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President Ronald Reagan delivers his Inaugural Address on January 20, 1981. Image in the public domain.

Fifty days to Trump Inaugural Address

With just over 50 days to go until the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, we can hope that he comes to the podium ready to deliver an inaugural address for the ages. Here are the video recordings of all 16 inaugural addresses since President-elect Trump's birth in 1946.

U.S. Constitution

The Constitution is our national strategy

Contrary to conventional wisdom (which is invariably wrong), the United States Constitution is the nation's strategy for greatness. The strategy entails invincible self-defense; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations; and, entangling alliances with none.

President-elect Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Bedminster, N.J.. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Is it time to give Donald Trump a chance?

In less than three weeks, the euphoria has faded and the reality of leading is setting in. Some people who were adamant Trump supporters are now complaining about his decisions. Now the cries abound on social media that President-elect Trump has "betrayed" his base.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of an EU-Ukraine summit at the European Council building in Brussels on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Time is running out in Ukraine

Pro-Ukrainian demonstrators this week vandalized the Kiev branch of a Russian bank and the offices of a pro-Russia political movement. They also rifled through the offices of the Ukrainian envoy to the Trilateral Contact Group, the international body attempting to settle the conflict with pro-Russia separatists in the east. Vandals set fires, destroyed equipment and broke windows.

The Old Mission church in Solvang, known as Queen of the Missions

The Amtrak Pacific Surfliner: All Aboard!

All Aboard! We departed San Diego on Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner traveling five hours along the coast to the town of Solvang where everything is centered in the Danish tradition and replicating true Danish architecture and customs. Then America's Riviera.

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S. foreign policy: Global dominance

Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson tactlessly sermonized that, "The United States was the locomotive of mankind and the rest of the world was the caboose." The supreme arrogance of the secretary's bifurcation made no friends but endless enemies.