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President Obama lashed out at Republicans Monday for having “denigrated or vilified” public union employees. Without collective bargaining and the ability to go on strike, he said we wouldn’t be able to attract “the best and the brightest to public service.” Are public employees simply the best and the brightest? …

Everyone is talking about the royal wedding, though what many of them are saying is that too many people are talking about it. Back in January, a “60 Minutes”/Vanity Fair poll reported that 65 percent of Americans had no interest in the upcoming marriage between Prince William and Kate Middleton; …

Friday May 13, marks the seventy-first anniversary of Winston Churchill’s first speech in the House of Commons as Prime Minister. It was a short speech, made as Nazi troops drove Britain’s armies from the continent and began their conquest of Western Europe. But it was memorable, above all for its …

Before I join the rest of the villagers of Sag Harbor who line Main Street for our annual Memorial Day parade today, I shall visit Oakland Ceremony to thank Marine Lance. Cpl. Jordan Haerter for his service. He was just 19 when he was killed in Ramadi, Iraq, the place …

Eleven police officers shot in 24 hours. Am I talking about a news headline in Mexico? No. The headline is right here in the U.S. In five states no less. So are we in danger of becoming Mexico? Again the answer is no. Equating our issues to those of Mexico …

On July 4, 1848, Dolley Madison, the 80-year-old widow of President James Madison, joined 90-year-old Elizabeth Hamilton on the mall in the nation’s capital. The two women were unlikely allies though their husbands had worked together six decades earlier to write the Federalist Papers and to ratify the U.S. Constitution. …

My song, “The Obama Budget Plan” (which you can see here on YouTube), explains that President Obama’s budget plan is to spend as much of our money as he wants, on anything he wants and pay for it by just printing more money. The fact is, President Obama doesn’t really …

Thank you, Mel, for the gift you have given us. Just as the country is fracturing into ever-sharper shards of discontent — as we’re fighting about immigration and deficits and gusher accountability — you come along and give us something to unify around. Indeed, other than a few outliers, contrarians …

The American people have spoken, and the message they have sent to Washington is clear: Americans want Obamacare ripped out of the U.S. Code by the roots. With their actions, America’s voters have shown that they want the 112th Congress to make Obamacare repeal a reality. In fact, a strong …

Here’s some required reading from the military’s Manual of Courts-Martial: “888. ART. 88 Contempt Toward Officials: Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of …