On Friday, New York City Police Officer Brian Moore was laid to rest, after being shot in the head while sitting in an unmarked car. Just days before his shooting, PBS’s Tavis Smiley prophesied that “Protests and riots–uprisings–could become the new normal,” adding “Welcome to the new America.” As the …

The Broadway musical “Annie” is enjoying another revival on Broadway. The show opened during the Carter administration when America was in need of some optimism. “The sun’ll come out tomorrow,” sang Annie, and with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, for a while, it did. Now we’re back in …

The “Affordable Care Act” is turning out to be anything but. Slogans reminiscent of the government doublespeak of George Orwell’s 1984 are taking the place of real access to real care. Advocates for the poor are now suddenly concerned about a new oxymoron, the so-called “affordability glitch,” where your employer …

Protectionism isn’t the way to grow an economy. However, when considering how to maintain America’s competitive edge technologically, economically and militarily, we need to take a common sense approach to setting barriers. Over the next week, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States or CFIUS will make a …

Washington, D.C. – Shortly after 10 a.m. MST on Saturday, January 8, an apparently unstable young man goes on a murderous rampage at a grocery store in Tucson, Arizona. A federal judge and five others are murdered in cold blood. Thirteen others — including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords — are …

Just back from my seventh wartime trip to Afghanistan since November 2001, there are some clear-cut comparisons. First, Kabul the capital is a vastly different city than it was when the war started. It is more than twice as big — 5 million now as compared to under 3 million …

Hope and change: It was the movement that surged Barack Obama into the White House, but it’s not the first time America has seen this sort of political uprising. There was hope and change way back in the early 20th Century, but it went by a different name: progressivism. It …

Because they suck, the Berkeley City Council unanimously approved a resolution, declaring October 10th to the 16th, “Berkeley Says No to Torture” Week. According to the press release, this week will feature “public educational events,” starring writers, attorneys, protest leaders and artists – all of whom, will smell awful. They’re …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Rising Star In the wake of the failed Christmas Day airline bombing, Yemen is quickly taking center stage as the next front in the War on Terror. But the State Department has awarded 72 diversity visas to Yemen, allowing Yemeni nationals to …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Tea Time The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is launching a non-profit group linked to the Tea Party movement. The Los Angeles Times reports Virginia Thomas created Liberty Central Incorporated in January. She plans to issue congressional scorecards and become …