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In deciding to pull all of the 30,000 troops from the surge out of Afghanistan, six weeks before Election Day 2012, but only 10,000 by year's end, President Obama has satisfied neither the generals nor the doves.

Good morning, pro-lifers! Thank you for coming to beautiful Jacksonville, Fla.

In America, we have an intrinsic value for competition. Competition is the driving force behind a healthy free market, and it is from this free market that we derive a great deal of our political freedom.

When I was growing up, it was widely believed that colleges and universities were the part of our society with the widest scope for free expression and free speech.

More than any other Republican presidential prospect, Sarah Palin draws white-hot journalistic loathing.

Call it the great whitewash. That's what Floridians can expect from Democratic leaders in the decennial redistricting process going on right now.

So much of Floridas notoriety in recent years is limited to two negative events: a historic crash in real estate values and a massive offshore oil spill.

"Is our children learning?" as George W. Bush so famously asked. Well, no, they is not learning, especially the history of their country, the school subject at which America's young perform at their worst.

Two years ago, in June 2009, the American economy emerged from recession, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. But as this week's Economist noted, with typical British understatement, "The recovery has been a disappointment."

NEW YORK -- This marks my 24th Father's Day as a columnist, my 26th since my son uttered "Dada," and my 16th since my own father joined the legions of Interesting People in the Hereafter.