Politics

Obama’s ‘Teachable’ Shariah Moment

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. August 20, 2010

[Last] Friday night, Barack Obama gave his full-throated endorsement to a mosque and “cultural center” on private property that has been purchased in Lower Manhattan adjacent to the site where the World Trade Center’s twin towers once stood.  By Saturday,…

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Paul Ryan’s Friends

by G. Tracy Mehan, III August 17, 2010

Most conservative commentators, pundits and writers, including some affiliated with TAS, have been stalwart supporters of the remarkable Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and his consequential “A Roadmap for America’s Future,” which aims to reform entitlements, most notably Medicare, the tax…

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Obama Champions Religious liberty

by Catholic League August 17, 2010

President Obama said on Friday that he supports the right of Muslims to build a mosque near Ground Zero. Catholic League president Bill Donohue addressed this issue today:
President Obama is certainly right to insist that Muslims have the right…

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Obama’s Ground Zero Mosque

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. August 16, 2010

At a White House celebration of Ramadan in the company of representatives of several of the Nation’s most prominent Muslim Brotherhood front organizations, President Obama announced his strong support for one of their most immediate objectives: the construction of a…

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Coming to Grips with Shariah

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. August 11, 2010

Suddenly, it seems, everyone is talking about Shariah.  In particular, growing controversies over proposed mosques at Ground Zero and other sites are becoming powerful “teaching moments” – raising awareness about the repressive theo-political-military-legal doctrine that animates the builders and that…

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Needed: Plain English

by Tom Purcell August 10, 2010

“My question to you is simple,” I said, as I sat across from the government bureaucrat and his interpreter. “Why doesn’t the government communicate in plain English?”
“Your query poses prospective considerations,” said the bureaucrat, “that rise above and beyond…

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On “Bashing” Muslims

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. August 5, 2010

Last week, a tectonic shift took place in the firmament of the War of Ideas.  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich directly and forcefully took on Shariah, the totalitarian theo-political-military program of authoritative Islam that its adherents seek to impose on…

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An Open Letter from Alexis de Tocqueville to President Barack Obama and the American People

by Jonathan Witt August 4, 2010

I think that the oppression threatening democracies will not be like anything there has been in the world before….
I see an innumerable crowd of men, all alike and equal, turned in upon themselves in a restless search for those…

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Thomas More Law Center to File Brief Supporting Arizona’s Immigration Law

by Thomas More Law Center August 2, 2010

Following an American military adage to “ride to the sound of the guns, ” the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national, public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced today that it plans to file a brief…

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Ideology v. Reality

by Ken Connor July 31, 2010

The dog days of summer are almost upon us, and as autumn approaches and the midterm elections loom, the American people have many important issues on their minds.  One of the most important issues is whether Congress will elect to…

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