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OPINION / COMMENTARY / BLOGS
Tuesday, Jul 4, 2017
Some in the Obama administration knew of Russian attempts to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election in early 2016. “Some” did not include Jeh Johnson, Obama’s hand-picked head of Homeland Security. Interestingly, Johnson recently testified before the House Intelligence Committee that...
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Friday, Jul 29, 2016
Last week Republicans held their flag-waving convention. This week it’s the Democrats’ turn to cheer their party on.
Predictably, there was a lot of sneering critique over the speeches at the Republican convention, and there’s plenty of print and pundits to say so, but as the Democrats’ convention...
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Friday, Jul 8, 2016
Many Americans celebrated the nation’s birthday earlier this week with spectacular cheering, flag waving and exuberant parades; most of all, with pride.
It’s uplifting to see people energized. Older people, perhaps past the late 30s range, likely have a different view of the state of America today...
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Friday, Jun 24, 2016
The battles rage. Republicans versus Democrats, conservatives versus liberals, right versus left and so on. There’s always something in the forefront to exchange blows over, whether it’s on Capitol Hill, on the opinion pages or on social media.
Presently the hottest topics are radical Islamic terrorism...
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Friday, Jun 17, 2016
President Obama revealed more in his June 14 address to the nation than he intended.
One thing is assured: Obama is incapable of ceding PC to embrace America first.
He began his speech by claiming the meeting he had just attended with the National Security Council was planned ahead of the Orlando attack...
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Monday, May 16, 2016
The dictator is at it again. Mr. Obama really has a mental health issue. After nearly eight years, he still hasn’t figured out that he is not a “dictator,” he is not a “king,” he is not our “supreme leader” nor “grand imperial poohbah.” Nope, he is just the president of the republic...
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Thursday, Apr 7, 2016
It’s always been pretty obvious, for the most part: The Democrats have never been really fond of the military. If they had any feeling for them at all, I would say, based on the actions of many Dems who have taken up temporary residence in the White House, they loathe them.
Whenever a Democrat gets...
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Monday, Mar 14, 2016
President Obama has once again shown his utter disdain for conservatives. Before getting into office, he said in a speech that we weren’t a red country, we weren’t a blue country, we were a purple country. However, he seems to have become colorblind to all but his own party’s color.
Leading up...
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Friday, Feb 12, 2016
[White House] – President Obama has taken unprecedented action to invest and conserve America’s natural treasures. The natural and cultural richness of our national parks, monuments, forest, and public lands are important reflections of our environmental responsibility and the legacy we leave...
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Friday, Jan 29, 2016
People will never agree on the propriety of the U.S. military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which was established in January 2002 as a result of the terrorist attacks upon the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
George W. Bush was president, and he faced a lot of criticism over detaining 775 terrorists...
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