opinion

I am a baby boomer, which is to say my life has coincided with turbulent and awesome times. From the Cold War to Vietnam, from Watergate to Monicagate, through the horrors of 9/11 and the stunning lifestyle advances, my generation’s era has been historic and exciting. Yet for all the …

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:34:11 +0000 – By Judith MillerWriter/FOX News Contributor rd Timothy Geithner Lawrence Jackson Obama Madison Square Garden Hotel Penn on doggie treadmills to prep for the event and savored pre-show massages, spas and nail grooming sessions — Stump hadn’t trained for Westminster. In fact, his owner …

“Chilling” is the word lawyers use to describe governmental behavior that does not directly interfere with constitutionally protected freedoms, but rather tends to deter folks from exercising them. Classic examples of “chilling” occurred in the 1970s, when FBI agents and U.S. Army soldiers, in business suits with badges displayed or …

If a candidate’s tenure as governor is his road-test for the presidency, Governor Chris Christie just flunked. As a candidate for governor, Christie talked the talk on judges, vowing to “remake” the New Jersey Supreme Court and to transform the most activist court in the nation into one that operates …

I got my first lesson on the subject of climate change more than 10 years ago. My tutor was an internationally famous climate scientist at a major Ivy League university. Unlike most lectures I have heard from professors, this one was brief, to the point and extremely enlightening. At the …

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg gets around. She runs a multi-billion dollar company; she gives high profile speaking engagements; and now she’s a first-time author. Her new book, “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead” is a spin-off of Sandberg’s infamous TED talk, where she encouraged women to put …

Is this deja vu all over again? Already? An unpopular war. A president hunkered down and hounded from office. Senators and Congressman calling for investigations into CIA “abuses.” Intelligence community secrets exposed, sources and methods revealed. American spy networks around the world dry up. American security compromised. Make no mistake, …

President Obama calls Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to curtail the collective-bargaining rights of state employees an “assault.” But the real assault is the conspiracy that has existed for decades between elected officials and public-employee unions — and taxpayers are the ones who wind up battered. The unions get salaries, …

Today it seems we are surrounded by sports scandal and greed. From the looming NFL shutdown of the 2011 season to the criminal conviction of baseball star Barry Bonds for obstruction of justice or the homophobic rant given by Kobe Bryant to an NBA referee, there are plenty of examples …

While you were watching the political meltdowns… Say you work hard and take a risk to start a business providing a good or service. The business is going fairly well and you decide to apply to get a federal government contract, because you can provide the result on time and …