Archive for: February 2012

Amidst the hoopla, cheers, and ear-piercing whistles of enthusiastic approval for Republican presidential nominees at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, several themes emerged. The most important of these centered on the conflict between what may be titled American foundationalism …

It’s been more than a decade since Islamic terrorists attacked the U.S., yet the agency created to protect the nation from another strike is asleep at the wheel, failing to adequately screen the monstrous amounts of cargo that enter the …

Blacks were once enslaved in America. Jews were once persecuted and killed by Germany’s NAZI Party. Thomas Jefferson fought and defeated Muslims who were, even that long ago, targeting Christians because they believed their religion mandated such of …

The 39th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) conference kicked off with a prayer long enough to be listed on the program. Which is an important consideration in a conference this large. Some 6,000 conservative activists are gathered today, Friday …

Barack Obama may have just lost the election. He has foolishly gone to war in an election year with tens of millions of Catholics, Protestants and Jews – Democrat, Republican and independent alike. He has thrown down a radical feminist …

Time and time again I hear Republican politicians refer to Barack Obama’s administration as a total failure. That couldn’t be further from the truth. The current presidency is among the most successful in my lifetime, even though it pains me …

Our Constitution is under constant attack.1 One of themost pernicious attacks is being waged by those who seek to override the constitutional provisions under which The States, as political entities, elect the President; and to replace it with …

Where is the separation between Church and State that causes such an outrage with the Socialist Marxist Liberal Democrats and the Progressives? They fervently complained constantly about saying “One Nation Under God”, in our “Pledge of Allegiance” is against the …

The United States is a nation whose national character has been shaped by the perception that there is limitless economic abundance, and Americans believed it was possible, with the right combination of intelligence, hard work, a little luck and good …

In the 9/20/11 issues of Sojourners magazine is an advertisement for the 2012 Gladdening Light Symposium featuring Jesus Seminar scholar John Dominic Crossan. Part of the ad copy reads, “Feed the soul, savor the beauty, and experience the communion …

Stunned Americans are questioning, “Why would Obama, in an election year, boldly trash the first amendment, forcing Catholic institutions to provide birth control, abortion drugs and other contraceptive services which goes against their faith?” These baffled, naïve people still do …

Days ago, the government announced employers added 243,000 new jobs. And unemployment fell for a fifth straight month. So why does this feel kind of phony?

A local writer wrote a recent column praising the late journalist Christopher Hitchens, who passed away last December 15th. In reading a number of the writer’s columns over the past few years, it’s apparent that Hitchens has greatly influenced her …

I’ve gotten some very interesting emails regarding President Obama’s mandate commanding Roman Catholics (and many evangelical Protestants) to violate their consciences by providing mandatory contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing pharmaceuticals. The emailers noted that Obama’s action will force Catholics to …

Even before the final results had been determined in Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado, the liberal media cabal was in high gear incessantly reminding America that the decisive wins by Rick Santorum were not legally binding. Thus, his incredibly strong showing …