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Fayetteville, N.C. – It was a gentle rebuke while I stood in line to pay for a cup of coffee at a truck stop just off I-95, a few miles from Fort Bragg: “You folks in the media have a hard time getting things right, don’t you?” “How’s that?” I …

They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression; so if you’re BP, your second chance sure as heck better wipe out folks’ first impression, because their first impression of CEO Tony Hayward can best be summed up in one word: boob. Goal for next CEO …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Superintendent in Chief? The White House is facing opposition from several groups over next week’s national address by President Obama to school students, with one critic calling him “superintendent in chief.” The Department of Education has offered a series of classroom activities …

One of the great achievements of the American civil rights movement is a broad and deep consensus that racism — which has a long history in this country — is unacceptable, indeed even intolerable. Civil rights activists, led by Dr. King, appealed to the conscience and good will of the …

A reporter for an NBC affiliate in Baltimore who inserted a racist remark into a video clip of FOX News’ John Gibson and posted it on YouTube is no longer employed by the station, FOXNews.com has learned. The offensive video clip was doctored so that the viewer heard Gibson using …

A little over a year ago, I was being excoriated by political opponents and some in the so-called conservative press for calling out the excesses of Wall Street and Washington. I wrote about it in my book, “Do the Right Thing,” and frankly, it reads like a prophecy now. At …

I’m an optimist. I was raised to believe hard, smart work will lead to success. But, today I find that optimistic theory tested. I’m not dejected by the economy or the wars or politics; my concern is for a little girl whose name is Anna Britt Nolan. Until about a …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Dirty Harry Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is making it clear that congressional Democrats will not bow to President-elect Obama. Reid tells The Hill newspaper “I don’t believe in the executive power trumping everything… if Obama steps over the bounds, I will …

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claimed this weekend that birth control funding must be part of the stimulus package, because, after all, babies are a burden to our economy. She’s right. Babies are a burden. But not just to the economy — try everything. They can’t read, they can’t …

A quick trip around Hannity’s America… Fighting Irish Alumni and supporters of Notre Dame University are sticking to their Fighting Irish namesake and uniting against a proposed plan to have President Barack Obama speak at their spring commencement. The announcement that the president would speak at the university came just …