary Jay Carney and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius got grilled this week about ObamaCare’s snafus, the image of their boss, President Obama, has gotten fried. According to a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, President Obama’s personal likability rating among Americans is more negative …

It’s ObamaCare activation and government “shutdown” week in Washington, where the consequences of misplaced faith in government are everywhere. Still, “true believers” remain faithful that ObamaCare will be the exception to government’s past failures in achieving big goals. There are examples galore of government’s inability to do things well and …

‘Breaking up’ is brutal, but ‘breaking it off’… completely… can seem nearly impossible. A new report out of the Pew Research Center (discussed here on FoxBusiness.com) finds that nearly half of the twenty-somethings (known as Millennials) admit to checking up on their exes on social media. The numbers drop significantly …