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Obama should have been tougher on ISIS in speech

President Obama got the policy right, but the politics of last SundayĢƵ speech from the Oval Office was all wrong.Instead of rallying the nation to feelings of security, the president delivered a lecture on the importance of tolerance. Granted, tolerance is important but it doesn’t eclipse, ...

Carson, Trump using same tactics

“All you have to do is go to an article on the internet, and go to the comments section – and you don’t get five comments down before people start calling each other names – and acting like idiots.”Dr. Ben Carson on ABCĢƵ This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Nov. 29.Ben Carson ...

New book highlights Marshall’s sterling character

When Gen. George Patton slapped a battle-scared infantryman in the face, scolding him for cowardice in World War II, he engendered howls of protest from the home folks and a reprimand from his boss, Gen. Eisenhower.Following a second indiscretion, Gen. PattonĢƵ future service in the war was ...

Republicans starting to show true colors

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free… …except when I’m a Republican running for president”Inscription on the Statue of Liberty. (I added the second part)In 1883, when Emma Lazarus penned her stirring poem thatĢƵ on the pedestal of the Statue ...

Public should get answers to fatal police chases

Something is terribly wrong, or is it just a spate of tragic misfortune?Three fatal civilian crashes involving high-speed state police car chases in a month in Fayette County. Maybe state officials should launch an investigation.Here are some questions they may want to ask: What was so urgent ...

Win the Presidency. Lose Your Soul

The only thing that stemmed the mediaĢƵ increasing scrutiny of Dr. Ben CarsonĢƵ biography, temporarily at least, was the fourth Republican presidential debate.Carson had been so incensed about every perceived crack in his life story, that he’d started to double down on his stories about ...