Politics

Right v. Rectitude

by Ken Connor August 21, 2010

The growing opposition to plans for a Muslim cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero have prompted some on the Left to speak out in defense of religious freedom in America.  On August 16th, pundit Keith Olbermann took opponents of…

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“Eat-Easies” – Coming in 2050?

by Tom Purcell August 20, 2010

After a big meal, I fell into a restless sleep and dreamt it was 2050 …
“Follow me,” said a jittery old man as we hurried through a dark alley to a warehouse door.
The man knocked on the door…

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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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