It’s very easy to get frustrated with American politics. The constant bickering, finger-pointing and mudslinging between Democrats and Republicans drive many to voter apathy. They stop paying attention and focus on their own lives….
Sometimes listening to the voice of the people is just tedious. What do they know? Most Americans spend more time watching cat videos on YouTube than they do researching how to vote. But appearances…
After every major shooting, gun control advocates seek to avoid letting a crisis go to waste (in the words of Rahm Emanuel) and seek to exploit the tragedy to seek greater restrictions on gun ownership….
The Obama administration seems to be finally accepting reality when it comes to Russia. President Obama came into office with the utopian idea that a “reset button” could resolve problematic relations with Russia. But Secretary…
Senator Marco Rubio stirred up some controversy with his statement to GQ Magazine last month: “I’m not a scientist, man. I can tell you what recorded history says. I can tell you what the Bible…
Recent media reports that Syrian government forces have loaded sarin nerve gas into aerial bombs mark a chilling escalation in Syria’s civil war that has raged for nearly two years and cost the lives of…
On Thursday, the United Nations General Assembly voted 138-9 to recognize the Palestinian territories as a “non-member observer state.” What does this actually mean? The vote is a sorely needed political victory for Mahmoud Abbas, the…
With all the economic fallout from the euro crisis, Euro-skepticism is on the rise both inside and outside of the European Union (EU). Some of those who support European integration in principle may question the…
At the end of this year, 700 billion dollars worth of tax increases and major spending cuts will strike the American economy, thanks to the “fiscal cliff” created by the sequester that failed to force…
French President Francois Hollande has taken a bold step toward ending the slaughter in Syria by recognizing the newly formed National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as the sole legitimate authority to govern…