Bob McCarty Writes

If Barack Obama can’t be trusted to safeguard information about his own Secret Service agents, can he be trusted with vital national security secrets?
I ask the question above after observing the president-elect engaging in post-news conference “happy talk” (i.e., non-political banter) with members of the Washington press corps this morning.
After bringing up the subject of [...]

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Only hours away from the kickoff of the FedEx BCS National Championship Game in Miami, I find myself reflecting upon how the college football bowl season has kept this former Oklahoma quarterback-turned blogger busy during the last two weeks.

The bowl season began for me Dec. 28 when I published my second annual college football bowl [...]

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I’m excited about the opportunity to watch the #1 Oklahoma Sooners take on the #2 Florida Gators in the BCS National Championship tonight in Miami.  Why?  Because I share a lot in common with Oklahoma’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford.
For instance:

I know what it’s like to be the starting quarterback for an Oklahoma football team;

I [...]

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The #3 Texas Longhorns never gave up.  Despite giving up a touchdown to #10 Ohio State with less than 3 minutes to go in the game, the Big 12 South squad from Austin kept their composure, marched down field and scored with 17 seconds to go to defeat the Buckeyes in a squeaker in the [...]

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