"They love to engage in revisionist history," Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said on the floor of the U.S. Congress, Nov. 19.  She was referring to Democrats as she had risen to speak in opposition to an environmental protection measure intended to sa...]]> Amid the controversy regarding U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's Nov. 13 announcement that five high-profile "enemy combatants " will be tried in a New York Federal Court is a related issue pertaining to the possible relocation of other Guantanamo B...]]> The Associated Press reported  Nov. 11 that President Barack Obama rejected the four military plans for Afghanistan which had been under consideration in recent weeks.  Expect Obama's critics to amplify their complaints over the delay, but r...]]> Wise is the man who learns from his mistakes.  Congressman Anh "Joseph" Cao (R-LA) fell into line with fellow Republicans in opposition to Obama's economic stimulus package despite his stated reservations regarding his party's position.  If ...]]> History, unlike photography, does not work well in black and white. The past is an abstract jungle of color that spills over neat lines of political thought. - Gerard DeGroot As the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall fast approaches...]]> Despite the fervent, high profile effort to prevent New York's Twenty-Third District (NY-23) from electing Democrat Bill Owens their Congressman, the conservative upstate enclave has officially shifted from red to blue.  That the effort failed is...]]> Just over nine months into his first term, President Obama faces an unfortunate set of choices regarding another of his predecessors messes.  And as he contemplates his Afghanistan strategy, the president is taking pressure from all sides. His m...]]> It has been two weeks since White House Communications Dir. Anita Dunn openly criticized Fox News, and inexplicably, the controversy persists.  Of course, the loudest and most frequent complaints about the Obama administration's concerns over Fox...]]> Even amid the summer's health care debate ugliness, I knew there was something absent that prevented it from being intolerable, but I couldn't place it.  However, it all came rushing back to me when I looked over the headlines on the morning of T...]]> This may come as a surprise to viewers of Glenn Beck, but the "public option" is maintaining its popularity --  57% support for a public option -- as indicated in a Washington Post-ABC  poll, released Oct. 19.  But despite the polling a...]]>