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Good news: Representative Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords will be released from the hospital, where she has been recovering from a gunshot to the head. Giffords, whom colleagues describe as a fighter, is now in Houston to start rehabilitation. It seems the country is feeling a lot better, too. But it’s a strange feeling, coming off a […]
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Let us draw a bright line between the actions of the troubled young man in Arizona, Jared L. Loughner, and the violent political rhetoric of our politicians from both sides.
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“Our democracy is a light — a beacon, really — around the world because we effect change at the ballot box and not because of these outbursts of violence.” –Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, March 2010 Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is the best kind of politician: a noble one. She lifts politics to a noble art of people-caring […]
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In the classic “A Christmas Carol,” the ghosts of Christmas Past and Christmas Future visit the hard-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge and show him things that change his life. Being at the year’s end, let me take a minute to list those things of Christmas Past that I decidedly want to leave behind and things I fervently hope will come in Christmas Future.
Read MoreI Am Still Hopeful, I Still Believe Comments Off on I Am Still Hopeful, I Still Believe
Like most election seasons (for me, 18 and counting), my most immediate goals are rest and reflection on what the voters taught me with their ballots. This year was extremely heart-wrenching.
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The U.S. Congress is fast approaching the end of its lame-duck session, and its weary members are anxious to return home for the season of good will. Now is a good time to survey the latest news to see where America is and where it might end up before federal lawmakers return early in the New Year.
Read MoreShould Obama Make Peace With the Left Comments Off on Should Obama Make Peace With the Left
The Post asked political strategists and commentators if President Obama should make up with his base and, if so, how?
Read MoreGOP’s ‘Be-Bipartisan’ Plan to Kill America Comments Off on GOP’s ‘Be-Bipartisan’ Plan to Kill America
In the midst of the 2008 presidential campaign, President George W. Bush invited Sen. John McCain and then-Sen. Barack Obama, separately, to the White House to discuss the catastrophic cratering of the U.S. economy.
Because of this invitation, McCain asked Obama to postpone the first presidential candidates debate.