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Years from now, with generations long passed, we will better understand the bookends of our times. The first started an era and came on that blue-sky morning of Sept. 11, when the Twin Towers fell and, in an instant, the world changed.The second came last night, when word spread like …

I really love songs…make that, I really love great songs. I know one when I see one…or, hear one. I have had the great, good fortune to have been tutored in the art, not of songwriting, but, songcrafting, by some of the greatest song craftsmen, and song craftswomen, in the …

As we celebrate the birth of our great nation today, it’s worth recalling why our country came to be, and why it has been throughout its history a beacon to the dispossessed. The United States was founded by men and women seeking freedom and independence from England. They revolted against …

With the Iowa caucuses just 26 days away, the Republican presidential contest is now a two-man race. According to this week’s Gallup poll, the two candidates with the broadest appeal to GOP voters are former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Asked who would “be an …

The NAACP says the Tea Party crowd needs to expel its not-so-hidden racists. The New Black Panther Party is suddenly Outrage Number One on talking-head TV. And with the fresh controversy in Arizona, the debate over illegal immigration is turning personal again, focused on a large group of brown-skinned people …

While it is debatable whether President Obama should be blamed for the lapses that led to the unprecedented compromise of massive amounts of classified information to the WikiLeaks organization, it is entirely appropriate to hold him accountable for the subsequent performance of his administration. But as with other threats and …

Leaders from 19 countries and the European Union will gather for the G-20 summit in Toronto beginning June 26 to discuss how to stem the global recession and get the world back on the path to strong, stable economic growth. They picked a good spot, as the assembled leaders could …

And so it begins. There are about a half-dozen constitutional lawsuits underway already against parts of President Obama’s health care law. Most eyes are on the multistate case filed in Florida, joined by 20 states across America.But a parallel suit is progressing in the Old Dominion, in the Commonwealth of …

The tenth anniversary of the second Palestinian intifada will fall just two days after Israel’s ten-month moratorium on settlement construction expires in September. Will the anniversary pass without incident, or will the Palestinians use the occasion for mass protests and violence? Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s announcement that Palestinian Authority …

Is liberalism killing the real masculine male? It seems that way. Keep in mind here, that when I say “man,” I’m not talking about the clichéd manly man who throws back macro-brews, chases skirts and scratches himself in public.By “real” I don’t mean someone who has to be tough, brawny …