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At first glance “Media Matters” is a group that monitors the wild and crazy comments that are made on radio and television. There is nothing wrong with that. People should be accountable for their words – words have power. Since they began work in 2004, however, the watchdog spirit of …

It is Friday, December 23rd, and I have been trying desperately to get into the Christmas spirit. It was a particularly funky calendar year, so I’ve gone deep into my bag of sensory memory tricks, inundating myself with the sights sounds and smells of the holidays. I’ve been burning every …

One of the most wonderful quips about George Steinbrenner, whose death has prompted a review of the life and career of that complicated public person and unique baseball owner, was uttered by John McMullen, who had been an early limited partner of the Yankees when the imperial Yankee owner was …

Editor’s note: We are pleased to feature two excerpts from author Eric Metaxas’ book, “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy” in Fox News Opinion. Book summary from publisher Thomas Nelson: From the New York Times bestselling author of “Amazing Grace,” a groundbreaking biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes …

Why are men abandoning God? Religion is increasingly a woman’s domain in America. Two-thirds of church and synagogue attendees are women, studies show, with young men fleeing the pews even faster. On any given weekend, 13 million more women than men will attend religious institutions. Home is even worse. Moms …

When communicating across cultures, there is always the risk of misunderstanding. Direct eye contact is a skill Americans are taught will help them succeed in everything from negotiating for a used car to conflict resolution. The same is not true everywhere. For months I assumed a Middle Eastern associate was …

Forgive them – they can’t help it“Every little boy and girl“That’s born into the world alive …” Can there really be a liberal gene? They’ve got to be joking. But no here it is, straight from Fox News today: James Fowler, a professor medical genetics and political science (cool combination) …

You know the phrase “a disaster waiting to happen?” For over a decade now I’ve been waiting and watching, knowing that the National Organization for Women would inevitably have a very public nervous breakdown brought on by the pressures of using women’s issues to further the misogynist leftist agenda. The …

The voters thought they had spoken. First in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections—then again in the Massachusetts Senate race. When Scott Brown ran as the forty-first vote against government-run health care — and won — sixty one percent of the nation breathed a sigh of relief –according to …

This week, North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry, a Republican from the 10th Congressional District, announced legislation to redesign the face of the $50 bill. Apparently, for Rep. McHenry, Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant is, well, kind of a has-been – in a poll of favorite presidents he comes in …