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Beloved pastor and bestselling author Max Lucadorecently told me that Christmas is a great magnifier of emotions – wherever we are, good or bad, the holiday has a way of amplifying and intensifying our mental state. That truism came to mind the other day when I heard Mannheim Steamroller’s “Carol …

It remains a foregone conclusion that Mitt Romney is going to be the Republican Presidential nominee. The only problem is, the polls suggest something else, and there is no evidence to suggest any degree of momentum or support rallying the former Massachusetts governor. What the polls show, increasingly, is that …

Puerto Rico’s governor announced this week that the small island territory would be unable to repay its $70 billion in outstanding debt. The commonwealth is in its tenth year of a depression and is losing its tax base as thousands of residents relocate to the mainland for better economic opportunities. …

Fri, 08 May 2009 21:30:30 +0000 – By Kathleen Troia “K.T.” McFarland National Security Expert Bagram Airbase May 5, 2009 Sunday is Mother’s Day. Mothers with young children will no doubt get breakfast in bed, with syrup dripping over pancakes….and onto the rung. If your kids are teenagers, they’ll take …

Libya and Syria are the textbook examples of why it’s important to pick your battles, and then make sure you win the one you pick. President Obama picked the wrong fight by going to war against Libya, and so far is not succeeding. As a result, he’s got little credibility …

In its ideological zeal to punish America, the outgoing Democratically-controlled Senate, plans to make public a report that, according to Fox News will examine “the alleged use of torture by the CIA.” Although the 6,000 page full report will remain classified, the 500 page summary is expected to be released …

The shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white policeman rightly set off alarms. But much less media attention — especially from the black civil rights leadership — has gone to the deadly assault on a white man by three black teenage boys in St. Louis, …

Editor’s note: Journalist, Ricochet.com columnist Claire Berlinski witnessed the immediate aftermath of Wednesday’s terror attacks in Paris. A full recap of her experience, “First-Hand Account From The Terrorist Attack on Charlie-Hebdo” can be read here on Ricochet.com. The following is excerpted from her column and used with permission. That I’m …

A couple of years ago, I was talking to a young fiancee who was upset because her future in-laws didn’t like her. As she shared her experience, it was hard to believe that these adults, who were otherwise decent people, could be so socially tone deaf, so oblivious to their …

Editor’s note: The following column appeared in The Hill newspaper and on TheHill.com. #BlackLivesMatter is fast becoming its own worst enemy. It lacks an agenda, it is antagonizing the black community’s top white political allies, including Democrats running for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, and it is not finding common …