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There were two revealing stories about President Obama in the same day’s paper. In the first, the White House defended its effort (more…)

In the 1930s Franklin Roosevelt realized that U.S. leadership and power were the indispensable elements in any acceptable world order (more…)

Editor: Here is the third and final installment of Graham’s bill of particulars on socialist attributes of President Obama’s goals (more…)

You might remember last year when Whole Foods CEO John Mackey sparked a furor among progressives for having the temerity to exercise his First Amendment rights (more…)

It’s either pathetic or funny to see Sen. Michael Bennet desperately embracing President Obama for a Feb. 18 campaign event (more…)

When praising his own “accomplishments” Barack Obama has an unusual fondness for the word “unprecedented” though invariably (more…)

By Tom Graham – Part 2

(Editor: Graham continues his brief, begun here, for specific policy evidence of President Barack Obama’s socialist ideals and intentions.) Another one-two level economic mainstay, the construction industry, especially housing, is also an Obama target. Control of housing is cleverly approached from different angles. The issue of increasing traffic congestion makes public transit projects popular. However, the moving of people without autos is only an incidental byproduct of “transit oriented development.” This features aggressive campaigning by advocates of very high-density, heavily-subsidized housing. Although this was around before the emergence of Obama, it was announced (more…)

By Tom Graham – Part 1

During a recent “Meet the Press” the host, with feigned indignation, asked a Senator, “You’re not calling the President a socialist, are you?” Without waiting for a response, he repeated the question for emphasis. This performance highlights the hijacking of political semantics. “Socialist” was replaced by “Liberal” which, in turn, became a pejorative, and now “Progressive” is preferred, and used in titles of dozens of political and welfare advocacy groups. Constantly morphing ideas and permutations of definitions make it hard to compartmentalize politicians. An accepted basic view is that Socialism advocates state or collective ownership of the means of production (more…)

When the President vows to “get to the bottom of all this and bring these violent extremists to justice”, he is telegraphing (more…)

This great country — and I do mean EXCEPTIONAL — is in the grips of a domestic enemy. (more…)

The one health care lesson the Congress should have learned in crafting their “reform” bill is the most fundamental tenet of medicine: do no harm. (more…)

Three agonizing months of deliberation, analysis and internal debate in the White House and this is the best they can do? (more…)

Last week was truly remarkable. Republicans swept three state elections; then an Islamic extremist holding the position of an Army psychiatrist murdered 13 persons and wounded 31 others at Fort Hood, Texas (more…)

President Obama and his supporters see America in need of a Shepherd. Our nation is, in their mind, basically sheep. Some have coined (more…)

“Help America survive Republicans”? An odd crusade for the left to launch, just when Dems control everything and the GOP is sidelined. (more…)