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“Is there anything the Senate or Congress can do if a nominee says one thing seated at that table and does something exactly the opposite once they [are on the Supreme Court]?” Senator Arlen Specter asked Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday. When Sotomayor promises her “fidelity” to the rule of …

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:36:41 +0000 – By Judith MillerWriter/Scholar, The Manhattan Institute/FOX News Contributor On the third day of what is arguably the most serious crisis in the history of the 30-year-old Iranian revolution, President Obama finally weighed in with a three-part message. First, our coolly cerebral leader said, …

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:46:09 +0000 – By Judith MillerWriter/FOX News Contributor/Manhattan Institute Fellow Somalia Middle East Michael Oren Thomas Jefferson Morocco

America is facing a silent epidemic. Loneliness permeates our society. As technology advances and our life styles become busier, the most basic of needs are going unmet. We have become accustomed to a lesser appetite when it comes to connectedness and it is creating a deficit of the soul. The …

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:16:58 +0000 – By Richard MillerAuthor, “In Words and Deeds: Battle Speeches in History” The issues raised in a campaign usually have little to do with the flying fur of real governance, but I’m beginning to wonder about President Obama. During the campaign, John McCain made …

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:21:18 +0000 – By Steven MilloyPublisher, JunkScience.com/Co-Manager, Free Enterprise Action Fund NASA’s global-warming-alarmist-in-chief James Hansen is urging the public to join the likes of Greenpeace and the Ruckus Society and others in a March 2 rally in Washington to protest the burning of coal for electricity. …

By late December, Dr. Kombu Songu-M’briwa had recovered enough from his personal battle with Ebola to participate in a transatlantic radio interview with me, though I could barely hear him because of the profound fatigue reflected in his voice. M’briwa, one of just three doctors working at the 120-bed Hastings …

Forget about lobbyists skulking around Capitol Hill. This year’s election power players were hiding behind the schoolhouse. American Federation of Teachers’ (AFT) President Randi Weingarten recently revealed that her union spent over $20 million on election campaigns this cycle in order to elect politicians who defend an indefensible status quo …

Have you wondered why Ebola patients are being sent to Omaha, Nebraska? It’s because one physician, Dr. Philip Smith, had the foresight to set up the Nebraska Biocontainment Patient Care Unit after the 9/11 attacks as a bulwark against bioterrorism. Empty for more than a decade, used only for drills, …

James Madison is commonly referred to as the Father of the Constitution in large measure because, in the secrecy of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, he kept the most complete set of notes. He also had a very keen mind and a modest demeanor and an uncanny ability …