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My friend Elizabeth Imus-LaDue died a few weeks ago. It’s taken me this long to write about it because it was hard to put into words what she meant to me.  A few years ago I wrote a book called “Mostly Sunny.”  It’s a memoir about my life and the …

This week as President Biden seemed to abandon all pretense of having a plan to address COVID-19, some are wondering whether a Silver Alert needs to be issued for Health & Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. Americans haven’t seen Becerra at a single White House COVID briefing.  They haven’t seen him at NIH events.  Unlike his predecessor Alex …

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Here’s how bad things are forjoe-biden” target=”_blank”> Joe Biden< even on those qualities that he has banked on throughout hisjoe-biden” target=”_blank”> career< There is no guarantee that 2022 will be any kinder to the president. Inflation will continue to run hot as employers will have to pay up for workers …

Do not be distracted by Russia’s announcement on Sunday of a troop withdrawal from the Ukrainian border. It may appear thatpersonalitiesis signaling, ahead of the just announced U.S.-Russia talks early next year, that it favors a diplomatic approach to resolving the current standoff with the U.S. and NATO over Ukraine. …

As the bad news surges and throbs again about the infectious-disease, you can easily sense the lack of political vitriol for this president. Joe Biden gets a free pass. On CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Dec. 19, reporter Mark Strassmann solemnly marked “another milestone in mourning.” “Bells tolled Thursday for …

I watch in amazement as politicians and government officials who support defunding the police and sanctuary-cities” target=”_blank”>sanctuary cities< (ICE).   Many of these cities have kicked ICE out of their jails and refuse to honor their detainers, which is a request to hold that person who is in the country illegally so …

Like the noisy neighbor throwing a raucous, late-night, blow-out, America just can’t be ignored.  Here are the five biggest lessons the rest of the world learned about U.S. foreign-policy” target=”_blank”>foreign policy in the Biden era< has been marked by a series of missteps, misdeeds and misfires. That’s not just my …