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Allegations of tragic sexual abuse of children have recently sparked discussions and debates at all levels surrounding this destructive and unfathomable crime.

The election of Barack Obama, we were told, would bring new respect and friendship for America in the world.

In an almost miraculous twist to the Republican presidential contest, Mitt Romney is converting Christian conservatives to his side in Florida. It's an eye-popping development since many on the religious right consider Romney neither Christian nor particularly conservative.

Tuesday night, The Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute will team up to host the nations next presidential debate -- this one focused solely on foreign policy and national defense because the next U.S. president in 2013 and beyond is certain to face a slew of deeply significant foreign policy challenges.

WASHINGTON -- Born during what is mistakenly called the debt-ceiling "debacle" last summer, the supercommittee may die without sending Congress a 10-year $1.2 trillion (at least) deficit-reduction plan. This is not properly labeled a failure.

Is a vote for the Republican Party in 2012 a vote for war?

It irritates members of both groups when I note the similarities of the tea party movement that swept the nation in the 2010 election and the peace movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

WASHINGTON -- The Stolen Valor Act of 2005, a compound of political pandering and moral exhibitionism, was whooped through the Senate, aka the "world's greatest deliberative body," by unanimous consent; the House, joining the stampede, passed it by a voice vote. So Xavier Alvarez now hopes the Supreme Court will save him from punishment for lying.

Christmas is more than a month away, but the Obama administration just couldnt wait to hang a shiny new ornament on every fresh Christmas tree in America: a 15-cent tax to support a new federal program to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees.