Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pounds her fist while testifying at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Benghazi in January.

Why a select committee on Benghazi matters

Benghazi Attack | Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., believes we need a congressional select committee to get to the bottom of the Benghazi scandal. That’s why he’s introduced H.R. 36. So far, Wolf has 154 co-sponsors of the bill, but he’s…

Kermit Gosnell

The media and President Obama’s view through a Gosnell lens

Abortion |  Mariners have been familiar with the Fresnel lens for nearly two centuries. It refracts light from a lighthouse to magnify the life-saving capacity of the…

Rep. Dan Lipinski

Loyal to life, not to party

Abortion |  Rep. Dan Lipinski is a rarity in the House of Representatives these days: He’s a pro-life Democrat. He addressed the March for Life Friday, speaking by…

Barack Obama visiting Mount Rushmore as a presidential candidate in 2008.

Mr. President: Write your own inaugural address

Politics |  Dear President Obama: Here’s an idea: Why don’t you write your own inaugural address? There is great precedent for this. George Washington certainly had…

Arafat (left) and Clinton in 1999

Bring them to justice? Like Arafat?

Foreign Policy |  President Obama looked grim, firm, and resolute in the sunlit Rose Garden yesterday. He certainly looked presidential. He sternly told the murderers of U.S.

Jerusalem

'If I forget you, O Jerusalem'

Israel |  "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill!" Those are the words of the Psalmist. They were not the words of the increasingly secular…

Civil unions and true marriage

Civil unions and true marriage

Marriage |  Mae West was one of Hollywood's original darlings. Her attributes were such that in World War II, sailors named their inflatable life vests "Mae Wests." She…

Obama v. marriage

Obama v. marriage

Marriage |  What's the biggest secret in the United States today? It can't be the number of nuclear warheads we hold. President Obama has already spilled the beans on…

Not even Jesus passes Obama test

Not even Jesus passes Obama test

Religion |  There has been a great deal of attention given to the controversy over the Department of Health and Human Services contraceptive insurance mandate for…

Biden and Lugar's Moscow Nights

Biden and Lugar's Moscow Nights

Russia |  President Obama seems to have weathered the storm of criticism that arose over his whispering to Dmitri Medvedev during the nuclear summit in Seoul. Mr. Obama…

What Israel's definition of 'is' is

What Israel's definition of 'is' is

Middle East |  Bill Clinton made that phrase-"It depends on what the definition of 'is' is"-famous, or infamous. That was during his impeachment. That phrase now comes back…

Peril in Pennsylvania

Peril in Pennsylvania

Politics |  Co-authored by Bob Morrison. Last year, we saw a major push back from the election results of the previous year. In Madison, Wis., public employees occupied the…

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