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Here’s the one thing: We’re told that when there’s smoke, there’s fire; but is that really true? There’s a rotten smell coming from ACORN, the community organizing group of 400,000 or so people in 110 cities that became notorious for voter registration fraud allegations during the 2008 election. We have …

Miss California will keep her crown for now and Donald Trump will announce Tuesday if she’ll keep her title. The state beauty pageant has been investigating whether she violated her contract by failing to reveal that she posed in her underwear as a teenager. But while most of the media …

If you’re anything like me then listening to the media, the so-called “experts” and career politicians on TV makes you want to scream until blood shoots out of your eyes. You know, when I first heard of the tea parties, I didn’t think much of it. I figured they would …

By itself, the White House’s campaign to blunt the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s opposition to health care reform by persuading member companies to break with the organization is hardball politics, but as the saying goes: Politics ain’t beanbag. But is that all there is to it? Remember what happened when …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Doing It for the Kids First lady Michelle Obama arrived in Copenhagen Wednesday to offer her support for Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics. Her husband will leave shortly on Air Force One to meet her there and make his case. …

While the rest of the media is focused on the protests as a sign of a possible revolution in Iran, the one thing they’re missing is that if Iran is truly looking for revolutionary change, they need some support. I’ll explain what I mean in a minute, but first to …

It was inevitable: Cars are getting high-speed Internet access and turning into mobile Wi-Fi hotspots. It’s great for impatient backseat passengers and drivers who want the latest navigation information on summer trips, but could Web access someday open up the family minivan to hackers? Autonet Mobile recently announced that Volkswagen …

Saturday morning I came across that infamous photo of Tony Hawk skateboarding down the White House corridors and instantly I turned from my normal, happy-go-lucky self into a raging old coot — waving my garden hose at kids pulling wheelies on my front lawn. Now, am I right to be …

Chloe Levine was born seemingly perfect — she was the happy and healthy baby her parents had dreamed of. But by the time she was 9 months old, Chloe was not reaching the milestones her older sister Shayla had met at that age. Chloe’s right hand was constantly clenched in …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Let’s Make a Deal Is Majority Leader Harry Reid trying to buy a senator’s vote for health care reform? Reid’s bill includes a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for what it calls certain states recovering from a major disaster. On page 434 …