Archive for: June 2011

It is my firm belief that as American citizens, we have an unquestionable Right to question the validity of any government or quasi governmental order, law, etc.. And, I believe the case of Budd vs. New York, 143 U.S. 517, …

By: Mitch Poremba

Being a strong conservative who watches Fox, the Judge on Freedom Watch and listens to “The Great One”, Mark Levin, believe that Republicans and Conservatives have wondered too far in policing the World and Nation Building.

On Thursday, July 7, 2011 the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence will hold a hearing entitled “Hezbollah in Latin America – Implications for U.S. Homeland Security,” according to Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA), the committee’s chairman.

In a June 21st piece at National Review Online, Rich Lowry suggests that Republicans are becoming increasingly disdainful of former president George W. Bush. He’s probably right about that, and it’s a shame.

The much vaunted reconciliation between rival Palestinian Arab groups Hamas and Fatah still remains a mirage almost two months after the widely publicized signing of a reconciliation agreement in Cairo between the two groups on 4 May.

A recent “Washington Times” article entitled: “USDA gay-sensitivity training seeks larger audience” by Rowan Scarborough caught my attention the other day. The article got me to thinking the USDA is opting for a new designation. Instead of the United States …

By: Tracy Miller

One of the arguments for healthcare reform is that millions of Americans with employer-provided healthcare are underinsured. Proponents of this view are saying that people are underinsured if they are paying too many of their healthcare costs …

The last time I threw my hat into the ring, in 2008, I garnered four supporters. But this looks like an ABO year, anybody but Obama, and so I may do better. I tested the water on the …

The most significant domestic terrorism threat over the next five years will be the lone actor, or “lone wolf” terrorist. They typically draw ideological inspiration from formal terrorist organizations, but operate on the fringes of those movements.

Last week, we talked a bit about the meaning of concupiscence in the Church’s moral tradition. The good news about concupiscence is that it is not sin but merely the “tinder for sin,” and therefore temptation is not a …

In 1997, Timothy Pigford sued the Department of Agriculture alleging he was treated unfairly in farm loan decisions because he is black.  His case became a class action lawsuit known asPigford v. Glickman.  [Dan] Glickman was the …

Speaking to the American people from the White House Wednesday night in a televised speech that lasted about 15 minutes, President Barack Obama revealed no surprises when he announced the drawdown of the “surge” in Afghanistan during his much-anticipated speech.

By: Partick J. Reilly

Even as the nation’s bishops react with alarm to a recent Montana Supreme Court ruling allowing physician-assisted suicide, their efforts are being undermined by ethics and law professors at several Jesuit universities.

By: Gary Paduch

I’ve seen it for 40 years: Big, ugly, stupid buildings. A prime example is the Ocean Center at Daytona Beach, Florida. I see it over and over. Huge, ugly conference centers, convention centers, performing arenas, art centers, every …

If Alfred E. Newman with his “What me worry?” grin was President of the United States he couldn’t do a more pathetic imitation of leadership than we are currently witnessing in Chicago on the Potomac.

Dismissing the easy visuals of an …