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In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, several public figures, most notably former Vice President Dick Cheney and Senator Ted Cruz, have called to resurrect a plan to build missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic that President Obama canceled in 2009. They’re on to something. …

Last week, in a 2-1 decision, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a restriction on carrying concealed handguns. The court held that carrying a handgun “outside the home for the lawful purpose of self-defense, though subject totraditional restrictions, constitutes ‘bear[ing] Arms’ within the meaning of the Second Amendment.” …

In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity Tuesday night, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates amplified his concerns about the human toll exacted by President Obama’s reluctant prosecution of the war in Afghanistan. Gates told Hannity: “We need clarity from our political leaders, from our presidents, when we do use …

In the midst of being named the most powerful person in the world by Forbes magazine, Vladimir Putin recently ‘pardoned’ Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky after serving more than 10 years in prison. Khodorkovsky was prosecuted for “tax evasion,” but it is widely believed that he was arbitrarily locked up as …

Josh Barry, of Camp Hill, Penn., wants to know why the president of the local teacher’s union thinks he’s a neo-Nazi after he complained about a classroom assignment that he believed to be biased. “I’m Jewish and my wife is half-black, half-white,” Barry told me in a telephone interview. “I …

After more than three years and billions of taxpayer dollars, President Obama’s health care exchanges are scheduled to open for business this week, but don’t expect much fanfare out of the administration. Although the president insists that everything is “working the way it’s supposed to,” a former HHS official has …

The Secretary of the Army has ordered military leaders to halt all briefings on extremist organizations that labeled Evangelical Christian groups as domestic hate groups. The shutdown comes just four days after I reported exclusively about a briefing at Mississippi’s Camp Shelby that labeled the American Family Association as a …

The Obama Justice Department filed a civil rights lawsuit last month to stop Louisiana from giving vouchers to poor students in failing schools. The Justice Department claims that the vouchers disrupt racial balance in schools. School integration remains important. But the Justice Department’s argument is weak at best. At the …

Better weather and power forecasting has many benefits. Among the most financially significant is improving the economics of renewable from wind and solar energy as well as fostering integration with conventional sources such as hydro and fossil. If utilities can forecast, hour by hour, or better yet minute by minute, …

For generations, 300 million Dalits—the poorest of the poor in India—have been taught that they are worthless. Less than human. Excluded from society, they have limited access to education or justice. They are used, cheated, and abused freely by others. They are given no protection by law enforcement; no access …