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

Many of us are still stunned that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize even though he has no accomplishments to this credit beyond his major difference of opinion with his predecessor (more…)

President Obama’s poll numbers have been falling, which is to be expected in difficult economic times. It was inevitable (more…)

Last year many Americans decided to support a change in presidential administration at least partly because they believed that the United States government was running an abusive prison at Guantanamo Bay and torturing suspected Islamic terrorists. (more…)

Much conservative angst has been expressed of late about a proliferation of federal positions designated as “czars.” These officials (more…)

On September 11, 2001, a date which certainly ought to “live in infamy,” 19 violent enemies of the United States carried out vicious airliner attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. (more…)

British political philosopher Isaiah Berlin famously contrasted the hedgehog, who does one big thing, and the fox, who does many (more…)

We have grown accustomed to Barack Obama invoking the name and memory of Abaham Lincoln (more…)

In his famous Lyceum Speech in 1839, Abraham Lincoln expressed his hope that George Washington would always be revered. (more…)

Dear President George W. Bush: As you open a new chapter in your life down in Crawford, Texas, after eight, sometimes turbulent (more…)

That line from a Beatles tune keeps coming to mind as we observe not only the inauguration of a president, but the ushering in (more…)

Lincoln inevitably came to mind when I toured the Civil War coin exhibit currently on display at the American Numismatic Museum (more…)

The mass media have been filled with news of the pending policies and appointments of President-elect Barack Obama (more…)

Adding considerable luster to the achievement of the Founding Fathers in building success and stability in the infant Republic (more…)