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The two of us met while sparring about politics on air during a “Fox News.com Live” political panel. We established common ground in the commercial breaks. Tony is a Republican and Ellen is a Democrat — an honest Democrat. The unifying issue that brought us together: South Sudan and the …

Pakistan, aka the “most dangerous country in the world,” is exasperating its American ally once again. Is it Washington’s counter-terrorism ally or its nemesis? The answer may be both. The Obama administration’s discovery that Usama bin Laden, the world’s most hunted man, was “hiding in plain site,” as one administration …

I watched President Barack Obama’s Middle East speech last week from my home in Casablanca. As a Moroccan who travels frequently to the United States, I felt the speech was historic and immensely powerful. It marked a major transition in U.S. policy: for the first time in American history, the …

This week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demonstrated convincingly that the Obama administration does not understand the biggest foreign threat facing America. When asked in Abu Dhabi about Islamist terrorists, Ms. Clinton said “Look we have extremists in my country” and then referenced the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. …

Thomas Jefferson once said, “Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” Yet today too many students are undereducated about the story of the United States, the principles which have guided us for 235 years, and the …

The race to save the Euro lumbers on. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have done a deal for a new European intergovernmental agreement. It’s not an EU agreement, formally, but that’s the way it will work in practice. Nations will have to vet their budgets with …

How many times has the country watched the downward spiral of a celebrity — from Britney Spears shaving her head to Chris Brown’s violent assault to Lindsay Lohan’s descent from child star to prison inmate. Now, add Mel Gibson to the list. The first time he was caught spewing a …

An older couple called me yesterday after hearing the President’s speech on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and said “Obama’s back.” This couple doesn’t have any gay relatives, they are not very liberal, and they are main line Democrats who might even dip their toe into Republican waters if there is …

The discredited practice of partial-birth abortion has been rejected by the overwhelming majority of Americans, including a large percentage of people who consider themselves “pro-choice.” A 2003 Gallup poll found that over 70 percent opposed the procedure where the life of a baby is ended by suctioning the child’s brain …

Little noticed, last Friday the Obama administration yet again tried to make it easier for illegal aliens to stay in the United States. In a brief filed with the Supreme Court, the administration asked the court to carve out a special exemption for businesses who break the law by hiring …