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Dear Perry, I remember taking you to your first Gymboree class when you were 2 because your face was so scraped up from countless face-plants that mom and I were afraid people would think we were committing child abuse. Somewhere in those Saturday mornings, laughing together as you made your …

Friday, economists expect the Labor Department to report the economy added 181,000 jobs in January, up from the disappointing 74,000 scored in December. That’s about half the pace needed to bring unemployment down to acceptable levels and motivate the Federal Reserve to raise targets for short-term interest rates. The economy …

Kevin Chavous is a former District of Columbia Councilmember, mayoral candidate, and member of the Obama education advisory committee. Now, he is an advocate for school vouchers. The African-American Democrat points to what some would consider a shocking truth when it comes to which politicians support increasing opportunities for inner …

I am 92-yearsyoung. The last time I saw my doctor… I visit him every three months … he told me I have the body and health of a sixty-year-old! When I meet new friends and they learn howyoungI am, they don’t hesitate to ask, “What is your secret?” I don’t …

In March of this year, Anthony Brasfield released a dozen heart-shaped balloons in the air as a romantic gesture for his girlfriend. After a Florida Highway Patrol officer spotted the gesture, Brasfield was charged with polluting to harm humans, animals and plants—a third degree felony punishable by up to five …

Darryl Woods, of College Park, Ga., could not believe what he was reading. It was a permission slip from his child’s charter school for the upcoming “holiday program.” “We will begin rehearsing popular American holiday music (such as Jingle Bells, Feliz Navidad and Santa Claus is Coming to Town) during …

Remember the last government shutdown? Experienced congressional leaders remember it well, and even the toughest talking Democrats and Republicans know that sooner or later they will have to compromise to end this one. Unfortunately, the classic partisan divide is only part of today’s congressional dysfunction: More than illustrating a classic …

“We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.” I …

After President Richard Nixon left office in 1974, a bipartisan congressional investigation discovered many of his constitutional excesses. Foremost among them was the use of FBI and CIA agents to spy on Americans in violation of federal law and the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. Nixon argued that the government …

President Obama’s Saturday speech on Syria (where he decided not to decide) offers at least five fine examples of how not to employ military power. Consulting with Congress is, of course, exactly the right step to take before committing both U.S. armed forces and the American people to ventures overseas. …