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Tuesday’s retirement announcement by Olympia Snowe – who said that she was quitting because she was frustrated “that an atmosphere of polarization and ‘my way or the highway’ ideologies has become pervasive in campaigns and in our governing institutions” – underscores just how divided and polarized we have become as …

Six months into the Arab Spring things have continued to deteriorate despite the rosy optimism voiced by the Obama administration and countless others since it began. Libya remains deadlocked in a bloody civil war, even though U.S. forces launched “kinetic military action” three months ago. Syria routinely dispatches tanks and …

Did Internet giant GoDaddy reject an Arizona software engineer’s job application because he was an overweight Christian? GoDaddy denies the charge. But an attorney for Arizona resident Keith Connolly says his client has rock-solid proof to support the jaw-dropping allegation. Connolly was recruited for a job with the Internet domain …

The nuclear deal with Iran will unleash economic forces that make it unenforceable. Tehran will become the dominant economic and military power in the Middle East and if it chooses, build nuclear weapons. President Obama held together a broad international coalition that imposed tough economic sanctions. Restrictions on the sale …

What’s happening right now in Egypt is bigger than the fall of the Berlin Wall. The dominoes are falling in the Middle East; and as goes Egypt so goes the region. Egypt has been the heartbeat of the Muslim Arab world for millennia. The problem is we don’t yet which …

“They cheated us again and again, made decisions behind our back, presenting us with completed facts,” he said. “That’s the way it was with the expansion of NATO in the East, with the deployment of military infrastructure at our borders. They always told us the same thing: ‘Well, this doesn’t …

I was so honored to be at Lakewood Church Wednesday night to speak about my book “Getting Real”. Here I am after the event chilling in my hotel room. It was so wonderful to meet so many people who are Fox fans. My goal of the book tour has been …

The annual Christmas parade in Piedmont, Alabama is a big deal in this small town tucked away in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The Piedmont parade doesn’t have giant helium-filled balloons or dancing Broadway show girls – but they do have the local high school marching band and Santa …

As the leading Republican candidates prepare to square off in their first debate, one thing has become clear: Americans are dissatisfied. The ascent of real estate mogul Donald Trump and Socialist Bernie Sanders testifies to serious doubts about establishment politicians. Hillary Clinton’s video announcing her candidacy hit all the buttons …

Grace: (noun) An act or instance of kindness, courtesy or clemency. Mercy, pardon. Here in northwest Colorado we feel like we’re at the epicenter of federal policy actions with regard to land and the environment. When you think of the war on coal, we are the bullseye. The irony is …