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Our Path
Back
By Kevin
McCarthy
What a
difference a
year makes.
Just think,
nearly a
year ago,
Time
Magazine
asked, “So
are the
Republicans
going
extinct?,”
and James
Carville was
gloating
with his
newly minted
book, “40
More Years:
How the
Democrats
Will Rule
the Next
Generation.” Today...........MORE  |
The Safety
of
Our Youth
By Mike
Castle
Despite our
best efforts
and billions
of taxpayer
dollars
invested
over the
years, far
too many
youth in
America move
through our
nation's
juvenile
justice
system only
to be
involved
again in
crime, drug
and gang
related
activities,
and never
reach their
full
potential.
As Congress.........MORE  |
Military
Families Are
Fundamental
By
Kay Granger
On September
11, 2001,
our nation
was attacked
and
thousands of
innocent
Americans
lost their
lives. Less
than one
month later,
American
troops were
deployed to
Afghanistan
and have
been
fighting
overseas
ever since.
The
soldiers,
sailors,
airmen, and
Marines
have............MORE |
"It's Not
Over"
Q&A With
Fran
Townsend
The Former
Homeland
Security
Advisor in
the Bush
Administration
and one of
the
architects
of the
post-9/11
policies
that have
kept our
country
secure
discusses
the
continuing
threat
America
faces from
terrorists
in a special
interview
with
The Forum.....................MORE  |
Learning
Lessons
the Hard Way
By Mac
Thornberry
A high
priority for
President
Obama has
been to
improve the
international
perception
of the
United
States and
its
policies.
He has made
numerous
trips
abroad,
making
speeches to
appeal to
foreign
audiences.
Here at
home, he has
faced
criticism
that he is
“apologizing
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The Trillion
Dollar
Gap
By Susan K.
Urahn
The news
that the
national
economy may
be out of
deep water
couldn’t be
more
welcome. But
many states
are still in
danger of
drowning.
Unemployment,
foreclosures
and Medicaid
spending are
already
hitting the
states hard.
And there’s
another
significant
bill................MORE  |
The
Sino-American
Relationship
By
Carla A.
Hills
Our nation
has
struggled
with an
economic
crisis of
historic
proportions
since
December
2007. The
pain has
been wide
and deep.
Americans
are
suffering
from job
losses, home
foreclosures,
and
bankruptcies
that have
caused both
consumer
demand and
new
investment..........MORE  |
A Great Time
to
Start a
Business
By
Dan Danner
We have
looked at
the state of
small
business in
our union,
and it is
not good.
Our Small
Business
Economic
Trends
monthly
report,
which has
tracked
small
business
conditions
for more
than 35
years, shows
that small
business
owners
nationwide
are
struggling
to
keep.............MORE  |
Another
Bellwether
from
Massachusetts
By David
Tuerck
Until
recently,
few people
looked to
Massachusetts
as a
predictor of
political
trends. It
was too blue
to be a
bellwether.
The election
of Scott
Brown
changed
that.
Brown's
upset
victory this
past January
to fill the
Senate seat
held by
Edward
Kennedy sent
shock waves
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Driven to
Distraction
By Billy
Pitts
Transportation
Secretary Ray
LaHood deserves
praise for
focusing public
attention on
distracted
driving. The
market today
is flooded
with
electronic
devices that
can be used
in motor
vehicles and
millions of
motorists
are using
them with
reckless
abandon...............MORE  |
You Say You
Want a
Revolution?
By Lou
Zickar
Supporters
of the Tea
Party
Movement say
they are
dedicated to
the ideals
and
principles
of the
Founding
Fathers.
Wouldn't it
be ironic,
then, if
they
succeeded in
forcing from
office a man
who has shed
as much
blood for
his country
as any
Patriot in
the.............MORE  |
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