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Don’t you wish we could roll back the clock to the time when ObamaCare was on the table four years ago and start the discussion about health reform all over again? I know I do. And among doctors, I am far from alone in feeling this way. In fact a …

I have a love-hate relationship with the holiday season. It has changed from a time of reflection and gratitude for memories past and present to a montage of messed up values. Now, it’s about ‘the present’, all right, but the ‘gift’ kind, not the moment in time. Americans are expected …

Earlier this month the Obama administration announced it was cutting military aid to Egypt by hundreds of millions of dollars. The move had nothing to do with the budget battle in D.C. Rather, it was a belated reaction to last July’s military coup against President Mohamed Morsi’s increasingly autocratic Islamist …

My fellow Americans, I come before you today to celebrate our recovery from the worst financial crisis of our lifetimes. I want to remind you of all the terrific things my administration has accomplished to move this great country forward. I know it hasn’t been perfect and we’re not there …

The Obama administration is turning its back on America’s heroes. There are few symbols more powerful than the Purple Heart. Whether displayed next to a carefully-folded flag on a mantle, on a fraying old uniform at a veteran’s parade, or even on a license plate designating the driver as “combat-wounded,” …

It took a mere two months and eight days for the Obama administration’s spin on the growing scandal of the IRS targeting Tea Party and conservative groups to completely collapse. Let’s rewind to May 10, 2013, when Lois Lerner, the former Director of the IRS Exempt Organizations Division, apologized on …

As bullying problems land in the headlines month after month, it’s natural that our culture frowns upon any form of fighting. And for Christians, the familiar verse about turning the other cheek leads many of us to a place where we see fighting as a failure in living out our …

Tragedy in Oklahoma: tornadoes devastate a community, an elementary school is leveled and the death toll stands at 24 dead. Does the idea of the existence of a loving God get swept away in the wake of such storms like a tin building or mobile home? Looking at the outpouring …

If you’re the parent of a teen, you have witnessed this scenario at your own kitchen table, I’m sure. Less talking. More texting. Virtual conversations, whether via smart phones or social media, consume our kids’ existence. Our children’s social lives are no longer played out at home and at school, …

In the free market, companies that don’t satisfy their customers needs don’t survive. A new, better company will come along and fix any problems. Unfortunately, the same doesn’t hold true when the customers are families and the company is the public education system. As a mother and a former eighth …