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A close relative – with whom I have an otherwise loving and satisfactory relationship – recently replied to one of my emails on the subject of Obama and his breath-taking push to socialize America. I inferred from the tone of her reply that she might be growing a bit weary of my strident beating of the drum for our freedoms, the Constitution and the return to the best values of the America in which she and I grew up in the 40s, 50s and 60s. I wrote her THIS in reply: Dear XXXX, I have posted this multiple times to...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - King Abdullah's harsh — and unexpected — attack on the U.S. military presence in Iraq could be a Saudi attempt to signal to Washington its anger over the situation in Iraq and build credibility among fellow Arabs. The kingdom has taken an aggressive leadership role to quiet Mideast troubles, and wanted to show other Arabs it was willing to put their interests above its close ties to the United States. The White House, in a rare public retort Thursday, rejected the king's characterization of U.S. troops in Iraq as an "illegitimate foreign occupation," saying the United...

AL Franken found out the hard way not to mess with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who chided Franken as if he were a delinquent schoolboy at Time Warner Center on Monday night… When Pearlstine opened the floor for Q&A, Franken stood up in the back row and started talking about "judicial demeanor" and asking "hypothetically" about whether a judge should recuse himself if he had gone duck-hunting or flown in a private jet with a party in a case before his court. Franken was clumsily referring to the fact that Scalia had gone hunting and flying with Dick...