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    HUELSKAMP: The war on marriage and motherhood

    President Obama and I have very different notions of what a family is. For liberals, the family can apparently be everything from "Heather Has Two Mommies" to "Daddy's Roommate" to Hillary Rodham Clinton's "It Takes a Village." In the opinion of electoral majorities in Kansas and 40 other states, however, that does not a family make.

  • **FILE** Smoke rises March 15, 2011, from the badly damaged Unit 3 reactor (left), next to the Unit 4 reactor covered by an outer wall at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in Okuma, Japan. The emergency command center at Japan's stricken nuclear plant shook violently when hydrogen exploded at Unit 3 and the plant chief reacted by shouting, "This is serious, this is serious," reveal videos of the crisis as it happened. (Associated Press/Tokyo Electric Power Co., File)

    U.S. military sues Tokyo plant over nuclear disaster

    Members of the U.S. military who were tasked with helping Japan with the clean-up and recovery from its 2011 nuclear power leak are now suing, claiming the company lied and downplayed dangers.

  • Cpl. Berkeley Lewis, a rifleman with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, fires his M4 carbine during training at the SR-7 range at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. (Credit: U.S. Marine Corps)

    Marine Corps rapid-response team ordered to Africa to thwart another Benghazi attack

    U.S. Africa Command will get a new Marine Corps rapid response force as part of a plan to beef up its crisis response capabilities.

  • Illustration Pinocchiobama  by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    KUHNER: Thug-in-chief

    President Obama is losing the trust of the American people. In fact, he is repeatedly showing himself to be an incorrigible liar. The Obama administration is collapsing under the weight of its numerous lies and false statements.

  • The Washington Times

    MURDOCK: High price of Mideast oil

    America's economic well-being is at the mercy of the most thin-skinned hotheads on earth.

  • In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, photo, Will Copes and his son, Joseph, 4, stand outside their house in Lynch Station, Va. His brother, Gregory Copes, a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan, grew up in the home. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)

    Forgetting Afghan war, until death brings it home

    Staring out the window of his pickup, slowly trailing the hearse bearing his brother's body, Will Copes' eyes blurred with tears. In a few minutes he and his brother would be home, back to a town preoccupied with the first week of school and plans for weekend barbecues. A place far removed from an unrelenting, but all too easily forgotten war. Until now.

  • NBC defends 'Stars' show against Tutu's complaints

    NBC is defending its new series "Stars Earn Stripes" after nine Nobel Peace Prize winners complained the show treats military maneuvers like athletic events.

  • United States' Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant celebrate the men's gold medal basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

    London Olympics 2012: U.S. beats Spain 107-100 for gold in men's basketball

    This was no Dream Team. This was reality.

  • Nick Miller, left, and his sister Kendall Miller, center, from San Francisco, wear leotards in the colors of the United States national flag as they walk with a friend through Olympic Park at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London. Patriotism and the games have always gone together, but gone are the days when one just waved a flag. Now flags are worn, seen all over London and especially at Olympic Park and other spots where the games are being played. (Associated Press)

    Wear it proud: The flag as fashion statement

    There was no mystery as to which team Varun Pemmaraju was supporting: His American flag was tied around his neck, the Stars and Stripes floating like a cape behind him.

  • Gene Simmons and Kiss were in England on the Fourth of July, where they performed a benefit in London for the charity Help for Heroes, which aids British military veterans. (Associated Press)

    Kiss wants to rock and roll all night and honor every vet

    Friday night marks the official launch of Kiss' summer tour, a mammoth cross-country jaunt in support of the band's upcoming album, "Monster." Talk to a local veteran, however, and he'll tell you that the real tour started on Thursday evening, when Kiss staged a private show for 1,600 members of the U.S. military.

  • This holiday libation will surely offend purists, but the "Patriotic Red, White and Blue Martini" has got the color combination to truly celebrate the Fourth of July. (Hpnotiq)

    Inside the Beltway: Name that festival

    The American spirit of independence ensures that Fourth of July celebrations across the nation remain in the grass-roots realm, despite intense efforts by clever marketers and merchandisers to co-opt, standardize and "brand" such events.

  • R.O.T.C students unfurl a large American flag at the start of the Memorial Day Parade on Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C., Monday, May 28, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    DAVIS: The Flag Still Flies

    Today is Flag Day, June 14th. A day to show respect for the symbol of our country: the "Stars and Stripes", "Old Glory". Our flag is more than a unique design – America was the first nation to use a five-pointed star as early as 1777 – it is a representation of those who fly it.

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Retired Army Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II veteran and one of the nation's oldest Medal of Honor winners, raises the American flag on a 21-foot flagpole daily at sunrise and retires it at sunset in front of his suburban Richmond home - much to the chagrin of his local homeowners association.

    EDITORIAL: The evils of 'Little Brother'

    It's not always true that the form of government closest to the people is best. In some cases, it can be the worst. Unchecked by sufficient legal restraints, private homeowners associations (HOAs) have a reputation for going too far when it comes to upholding unnecessary and intrusive community rules.

  • President Barack Obama addresses troops at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

    HENRIKSEN: An echo of regrettable history

    From Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, President Obama addressed Americans in their homes thousands of miles away on the one-year anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in neighboring Pakistan.

  • An Oakland police officer walks outside of Oikos University in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

    Oakland mourns victims of deadly campus shooting

    Civic and religious leaders pleaded for an end to violence in Oakland after seven people were gunned down at a small Christian college by a suspect who police say was angry about being expelled and teased for his poor English skills.

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