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Health care reform has dominated our nation’s political and social conversations for the past six years. After the implementation of ObamaCare, it is clear the law brought radical change and real pain to our nation’s families, economy, and health care system. The promised “affordable health care fix” made things worse. …

The Environmental Protection Agency released its final rule last week defining “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), a measure that hugely expands the ability of this aggressive agency to disregard the conservation efforts of American states and interfere with the daily lives and property of the American people. Not only …

New York lost more residents from July 2022 to July 2023 than California, almost 102,000 compared to 75,423, according to the Census Bureau. But it’s the Golden State that has written the how-not-to guide. It’s the trend setter of blue state public policy, “known today for incubating ever more elaborate …

“Fears mount over fate of Syria’s ancient Palmyra ruins.” For once, the headline was no exaggeration. The ancient city, known in Arabic as Tadmur has been captured by ISIS fighters. Nicknamed “the pearl of the desert” is described by UNESCO, as a heritage site of “outstanding universal value.” Irina Bokova, …

Neither the Democratic nor the Republican campaign has focused on our future. We are living in calamitous and tumultuous times. Our economy, despite the recent rally in the stock market, is teetering on the brink of recession, unemployment remains unacceptably high– notwithstanding the drop to 8.6% unemployment last week. Structural …

Make no mistake. For the White House, the Iowa caucuses were a huge victory. Why? Because no clear frontrunner emerged, and the data shows that Mitt Romney at the very least is a very vulnerable winner. Romney got traditional, upscale, suburban, moderately conservative Republican voters. He did not do particularly …

If an environmentalist—and I am one—tells you that the sky is falling because of Monday’s Supreme Court decision about the Clean Air Act, don’t believe it. In an opinion authored by Justice Scalia, the Court Monday held that the Environmental Protection Agency unreasonably failed to consider the costs of an …

The worst case scenario has happened. The Obama administration has signed a deal with Iran — a deal that failed to secure the freedom of American Pastor Saeed Abedini and other Americans who remain imprisoned in Iran. It is unconscionable that the United States would ink a deal and leave …

President Obama’s START Treaty is in trouble, and with every hour that passes it gets further away from ratification by this Congress. Time is running out, yet the president seems reluctant to answer his critics with anything more than non-binding words. At this point, he should take the Treaty off …

Iranian President Rouhani took to Twitter Tuesday with the sobering message that world powers have “surrendered to Iranian nation’s will.” Iran’s leader is referring to the brand new nuclear agreement that was announced in Geneva this week. But hold on. Is this the same agreement that President Obama and Secretary …