Politics

Disastrously ‘Transforming’ defense

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. July 13, 2010

Barack Obama came to office promising to “fundamentally transform” America.  As President, he has done so with most obvious and dramatic effect in the government’s take-over of more and more of the private sector of the U.S. economy.  Almost entirely…

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Elena Kagan’s Revealing Commerce Clause Evasion

by Kevin Schmiesing PhD July 8, 2010

Many Americans have a vague sense that the United States has drifted far from its constitutional origins. Every once in a while, something happens that prods us to recognize just how far we’ve gone.
Such was the case last week,…

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Doctrinaire Libertarianism vs. American Sovereignty

by Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson July 8, 2010

Recently, Bill O’Reilly interviewed John Stossel about the dangerous situation along Arizona’s porous border with Mexico. Stossel is probably my favorite reporter. I admire the way he demolishes popular myths, particularly economic myths. However, on the topic of how to…

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Washington State Capitulates, Recognizes Pharmacists’ Conscience Rights

by The Becket Fund July 8, 2010

This afternoon, less than two weeks before the start of a civil rights trial in Tacoma federal court, attorneys for the State of Washington told a federal judge that the State would seek to create new rules for pharmacists with…

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Farewell to Space

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. July 7, 2010

Just when you thought Barack Obama’s toadying to Islam could not get any worse, now comes this:  The President directed the new administrator of NASA, retired Marine Major General Charles Bolden, as “perhaps [his] foremost” charge to “find a way…

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America’s Destiny Must Be Freedom

by Ray Nothstine July 5, 2010

Ralph Waldo Emerson described America as “the land that has never become, but is always in the act of becoming.” Many Americans don’t feel that way as pessimism has replaced a once vibrant optimism about the future. Economic malaise, crippling…

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A Shrine to Shariah?

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. July 3, 2010

The supremacist program authoritative Islam calls Shariah is big on symbols.  Arguably, none is more effective than its practice of building mosques on its conquests’ most sacred sites.
In Jerusalem, triumphant Muslims built the Al-Aqsa mosque on top of the…

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Colombia’s Presidential Election: Not “Too Close to Call” This Time

by Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson June 26, 2010

The just-completed Colombian presidential election took place in two stages. The first round took place on May 30. There were multiple candidates. Since nobody received an outright majority, the top two vote-getters (Juan Manuel Santos at 47 percent and Antanas…

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Is There a Message for Obama in Lincoln’s Religion?

by Dr. L. John VanTil June 26, 2010

Since the Rev. Jeremiah Wright incident during the last presidential campaign, there has been low-level grousing by many Christians regarding Obama’s religious convictions. He has claimed to be a Christian, but there is little traditional evidence of a consistent Christian…

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A Question of English Usage?

by John Couretas June 25, 2010

Christianity Today looks at the way the State Department has recently begun using the phrase “freedom of worship” instead of “freedom of religion.” The Obama Administration sees these phrases as more or less equivalent.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton echoed…

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