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By J. Grant Swank, Jr. “In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans … have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense...

November 22, 2009 I've been a little surprised at just how little has been mentioned about this particular date in history thus far. On allvoices.com, for instance, there are only a bare handful of articles concerning the Kennedy assassination. Two...

Nov. 22, 2009 “I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.” - President John F. Kennedy, Oct. 26, 1963 It’s been 46 years since that awful day in Dallas when President John F....

"Move over, Bernie Madoff," said Sen. Christopher Bond (R., Mo.). "Tip your hat to a trillion-dollar scam." That just about sums up the reaction of many Republicans, Moderates and millions of Americans who have been opposed to the latest $848...

J. Grant Swank, Jr. She was not ready to hoist our turkey knife-upward either. She was livid. She was after Martha Stewart. For certain. And this wife of mine is a Martha Stewart loyal royal. She loves her show. Martha...

The Catholic Church, which heavily influenced and even authored language of the anti-abortion language in the health care bill in the House, in clear violation of the constitution, has escalated its war over the separation of church and state by...

Democrats united to push health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans who were eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. The 60-39 vote yesterday cleared the way for a bruising, full-scale...

WASHINGTON – A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. The bill...

Please read the following words: "If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help." Those sentences were to be part of a speech presented by President John F. Kennedy...

President Barack Obama “is being failed by his economic team” and should replace Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and White House Economic Policy Director Larry Summers, says US House Representative Peter DeFazio, The Raw Story reports. The well-known member of the...