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Editor’s note: This week, Fox News Opinion is pleased to feature exclusive excerpts from the new book by Mitchell Reiss, “Negotiating With Evil: When to Talk to Terrorists.” The following excerpt is taken from the chapter in the book titled “Should Israel Talk to Hamas?” The start of the latest …

Let’s play a game. Assume for a minute Mike Bloomberg lost and he’s packing up his office after two terms. What would we say about his legacy? We’d say he made remarkable gains fighting crime and his NYPD helped prevent terror attacks. Some of his public-health initiatives, especially against smoking, …

The gist of President Obama’s press conference on Wednesday was that he’s proud of his Iran agreement. And he may well be right that it’s a good deal. Not being a nuclear physicist, I don’t have any frame of reference to judge whether it blocks Iran’s path to the bomb. …

Dakota Meyer, former Marine Corps sergeant, infantryman, and Medal of Honor winner for his actions in Afghanistan, is engaged in a new battle right here at home in America. It’s not against an enemy who is hard to pinpoint and engage, but rather against a defense industry titan – BAE …

For a species that notoriously enjoys making excuses, science has long been the great justifier. Is the annoying brat that lives next door the spawn of Satan? Maybe he has Attention Deficit Disorder. Is your friend a lazy couch potato who prefers a Big Mac to a salad? Maybe she …

This past Sunday, in one of the most aggressive and offensive intimidation tactics to date, hundreds of members of the largest union – the SEIU – stormed the front yard of Bank of America deputy general counsel Greg Baer’s home. The angry mob had bullhorns, signs and even broke the …

Nine years and it still seems like we just woke from a nightmare. September 11, 2001, is seared into the national consciousness like Pearl Harbor 60 years before – only worse because we watched it on television as it happened. A nation was transfixed while 3,000 of our friends, our …

Let’s play a game. Assume for a minute Mike Bloomberg lost and he’s packing up his office after two terms. What would we say about his legacy? We’d say he made remarkable gains fighting crime and his NYPD helped prevent terror attacks. Some of his public-health initiatives, especially against smoking, …

As the Climate-gate controversy continues to grow, amid charges of hiding and manipulating data, and suppressing research by academics who challenge global warming, there is one oft-repeated defense: other independent data-sets all reach the same conclusions. “I think everybody is clear on the science. I think scientists are clear on …

Wed, 06 May 2009 18:00:19 +0000 – By Peter RoffFellow, Institute for Liberty/Former Senior Political Writer, United Press International Voters opted to end one-party rule in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday when they exchanged an all-Democratic City Council for one that includes two Republican-endorsed independents among its incoming members. It is always …