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WASHINGTON -- Much speculation has followed the private luncheon between President Obama and Mitt Romney, about which little is known.

Americans are very generous to people with disabilities. Since passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act in 1990, millions of public and private dollars have been spent on curb cuts, bus lifts and special elevators.

One little-noticed and quite remarkable aspect of Election 2012 is that Barack Obama won a majority of the popular vote for the second consecutive time.

"When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another ..."

WASHINGTON -- With a chip on his shoulder larger than his margin of victory, Barack Obama is approaching his second term by replicating the mistake of his first.

Elections are over and now elected officials will again focus on some of the critical policy issues facing our state and nation.

WASHINGTON -- As events have unfolded in what shall ever be known as "The Petraeus Affair," one cannot escape noticing that the women in this sordid saga have been handed the short end of the shtick, as though the men are mere victims of ambitious, hormonally driven vixens.

The federal government now considers a family of four in New York City to be poor if its pre-tax income is below $37,900. Even with full medical coverage.

It was not only liberals who were celebrating on Nov. 7. Many conservatives were elated as well not at the results, but at the fact that it was over.