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In these difficult economic times, we clearly need to tighten our belts as Americans, and we must be smart about the investments we make with the taxpayers’ dollars. Two areas we cannot afford to shortchange right now though are our national security and our economic prosperity, which is why we …

For the lucky few who have a stake in the franchise, there was much cause for joy and celebration as the armored cars drove off with the record-breaking box-office receipts from the first weekend of the eighth and final “Harry Potter” movie. For many others, however, the excitement and anticipation …

CASABLANCA – The strangest thing about Morocco’s multi-party elections this past Friday is America’s coolness toward them. While much of the Arab world is mired in bloody repression (Syria, Yemen), stalled transition (Egypt, Libya), and reform efforts lacking in credibility (Bahrain, Kuwait), a record number of Moroccan voters peacefully went …

On July 13, the day before Bastille Day, France stood up for “la liberté, l’égalité, la sororité,” for the rights of French women and for Western values when the French lower house of parliament approved the ban on face veils. Even the French communists caved in to feminist pressure and …

She came: She saw: She laid down the law to the most powerful, touchy, potentially dangerous nation on the planet – and then she waltzed off, leaving chaos in her wake – and costing the American taxpayer $2 – 5 million to do it. That was Secretary of State Hillary …

The U.S. Supreme Court and Faisal Shahzad, the naturalized Pakistani-American who tried to blow up his SUV in Times Square earlier this year, may not agree on much. But in separate statements Monday, both seemed to come to a similar conclusion about the wave of terrorist attacks that have failed …

If you or a loved one have ever heard, from a physician, “All we can do at this point is manage your cancer,” you know the terribly frightened and desperate feeling those words evoke. You immediately know that you’ll do anything – anything – to change reality. You ask, perhaps …

The American fast-food chains are long gone from Camp Ramadi in Anbar Province. So, too, are the Iraqi souvenir stores near the “D-Fac” — that’s army talk for “Dining Facility.” This camp, a flat, forsaken military base in a scorching desert on the outskirts of Anbar’s capital, once among the …

A Conservative friend wise about human nature and politics summarizes his views this way: “Liberals don’t think they have any politics. They think they are in a state of nature. Only those who disagree with them are unnatural.” It’s a brilliant insight, and tells you all you need to know …

Now that the elections are over the real work begins. My father, Ronald Reagan, warned us decades ago about “socialized medicine”. His words are as true today as they were in 1964. If given the chance, he said then, the American people would reject a government take over of medicine …