opinion

Courtesy of the United Nations, and the ONE U.N. New York hotel, the Iranian diplomatic assault team will hit New York City early next week. We know one thing about this offensive already. The standing of President Obama on the world stage, in the wake of his Syria fiasco, is …

On June 4, 2009, President Barack Obama made his historic “New Beginning” speech in Cairo, boldly seeking to harken a new day for the U.S. and the Muslim world. But all the high hopes and expectations have been swept aside by the roiling events in the Middle East. While the …

“Pope Francis’ car takes wrong turn and is nearly crushed by adoring throngs of young people” You can’t make this stuff up. Then again, not even the most creative Vatican watcher could have predicted what Pope Francis would do since taking over as head of the 1.2 billion member Catholic …

In the most unlikely of outcomes, everyone’s favorite crutch in the controversy over the National Security Agency’s eavesdropping programs has become the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). Sitting in a steel vault at the top of the Justice Department building in Washington, D.C., the Court issues warrants under the 1978 …

Every Memorial Day, when I run into the grocery store to pick up those last minute items for the three day weekend’s picnic, I’m met with members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) selling their poppies. We cherish, too, the poppy red/ that grows on fields where valor led; …

President Obama’s trip to Israel was brilliantly staged and his speech to Jewish students a model of flattery and persuasion. But when the swooning ended, his policy message was predictably pedestrian. Best summarized as “be nice to Palestinians,” he spoke as terror groups launched missiles from Gaza. Even he was …

Under pressure from religious and conservative groups, the Obama administration has offered another compromise on the issue of birth control coverage within the Affordable Care Act. While exempting churches and some religiously affiliated institutions, such as hospitals and universities, from supplying the coverage, the new proposal calls for their employees …

Back in the 1960s, there was real discrimination in American colleges. At places like the University of Mississippi, students were threatened, assaulted, and arrested for demanding equal rights. The U.S. Justice Department (with just a handful of lawyers) fought hard, serious battles to stop these civil rights abuses. Today, with …

What message do you want our young people to hear at their college graduation — and make the most of who they are — and live life to the fullest? Well, I’m sure you won’t be surprised to find out that most kids are hearing a one sided story in …

Our nation isexperiencingacrisis that is ­shockingly –a dirty little secret fewof usseem towant to know about. Officials report that 90 percent of elder abuseactuallyis occurringinhomes, notininstitutions.And, unlike accidents,and lack of know-how,elder abuse is intentional, takingthe form of physical, sexual, financial and emotional abuse/neglect, or a combination of these,and apparently it …