It’s Thanksgiving week and on tables across the country, turkey is set to be the star of the show. It doesn’t matter whether your dinner is free-range, natural-fed, antibiotic-free turkey, Tofurkey or the traditional, tasty Butterball. Every one of those that hits the platter becomes the instant centerpiece. Pity the …
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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 …
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What was Speaker Nancy Pelosi thinking as she reveled in the passage of the House’s health care bill? Does she really imagine that this monstrous legislation will improve the lives of most Americans? Does she expect that creating 111 new government bureaucracies and offices will make it easier for most …
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I admit it. I’m not a Scot, but like so many Americans, I’ve had a lifelong love affair with Scotland. My husband is Scottish-American, two of our children went to Scottish universities and we take annual vacations in Scotland. My husband collects Scotch whisky, we wear McFarland tartan kilts and …
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My song, “The Obama Budget Plan” (which you can see here on YouTube), explains that President Obama’s budget plan is to spend as much of our money as he wants, on anything he wants and pay for it by just printing more money. The fact is, President Obama doesn’t really …
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Read More »Should Israel Talk to Hamas?
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 …
Read More »Pelosi Dances on Health Care's Grave
What was Speaker Nancy Pelosi thinking as she reveled in the passage of the House’s health care bill? Does she really imagine that this monstrous legislation will improve the lives of most Americans? Does she expect that creating 111 new government bureaucracies and offices will make it easier for most …
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