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Not much, considering it's President Obama's insistence on tax and spend policies that ushered in sequestration in the first place. It's political grandstanding at its worst, representing a hypocritical attempt to show solidarity with furloughed government employees. I hope this empty gesture is greeted with the contempt it deserves.

Interesting but meaningless and entirely predictable.

Congratulations to Pope Francis! In South America, the Catholic Church has grown, increasing their influence and the elevation of an Argentine Cardinal to the papacy is a reflection of that. Additionally, it has been an inspiration to the large Catholic Hispanic community in the U. S. The Pope's reputation for humility and caring for the…

Some conservatives, Republican and otherwise, are still in a snit over Governor Christie's gushing over President Obama during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Then Christie berated John Boehner for tabling a bill releasing federal dollars for hurricane relief to aid his stricken state. Perhaps the outspoken governor is seen as not sufficiently conservative, much like…

Most conservatives, at least, would probably agree. Ms. Crowley seemed to have a difficult time controlling her bias with her leap to the President's defense which almost immediately was proved to be contrary to the facts. It was not the media's finest hour, nor was it Crowley's.

Senator Graham's frustration with the continued stonewalling about what really happened in Benghazi is completely understandable. Perhaps the White House can't answer that question because they simply don't know. National defense seems to be rather low on the President's scale of priorities because it hemorrhages money from his domestic priorities like immigration and annihilating the…

For the conspiracy theorists among us, this is sure to feed their mounting paranoia. This sounds like government expecting shortages, cost increases and the need to be prepared for any eventuality to protect the American people. It also points to government inefficiency as if we needed any more examples to make the case.

Alarm bells sound over granting the right to the targeted, extrajudicial killing of American citizens by the government. Some guidelines are included but they are vague, subjective and far too elastic to give anyone reading them a sense of a policy under tight, judicial control. Additionally, this may well be a policy that the US…

I wish people, especially those who have lived in the public eye as Mr. Paul has, would keep their controversial opinions about a tragic death to themselves. He, of all people, should know how cruel public opinion can sometimes be and this is a poor time to pick to play "gotcha" politics! Show a little…

I think President Obama expressed what a lot of parents and grandparents think. They are relieved when their children take up swimming or track instead of a full contact, high risk sport like American football where players wear what amounts to body armor to protect from injury. Concussion, which only accounts for approximately 5 percent…

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