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The Federalist No. 38: The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed

Independent JournalSaturday, January 12, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: IT IS not a lit...

The Last Jump: Chapter 49

“The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.”Sophocles (496 BC – 406 BC) June 6, 1944Dear Jake,We just ...

Medal of Honor Roll Call: Thomas Jerome Hudner Jr.

Korea: a largely forgotten war. Remember with me this week our Navy recipient from that conflict. Mak...

Institutional Arrogance

Last week, this column described a deadly suicide attack by the Haqqani network on a secure compound ...

Fuzzy math on energy

President Obama tells us the U.S. has only 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, but the truth is th...

As the boomers head for the barn

Only 63.6 percent of the U.S. working age population is now in the labor force, the lowest level sinc...

A censored race war?

When two white newspaper reporters were driving through Norfolk, and were set upon and beaten by a mo...

Obama is the extremist, not conservative talkers

Some conservatives believe that other conservatives are damaging the cause of conservatism by dishone...

Political cartoon May 15

Portrait of a president......

Nebraska Republican Senate primary up for grabs

Despite the toss-up, anyone of the three contenders looks sure to take retiring Sen. Ben Nelson's sea...

Ron Paul suspends active campaigning

"This campaign is about more than just the 2012 election."...

Romney, Bain Capital, and job creation

The Obama campaign team is running a new TV ad blaming Romney and his firm, Bain Capital, for launchi...

Fauxcahontas’ 1/32 Cherokee claim debunked

It’s official: Elizabeth “Fauxcahontas” Warren isn’t even 3 percent Cherokee. Michael Patrick Leahy a...

JP Morgan and the $2 billion “Whale Fail???

JP Morgan is the biggest of the big dogs hanging out on the investment banking porch. Just one of the...