In his address to the American people from the Oval Office, President Obama spoke about“…the end of our combat mission in Iraq, the ongoing security challenges we face, and the need to rebuild our nation here at home.”  He stated that America’s future is “ours to shape” and with the end of combat in Iraq we can move forward with

 Depending on the source that is used, tens of thousands to between 87,000 – 96,000 people attended conservative commentator Glenn Becks “Restoring Honor” rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial Saturday.  Why were they there?  What was the point?
 

National priorities are determined by the manner in which a nation allocates its limited resources; how and where it spends its money. At the end of July Congress passed a $33 billion supplemental war bill for President Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan. This past Tuesday the president signed a multibillion-dollar bailout bill for cash-strapped states but cut $12 billion from future food stamp funding to help pay for it. Proponents of this measure argue that using food stamp funding in order to save public sector jobs such as teachers, police offi

By Jonathan Clarke
Frenzy over the so-called Ground Zero Mosque has brought about a departure from reason and a break with American principles.
 

On Friday evening while celebrating a Ramadan Iftar dinner at the White House President Obama did what any president should do, defended the rights of Americans to practice their religion on America soil. The problem is that on Saturday, bowing to pressure from some Republicans and others, the president became a politician and tried to parse his words, softening the solid stand he took just one evening before.