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Avoiding doomsday
U.S. strategy against ISIS: Knowing that the Islamic State wants a ground war with the United States in order to fulfill a prophecy...
Changing times
Climate change talks are on today in Paris. Two-thirds of Americans want the U.S. to join the international community in setting global climate...
Plan blocked
As expected, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit blocks Obama's plan on undocumented immigrants. Now the question is: Will the Supreme...
No questions
GOP campaigns meet to discuss the debate process. The complaints are many, the solutions are few. The one thing the campaigns agree on:...
Less incarceration
130 police chiefs, sheriffs and prosecutors joined the movement to end mass incarceration. They will be meeting with Barack Obama Thursday. "With momentum for criminal...
Game over
Focus groups be damned, the Republican commentariat seems to have conceded the Democratic race to Hillary Clinton. Charles Krauthammer says in The Washington...
Gun control
Obama is now considering expanding background checks for gun sales using executive authority, as Hillary Clinton had suggested. It's not clear who thought of...