Five years ago Barack Obama announced his run for President

February 10, 2007 was a cold day in Springfield, Illinois as then Senator Barack Obama announced at the Old State Capitol Building his intentions to run for President of the United States of America. Just under two years later, Obama and his family were in the White House. Five years later the President prepares to defend the office and run for a second More...

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By Brandon Jones On Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
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Byron York on Ron Paul: ‘movement rather than a campaign’

Byron York is regular guesst and fill-in host on Bill Bennett’s morning show. I always respect and enjoy York’s analysis. You don’t have to be a party politician to understand the landscape and More...

By Brandon Jones On Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
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Egypt to charge Sam LaHood and workers, but are they hostages?

From Egypt: The decision to refer 43 NGO workers to trial – including several US nationals – is likely to strain Cairo’s already-tense relations with Washington even further; Egypt says it is defending More...

By Brandon Jones On Saturday, February 4th, 2012
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Chris Matthews selectively forgets attacks on President Bush

On Tuesday MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews said that the level of hatred directed against President Obama is greater than it was against any other president. I guess he forgot what was being said of More...

By Brandon Jones On Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
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Meet Constance Steinkuehler, the White House video game czar

Video games can teach kids how to conserve energy, eat a balanced diet or solve quadratic equations — consider the invisible hand of one of the most unconventional White House hires in recent memory. Photo/http://website.education.wisc.edu/steinkuehler/blog/Isn’t More...

By Brandon Jones On Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
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Mississippi bill could make spanking illegal

photo/ D. Sharon Pruitt from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, USA via wikicommonsHeadline reads: To spank or not to spank The scary nature of the story is that the government feels they get to decide that for parents. Mississippi More...

By deskofbrian On Thursday, January 26th, 2012
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Robert Redford reminds us:Hollywood elites are clueless

Robert Redford opened the 34th annual Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, slamming the government for failing its citizens and talking about how Sundance exists for the forgotten “99 percent.” Like Michael More...

By Brandon Jones On Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
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Lawmakers drafting another bill to stop Fred Phelps, church protests

The fringe religious group from Westboro Baptist, led by Fred Phelps, will have another legal battle ahead. Their extreme language and targeted protests not only anger the victims, the military, the non-religious, More...

By Brandon Jones On Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
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Obama campaign manager: Tea Party is ‘extremist’, Republicans want Iraq war,end Medicare

Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina photo/White House public domain …ban gay marriage, end abortion and just about every other stereotypical talking point ever used by the Democratic Party. This is the letter More...

By deskofbrian On Sunday, January 15th, 2012
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NASA rolls out Internet radio station, Third Rock, to reach out to younger audience

NASA was created for discovery and exploration and the nation’s aerospace program will venture into the arena of Internet radio. The recent announcement from NASA this week is set to target “tech-savvy More...