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Hagel supports nuclear arms cuts, then elimination

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chuck Hagel, the likely next secretary of defense, would be the first to enter the Pentagon as a public advocate for sharply reducing the number of U.S. nuclear weapons, possibly without equivalent cuts by Russia. He supports an international movement called Global Zero that favors eliminating all nuclear weapons. That puts him […]

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Will Our Rights Be Preserved by Our Sheriffs?

Second-Amendment-220x120 Russ Vaughn The Land of Enchantment is a physically beautiful land indeed, yet one with the misfortune to be so traditionally misgoverned by our liberal Democrat majority as to be relegated too frequently to the very lowest rankings of the states when it comes to poverty, education, health, etc. Once in a while, however, we […]

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Shouting Louder – Thomas Sowell

An old-time trial lawyer once said, “When your case is weak, shout louder!” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shouted louder when asked about the Obama administration’s story last fall that the September 11th attack on the U.S. ambassador‘s quarters in Benghazi was due to an anti-Islamic video that someone in the United States had put […]

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Don’t Let Obama Kill “Pills for Profit”

Pils John Ransom: Biotech company Excelixis CEO George Scangos likes to quote oil wildcatter JP Getty when asked about his philosophy for success: “Get up early; work hard; find oil,” he deadpans. And under the direction of dry-humored Scangos, the San Francisco-based company is drilling a lot of research holes, so to speak. They have to: […]

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America’s Role in a Darkening Age

Pat Buchanan: When, in the 1950s, Nikita Khrushchev said, “We will bury you,” and, “Your children will live under communism,” Eisenhower’s America scoffed. By 1980, however, the tide did indeed seem to be with the East. America had suffered a decade of defeats. Southeast Asia had fallen. The ayatollah had seized power in Iran. Moscow […]

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Netanyahu Deploys ‘Syrian’ Iron-Dome As Israeli Minister Claims US Preparing ‘Surgical’ Strikes Against Iran

Flag-300x136 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says his nation must prepare for the threat of a chemical attack from Syria, amid concern at enemy efforts to test a post-election coalition Israel, and, as Bloomberg reports, has deployed its new Iron Dome anti-missile system near the border with its northern neighbor. Along with this concern, as many have perhaps suspected, […]

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Senators push immigration plan

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has agreed on an immigration reform plan that would provide a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States but only after borders are better secured. The plan, unveiled a day before President Barack Obama is to give a policy speech on immigration in […]

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The Constitution and the Divine

“The LORD saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.”~ Genesis, chapter 6, verse 5   By Mr. Curmudgeon: The Constitution of the United States is a religious statement of faith. I know this is a bold […]

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I’m ‘Offended’ You Suggested ‘My Support of Israel Is Somehow Contrary to My Constitutional Oath’

Senator to Hagel: I’m ‘Offended’ You Suggested ‘My Support of Israel Is Somehow Contrary to My Constitutional Oath’ In a sharply worded letter to Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee to be the next secretary of defense, Senator David Vitter of Louisiana takes issue with Hagel’s past statement that “The Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of […]

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