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It was a long walk.

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama says one of his missions after leaving office will be to develop a new generation of leaders on issues such as climate change, criminal justice reform and expanding health insurance coverage.

Are liberals influenced by entertainers?

I have some good news and some bad news. Bad news first? There may be an incoming solar storm that completely destroys the electrical grid and ends life as we know it. The good news? Idaho will be a good place to be.

Tuesday night will mark the last time President Obama travels to Capitol Hill to address both houses of Congress for his annual State of the Union speech. Aides have announced that the speech will focus mainly on the president's optimistic outlook about America's future, along with a look back at his administration's achievements.

I live in the house without a television.  Let me clear that line up.  I live in a house without a television hooked up.  There were three TV sets capable of entertaining me at my last house in Delaware.  Because a now ex-girlfriend was living there mostly as a tenant the last 11 months I was paying for television there...

Nothing personal but I’m one Roman Catholic worn down searching for a Pope Francis decoder ring.  Since many of my friends and I carry a more orthodox view of our faith we tread softly around the Francis dilemma.  We wouldn’t want to offend and perhaps harm any opportunities for an afterlife.  F...

Do we need any further evidence news media is filled with self-abusers than the latest hyperventilating about Sarah Palin?  The former Alaska Governor spoke Wednesday at the Capitol Hill rally in opposition to President Obama’s “agreement” with his co-religionists in Iran...

You know it’s late in the game when the global elites have established a full court press.  Growing up in northern reaches of Appalachia most of the school gymnasiums dated from the Works Progress Administration.  These were tiny bandboxes where a player stepping out-of-bounds would end up on your lap...

Out for a drive this week I tuned in to a public radio show hosted by Terry Gross.  The program is called Fresh Air and generally features a fawning Gross asking highly personal questions of guests.  Monday’s victim was a comedian who interviewed President Obama in the comedian’s garage for a podcast...

When the Persians demanded the vastly outnumbered Spartans at Thermopylae surrender their weapons the response was two words:  “Molon labe!”  The Spartan Greeks response was simple.  “Come and take them!” in a language we understand...

I won’t say taxes is a dirty word. I do conclude the people who collect our taxes are filthy no good bast****! I’m not opposed to paying taxes. Perhaps a national sales tax is needed. A “user” tax. You can avoid taxation by buying less...

As an American do you enjoy freedom of religion or freedom of worship and what’s the difference?  President Obama likes to refer to “freedom of worship” and it now appears his phraseology has trickled down through his administration.  This story attests to the subtle changes...

Now that President Obama has an agreement with Iran both his former Defense Secretary and CIA Director call a mistake then what next?  Leon Panetta and David Petraeus both believe Iran will cheat on any promise made to Obama.  A great many not only on the right but on the political left fear the President has been duped or is clearly naïve and, yet...

President Obama recently stopped at Boise State University as part of his Post-State-of-the-Union tour.  Below is the video of his BSU speech.

While it isn't always helpful to point fingers, the gridlock in Washington does make one wonder who needs to get moving.  Especially with leaders all over the map pointing fingers at the guy across the aisle. Who do you think is most to blame...

In the latest of what seems like an endless string of debates, the candidates for the GOP nomination for president in the 2012 election went head-to-head yet again on Saturday night, this time in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Dubbed the ‘Commander-in-Chief Debate’ and sponsored by CBS News and National Journal, it was the first of the cycle to appear on network television and to focus on foreign po

The White House has released President Obama's long-form birth certificate, saying the document is "proof positive" the president was born in Hawaii.

This will eventually be decided by the Supreme Court. But until then, another lawsuit has been dismissed. The lawsuit argued that Congress does not have the power under the Constitution to require health care purchases and that the mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993...

Top Story Podcast for January 26th, 2011: Your Reaction To President Obama's Speech Looking for an older show? Check the Top Story Podcast Archive.