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The striking juxtaposition of the preternaturally perfect Angelina Jolie, waifish and wispy in a ghostly gown, and the scrappy Pakistani schoolgirl Malala, her face cruelly misshapen by the effects of a Taliban bullet to the head, captures the confluence of feminine power assembled here to "lean on" the world to save women and girls.

As a former assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy, I understand the importance of considering all forms of energy when discussing our state and nations future.

I plunged into Thomas Sowell's latest book "Intellectuals and Race" immediately upon its arrival but soon realized that I needed to slow down. Many writers express a few ideas with a great cataract of words. Sowell is the opposite.

WASHINGTON -- Is a bipartisan immigration deal at hand? It's close.

Florida rose steadily in recent years on the annual Chief Executive Magazine business-friendly ranking, now second only to Texas for being the best state for business.

The mainstream media have had it in for Gov. Rick Scott ever since he decided to run for office.

Pundits are fond of urging politicians to act like statesmen and think of the next generation instead of the next election.

WASHINGTON -- The real vocation of some people entrusted with delivering primary and secondary education is to validate this proposition: The three R's -- formerly reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic -

CAMDEN, S.C. -- It isn't often that one gets to hear both the strains of "Dixie" and an African drum concert in the same public square.