Editor’s note: The following op-ed originally appeared in Fox News Opinion on July 3, 2013. In the 1850s, Abraham Lincoln’s rhetoric was suffused with a profound sense of loss. He considered it shameful national backsliding that a new affirmative defense of slavery had arisen in the South. At the time …

Goodbye to my friend, my role model and the greatest public servant I know, New Jersey Democrat Senator Frank Lautenberg, who died Monday at age 89. Goodbye to the last member of the Greatest Generation in the United States Senate and the last of the liberal lions. Goodbye to the …

I looked in the paper and saw a doctor’s office in need of a bilingual receptionist, someone who could schedule appointments for patients – it was perfect for me. I didn’t realize it was an abortion clinic. I was a Christian but abortion was not at the top of my …

The Labor Department announced the economy only created 88,000 jobs in March as many more adults quit looking for work than found jobs—for many Americans, good job remain tough to find. The headline unemployment rate is 7.6 percent, but adding in adults who are discouraged and quit looking for work …

Editor’s note: Author Scott Pinsker is a marketing and publicity expert who writes occasionally for Fox News Opinion. This is his vision of a speech he would like to see delivered by leaders at the National Rifle Association. It has not been delivered by the NRA. Greetings. My name is …

President Obama willingly admits he dispatched CIA agents to kill an American and his teenage son and the son’s American friend while they were in a desert in Yemen in 2011. He says he did so because the adult had encouraged folks to wage war on the United States and …

Two top American officials made important statements about the economy Monday. One pledged to help spur growth and get more people back to work. The other was President Obama. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, sounding like the nation’s CEO, said that there are positive signs but that the Fed wants …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Color Bind Some black conservatives are taking heat for their involvement in the mostly white Tea Party movement. A member of a group of black conservatives, who support free market principles and limited government, says: “I’ve been told I hate myself. I’ve …

You catch her eye across the aisle. Not once, but again and again. You know that look. Can it be? Is this girl interested? You give her that knowing look back and then “the nod.” Getting up from your seat, you hear the click of her belt releasing. You meet …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Try, Try Again It may be back to the drawing board for the world’s climate scientists. In the wake of mistakes, errors and apparent cover-ups surrounding global warming research, Britain’s Meteorological Office is suggesting a do-over. The proposal was presented Monday to …