Florida Gov. Rick Scott

Gov. Scott to voters: Never mind

Politics |  ORLANDO, Fla.—Gov. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) was one of those Tea Party stars whom voters believed had the courage of his convictions when he promised, as…

President Obama, with a group of first responders behind him, speaks Tuesday on the upcoming sequestration.

Obscuring obvious overspending

Economy |  At the end of 1995 and stretching into January 1996, the federal government "shut down" because of an impasse between President Bill Clinton and House…

Sens. Ted Cruz (left) and Marco Rubio

The double threats

Politics |  Just as Lenin's body remains on public display in Russia, because one never knows when he might be useful to rally the masses, so, too, does the ghost (but…

Vice President Joe Biden applauds as President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address.

Recycling old and failed ideas

Government |  President Obama's approach to so-called "climate change" appears to include recycling old ideas. In his State of the Union address, the president recycled the…

President Barack Obama

Drone double standard

Defense |  An unsigned and undated Justice Department white paper, obtained by NBC News, reports The New York Times , "… is the most detailed analysis yet to come into…

Customers walk to a Hobby Lobby store in Dallas on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012.

Government shouldn't define 'church'

Healthcare Mandate |  Under pressure from religious and conservative groups, the Obama administration has offered another compromise on the issue of birth control coverage within…

Steve Kroft (left) interviews President Obama and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on <i>60 Minutes</i>.

60 Minutes’ missed opportunity

Media |  In the days of the late Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes was known for hard-hitting, aggressive journalism that asked the questions viewers wanted answered and held the…

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal

GOP: R.I.P.?

Politics |  Some political commentators are dancing on what they believe to be the grave of the Republican Party, claiming that the only way the GOP can have a viable…

 President Obama's inauguration speech is shown on a TV at a department store in Springfield, Ill.

Big government 2.0

Government |  Bill Clinton isn't often wrong when it comes to politics, but his assertion in his 1996 State of the Union address that "the era of big government is over"

Thousands gather at the Minnesota Capitol building in St. Paul on Jan. 22, 1973, to protest the Supreme Court's <i>Roe v. Wade</i> decision.

Roe v. Wade at 40

Roe v. Wade |  At last week's signing of "executive actions" designed to combat gun violence in America, President Obama, flanked by schoolchildren, said, "… when it comes…

Stan Musial in 1958.

Stan Musial: ‘One of the pillars of the game’

Sports |  Baseball great Stan Musial died over the weekend. He was 92. In September 2007, I was invited to make a speech to a civic group in St. Louis. I told the…

President Obama answers a reporter's question at Monday's news conference.

An imperial president

Government |  One definition of "imperial" on dictionary.com is, "of the nature or rank of an emperor or supreme ruler." At his news conference Monday, a petulant,

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