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In the wake of the Ft. Hood shootings by Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an uncomfortable and unjust spotlight has been trained on Muslim-American soldiers serving in the armed forces. To be blunt, their loyalties are being questioned, with some conservatives arguing that Muslims should be barred outright from serving in …

Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the social climbing couple who crashed the White House state dinner last week, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The couple’s ability to gain access to the White House was a colossal breakdown of security and staffing procedures. A White House state …

President Obama delivered what was billed by the White House as a “major” speech on national security Thursday at the historic National Defense University. In short, Mr. Obama thinks the War on Terror is over, and he won it. There may be a few final details to mop about, but …

A year ago when you asked political pundits if Hillary Clinton was a sure thing to be the Democratic nominee for president the answer was a resounding yes. But as we’ve said time and time again — politics can change on a dime. There’s her email controversy and the continuing …

You don’t have to steal money to be a corrupt politician. Rather, you can take tribute from the constituencies over which you watch, you can distort your record and you can use your position to illicitly help out your friends. In his Congressional career, not-so-straight shooter Barney Frank has scored …

The pagans must be entertained. This Christmas the NBA has seen fit to schedule five, count them, five games on Christmas Day. The cultural disrespect for virtually all things Christian began several decades ago when local governments abolished “blue laws.” Those laws, while seemingly anacronistic in our age, upheld certain …

OK. We New Yorkers got lucky again. Another terrorist plot failed. But once we stop breathing those proverbial sighs of relief and stop congratulating ourselves, let’s ask some tough questions: 1. How did an FBI surveillance team tracking suspect Faisal Shahzad in Connecticut manage to lose him before he drove …

Since the tragic oil spill in the Gulf, President Obama has taken a risky step in the right direction for the nation’s energy future. Make that 27 risky steps. Sure, his supporters will attempt to hammer him for it, and the reality of taking the necessary action has made his …

With his knee-jerk criticism of those attending Glenn Beck’s recent “Restoring Honor” rally, NAACP president Ben Jealous showed what his once-venerable group has become — a progressive front masquerading as a civil rights organization. In an interview with Eyeblast.tv, Jealous — who was demonstrating with Al Sharpton at a location …

Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the social climbing couple who crashed the White House state dinner last week, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The couple’s ability to gain access to the White House was a colossal breakdown of security and staffing procedures. A White House state …