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I told you yesterday that the remedies suggested in response to the Newtown, CT, shooting would be all about the politics. Demands for bans on assault weapons in a shooting that did not involve an assault weapon [see update], or for greater gun control laws in response to a shooting...

As the fighting in Syria continues to rage, the United States and NATO have reportedly ordered the deployment of two Patriot missile batteries and 400 American troops to Turkey. The small force could be there as soon as mid-January. The missiles and troops will be under...

WaPo reports, Crowder files complaint with Michigan state troopers: Delivering on a pledge that he made this week on “Hannity,” Fox News contributor Steven Crowder has filed a complaint with the Michigan State Police in connection with the pummeling he sustained during the union protests Tuesday...

In March 2011, two Palestinians from a nearby village infiltrated an Israeli community on the West Bank and killed the Fogel family with knives, first the parents as they slept and then the children.  I asked, "What Kind Of Person stabs a three-month old infant to death?" ...

I'm glad to be back stateside after returning this week from a trip to Colombia where I rediscovered a romance with the entrepreneurial spirit and free market, values which appear to be alive and well in Cartagena and elsewhere in the country. While the United States's...

UPDATE (6:13): Shooter identified as the son of a teacher from the school. Motive for the rampage is still unknown. Via Fox News: The shooter, who sources identified as Adam Lanza, 20, shot his mother in the face at their home in Newtown, Conn., then went to...

The likely downturn in the job situation next year will be blamed on Republican supposed intransigence on raising taxes, even though the exact opposite is true. What will get papered over is the impact of Obamacare. Now that Obamacare taxes are coming into play, the effect already...

The most recent spate of news coverage centering around unions came earlier this week in Michigan, where thousands of union members gathered outside the capitol in Lansing to protest passage of Michigan right to work laws. Most have doubtless seen coverage from that day showing union...

Until recently, I knew nothing about Patrick Colbeck. I still know very little about him except for one thing ...

Embattled U.N. envoy Susan Rice is dropping out of the running to be the next secretary of state after months of criticism over her Benghazi comments, she told NBC News on Thursday. “If nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly – to you and to our most pressing national and international priorities,” Rice wrote in a letter to President Obama, saying she’s saddened by the partisan politics surrounding her prospects. “That trade-off is simply not worth it to our country...Therefore, I respectfully request that you no longer consider my candidacy at this time,” she wrote in the letter obtained by NBC News.

OMG! Why is Susan Rice so racist?!?!?RT @jedediahbila: Susan Rice has withdrawn her name for consideration as Secretary of State.

— GayPatriot (@GayPatriot) December 13, 2012

Big win for John McCain. Almost as big as stopping the repeal of Don't Ask/Don't Tell & blocking ratification of New START. Pop the cork.

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 13, 2012

Yay Scott Brown!

— Ellen Carmichael (@ellencarmichael) December 13, 2012

Bad judgment. Obama aggressively defended Rice's service and weeks later she is, essentially, admitting she wouldn't survive confirmation.

— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) December 13, 2012

Picture it: the senior senator from Massachusetts in the Oval Office saying, "I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty!"

— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 13, 2012

Good day for John Kerry. And Scott Brown.

— Rick Klein (@rickklein) December 13, 2012