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By Dick J. Batchelor As Mitt Romney prepares to accept the Republican Party presidential nomination in Tampa, he faces a number of challenges. First, he needs to introduce or, in some cases, reintroduce himself to the American voter. According to the...

For the past year, I've regularly been trading views on the presidential race with writers from the right, looking for trends, points of agreement and areas of divergence. For the last installment in this series, I've invited back Christine Dudley......

While Southern Baptist theologian R. Albert Mohler Jr. didn't come right out and endorce Mitt Romney in his recent telephone conferece call with Florida pastors, Southern Baptist leader Richard Land — breaking with a tradition of not endorcing...

In advance of the 2008 election, Focus on the Family released "Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America," warning their followers what life would be like in the fall of 2012 were Barack Obama to be elected. It's both frightening and......

Politically, it was a status quo election. Democrats held on to the White House and their majority in the U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s voting. Republicans preserved their majority in the House and increased by one their hold on the majority......

I've had a lot of people ask me to to put my full guide to understanding this year's constitutional amendments in one place. So here 'tis … Constitutionally confused? Let me help Many of you say you need guidance on this year's constitutional...

Found in the surf (Part One is here) The pitch is that these two men are a kind of Geek Squad for the nation: efficient problem solvers who love numbers and analysis. Romney has the executive skills and Ryan knows......

It’s not his ignorance of human biology that makes Missouri congressman Todd Akin so toxic to his fellow Republicans. Christian Gooden, St. Louis Post-Dispatch photo / August 10, 2012 Yes, the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate gave voice in a......

Former Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. presents a 20-point platform for Republicans to "be proud of" ("A platform for the next Republican nominee," Nov. 18). Let's examine each of these points in detail, and the reader can decide if any of them are...

I feel compelled to write in response to Archbishop William Lori's commentary on religious freedom ("A fight for freedom," June 12). He claims an assault on religious freedom is under way in this country because the federal government refuses to finance...

BEIJING (AP) — A government think tank is urging Chinese leaders to start phasing out China's one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015, a daring proposal to do away with the unpopular policy. Some demographers...

President Obama overcame a disappointingly slow economic recovery and a massive advertising onslaught to win a second term Tuesday night, forging a coalition of women, minorities and young people that reflects the changing political face of America. The...