opinion

After years of hopeful check writing and election night hand-wringing, I recently decided to take my involvement in Republican campaigns to the next level. Previously, I’d engaged in politics as a gambler does spectator sports. I’d choose which candidates I wanted to support, contribute to their campaigns or PACs, and …

We can make the world better through the power of one — the power of you. I recently lost a good friend who died in a tragic car accident. She was a dedicated mother and broadcast journalist who worked tirelessly to make a difference in the world. She sought to …

President Obama’s standing on the world stage took another nosedive Wednesday at the UN General Assembly. According to White House officials, the president of the world’s leading democracy was prepared to shake hands with the president of the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism – and the terrorist turned the …

Over the weekend, thousands of people gathered on the National Mall to commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom. In his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for America’s “bank of justice” to repay a metaphorical …

Does President Obama dare take the latest version of his revive-the-economy-and-boost-the-middle-class speech to the poster city for the bankruptcy of his ideas: Detroit? Don’t bet on it. You don’t hear the president talking about Detroit. Maybe the reason Detroit is bankrupt today is because for decades it was governed, in …

Last week I wrote about Hillary Clinton’s June 13 speech at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting in Chicago, describing her ability to place the issue of opportunities for women and girls in a broader context than women’s rights — showing its relevance to prosperity for all, men included. She …

Americans want lower deficits and more economic growth; that much is clear. The problems arise when we leave it to lawmakers to agree on policies to achieve those goals. Republicans oppose new taxes, while Democrats abhor cuts to entitlement spending. Even the sequester, which included minimal cuts off a growth …

The new unemployment numbers released Friday look reasonable only because our expectations have are so low. In February, the236,000 new jobsaddedbeat out the 166,000 increase in the working age population, but the labor force participation rate remains stuck at a levelthat is so low Americans haven’t seen anything like it …

Our politics have become so polarized and corrupted that a president of the United States cannot even attend an event devoted to drawing people closer to God and bridge partisan and cultural divides without being lectured about his policies. Last Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., Dr. …

‘Twas the Friday before Christmas, and while most Americans were enjoying time with family and friends, the bureaucrats at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were stirring quietly about, preparing to release its long-overdue evaluation of the Head Start program. Head Start is an $8 billion per year …