With the midterm elections finally behind us, it’s a good time for creatively looking ahead and considering some out-of-the-box ideas for moving this country forward — and, as President Obama would say, out of the ditch. As an American, influenced strongly by Catholic Christian ideals, here are my thoughts on what needs to be done.…

The Republicans have taken over the House and nearly retaken the Senate. Are things really about to fundamentally change in Washington? How can the new Congress prove that it means business? Here’s something that’s been making the rounds via e-mail. The idea is that everyone pass it along to 20 people and form a movement…

A couple of noteworthy quotes from over the weekend. “The country’s 24-hour [news cycle] did not cause our problems but its existence makes solving them that much harder. If we amplify everything, we hear nothing. There are terrorists and racists and Stalinists and Theocrats. But those are titles that must be earned. You must have…

The Drudge Report is leaking some tidbits from Decision Points (due out Nov. 9), George W. Bush’s highly-anticipated memoir chronicling the most important decisions in his life. Faith, it seems, played a major role in helping him not only to make those decisions but to stand by them. With chapter titles that include Quitting (on…

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