While nationally, all eyes are on the government takeover of the health care industry, a proposal to ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking has New York’s chefs and restaurateurs up in arms. Banning a food staple like salt, one of the oldest and most ubiquitous seasonings, may sound …

President Obama’s speech on Thursday outlining the failures that led the government to miss a would-be terrorist bomber on Christmas Day demonstrated very clearly that after almost two weeks of dealing with a national security crisis he still has the wrong priorities. And, he can’t be on time — even …

In 2009 President Obama began his term in office by apologizing to the world for past-perceived U.S. transgressions of arrogance and heavy-handedness. The president appeared to believe that if he just changed the tone he could unilaterally disarm our enemies and win back our allies. The fact is, since Obama …

America’s homeland-security amnesia never ceases to amaze. In the aftermath of the botched Times Square terror attack, Pakistani-born bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad’s U.S. citizenship status caused a bit of shock and awe. The Atlantic magazine writer Jeffrey Goldberg’s response was typical: “I am struck by the fact that he is …

There is no doubt that a small number of high profile Republican 2010 primary candidates are sore losers and Republican Party poopers. When someone makes a decision to throw their hat in the ring and align themselves with a political party, they owe it to that party and its members …

Out of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of the president and first lady of Poland and many other Polish officials, Poland will emerge stronger and more united as a nation and a people. Nations that suffer the loss of leaders either by sudden accident or intentional acts …

Poor President Obama. Everybody is picking on him. Some people don’t understand how hard his job is. Others are just mean and selfish. That’s the latest White House whine, as though the most powerful man in the world is a victim of sinister domestic forces beyond his reach. The woe-is-me …

President Obama gave his 28th speech on health care reform to a joint session of Congress this past week. Too bad the presidency doesn’t consist solely of such “big occasion” speeches. The president excels in this area. Unfortunately, the basic principles he enunciated in this 28th rendition suffered from the …

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:10:15 +0000 – By Andrea TantarosRepublican Political Commentator/FoxNews.com Contributor Finally, Sarah Palin speaks out against the mainstream media who slandered and slaughtered her this past election cycle in an interview with documentary filmmaker John Ziegler. Though it is absolutely unfathomable that she still must defend her …

President Obama and his political team — starring David Axelrod, Rahm Emmanuel, and Robert Gibbs — will begin a full court press with the American public today to sell their $1 trillion dollar plan to drastically increase government involvement in, and control over, the nation’s health care industry. The president …