The semester at Liberty University was barely over when I decided to fly half way around the world to see for myself what was happening among the world’s most war torn people — the Syrians. As Liberty University’s Vice President responsible for our Center for Global Engagement, it’s part of …
Read More »Is Obama White House failing crisis management test?
Editor’s note: The following excerpts are from a discussion about the IRS scandal anchored by FNC’s Jonathan Hunt with Fox News contributor and former White House Special Counsel Lanny Davis. The interview ran on May 20 on FoxNews.com Live: “I would think that a White House counsel would give a …
Read More »America, there is hope in courageous Boston bombing survivor’s story
Her name is Kaitlynn Cates, and she is a 25 year old woman who was standing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon two weeks ago when the first bomb went off, blowing her into the air and damaging her right leg. She told me she was bleeding profusely …
Read More »Mother's Day 2015: No mother is 'just a mom'
Henry Nouwen, the internationally renowned author, proposed that every human being is hounded by a single question: “Who am I?” Have truer words ever been spoken? But I’m certain, more specifically, that this is the question every woman is hounded by not long after she becomes a mother. “Who am …
Read More »Des Moines Register publishes gun-ban column advocating deadly violence against NRA, GOP leaders
Donald Kaul retired earlier this year. Now he has decided to return to writing occasional opinion columns for OtherWords.org. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. brought out all his ugliness. In a column that appeared after the shooting with the headline “Kaul: Nation needs a new agenda …
Read More »Hillary Clinton's fawning farewell tour a wake-up call for Republicans
She came, she cried, she conquered, proving it will take more than a lethal terror attack on her watch to sink the unsinkable Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton sailed triumphantly through Congress last week on her way out the State Department door, shredding expectations she would face a tough grilling. The …
Read More »Why Americans Do Not Trust the Federal Government
A new study by Pew Research says that 76 percent of Americans do not trust the federal government, at least some of the time. Also, just 25 percent of Americans think Congress is doing a good job. So what’s behind this? The Pew people say it is driven by economics, …
Read More »The Message Behind Obama's Broken Promises
You know, symbols mean something. Anybody who’s read the new Dan Brown book probably developed at least a passing interest in symbolism in the icons that we see every day. But let me show you something I find fascinating about two of history’s most important icons. Stay with me; this …
Read More »The Tea Party and Extremism
Two weeks ago, I said this: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BILL O’REILLY: Some of these Tea Party people are nuts. They are. They’re crazy. I mean, we sent Jesse Watters down there, and he puts the number at about 10 percent that are just loons, out of their mind. Every group …
Read More »When Not All Moochers Are Alike
So the head of GM says his company’s going to pay back all that money we taxpayers gave it by June. June. All of it. With interest and early — just like the banks. I wonder if then, Ed Whitacre and company will be treated just like the banks. I …
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