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I'm Proud to be A Flag-Waving Yankee Doodle Dandy

He was born just a few blocks from where I grew up — Jimmy Cagney, the American film legend who played George M. Cohan, the man who owned Broadway. Cohan wrote the American anthems “Yankee Doodle Boy,” “Over There” and “You’re a Grand Old Flag.”As we celebrate the 234th anniversary …

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Sudan's Ticking Time Bomb — Will the U.S. Do the Right Thing?

Editor’s note: Ellen Ratner wrote this op-ed for Fox News Opinion while working for a week in December with Christian Solidarity International as a volunteer in Southern Sudan. As I sat next to a contractor from the U.S government in Juba, Southern Sudan, he extolled the virtues of being in …

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When Is Obama Going to 'Get' It?

Barack Obama’s brand is melting down and his ass kicking comment was far from ass kicking. In fact, it reminded us of a major flaw in his brand: lack of executive experience. The president is simply not behaving like an executive. Executives make hard decisions that are bound to make …

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