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Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:08:23 +0000 – By Lanny DavisAttorney/Former White House Special Counsel I believe, as former New York Governor Mario Cuomo said may years ago, that the Fairness Doctrine is basically antithetical to First Amendment principles. Once government attempts to control content over the airwaves, today it may …

It didn’t take long for Hamas to make a mockery of President Obama’s efforts to get a ceasefire in Gaza. The rulers of Gaza are nothing if not consistent. In genocidal word and terrorist deed, Hamas has one goal—the eradication of the Jewish State and its 8 million citizens. To …

Whole forests have been sacrificed since the stunningly swift military advances of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (”ISIL”) to provide enough newsprint for the debate over who bears responsibility for the current debacle in Iraq. Inevitably, analysts are rearguing George W. Bush’s decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein, …

“She could feel his erection, hot against her stomach.” It’s not exactly Nancy Drew but that’s the kind of sexually graphic content freshmen boys and girls are being exposed to at New Hampshire’s Gilford High School – without their parent’s knowledge. “’Yeah,’ he groaned, and he pushed her thighs apart. …

SEAN HANNITY – An impeachment inquiry has been formally announced and here’s what’s happening inside the Biden White House. You have Joe Biden, who wants you to just simply trust him. Now, Joe has previously lied about, let’s see, his past employment, his grades in law school, his trips on …

In her political life, Hillary Clinton has made a show of “standing by her man” (in college, the radical Saul Alinsky and in crisis, her husband, Bill). For her June 13 public rally formally announcing her presidential run, she has a new man she is standing by. But as with …

President Obama’s speech on the Afghan/Pak War, and the annual policy review that accompanied it, paint a fairly upbeat picture of our progress since the surge. We’ve made military progress in defeating the Taliban, especially in the south. We’ve degraded Taliban and Al Qaeda strongholds in Pakistan. We’re ahead of …

Earlier this month, psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, a pioneer in trauma research, sparked outrage as he led a workshop on trauma at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, a retreat center in Rhinebeck, N.Y., comparing Israelis to “Nazis” and disparaging orthodox Jewish patients for choosing their “tribe” over “truth.” …

Lebanon stands at a crossroads. After decades of Iranian manipulation and Hezbollah’s stranglehold on the country, President Donald Trump has a historic opportunity to help the Lebanese people reclaim their nation while advancing key American interests. But success requires clarity about what must happen first. The international community has spent …

I tried to become a boy at 12. I tried to change back to a girl at 16. Now I’m 19. The “care” I received has left me with physical and mental challenges that I’ll probably carry for the rest of my life. I was abused and lied to by …