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I read an interesting quote the other day, on a church front, which went something like this: "Those who actually seek out 'pleasure' rarely find it." This is a very appropriate slogan for an organization with a religious point of view. Religion, by its nature,...
I am, of course, delighted by the death of terrorist ringleader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq. I'm glad that he apparently had a chance to suffer before actually dying. I have no illusions that al-Zarqawi's death will have any major impact on terrorism in Iraq, and...
There are so many platitudes about immigration--some cloaked in sincerity, and others completely meaningless. The truth really isn't that complicated. The answer is not open immigration, or a closed society. The answer is a free society. A free society is one in which...
Should President Bush be impeached, as some Democrats in Congress are now reportedly considering? Absolutely not. Why not? Clinton lied and he got impeached; why shouldn't Bush? President Clinton committed perjury in a sexual harassment trial. The entire world knew of...
Most talk of addictions as something over which the individual is helpless. Yet how does this explain that so many end their addictions? People quit smoking all the time. People quit alcohol. They quit nail-biting. They even quit heroin and crack cocaine. These are...
Some of the most interesting aspects of the war against terrorism are found not in coverage about the war in Iraq, but from coverage of talk in the United States. Consider this recent news report: Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli...
"We [the Iranians] have a right to have nuclear technology. We are a nation with an ancient civilization and rich culture. I think it's really hypocritical of Mr. Bush to criticize Iran for having nuclear technology while Pakistan, India and Israel have nuclear...
The conservative movement favors the expansion of religion/state fusion at home while opposing the inevitable results of religion/state fusion abroad.
"We've sent a message to the world that the United States is not like the terrorists," McCain said earlier as he sat next to Bush in the Oval Office. "We have no grief for them, but what we are is a nation that upholds values and standards of behavior and treatment of...
"Sooner or later you figure out that pragmatism and compromise are principles in a democracy. It's not selling out your convictions." This, according to former President Bill Clinton in a major speech several days ago. President Clinton is wrong. Pragmatism means...
There's so much talk of "attention deficit disorder" in children today. The unquestioned, never disputed premise is that brain chemistry causes young people not to pay attention. Yet attention deficits were never such problems in earlier eras. What gives? A major...
There is no “freedom of religion” to do what it pleases. The only type of freedom relevant to religion is the right to practice religion privately, without imposing force on other people.
Democrats and Republicans, liberal media as well as Fox News, all seem to take for granted the following position on Iraq, as (in this instance) reported today at MSNBC.com: "The constitution is a crucial step in Iraq's transition to democracy after two decades of...
Back in the 1990s, when President Bill Clinton was running for re-election, he was given the "welfare reform" bill to sign. He was between a rock and a hard place because, as a liberal, he of course did not want to sign a bill that undercut the ability of the federal...
Does it make sense to "have faith" as a way of coping with life? Literally speaking, to "have faith" means to suspend reason. Reason includes looking at facts, logic and using simple common sense. Reason is our means of coping and, ultimately, survival. Reason is...
Hurricane Katrina was a disaster, not only for the obvious reasons but for the less obvious reasons: the aftermath. By aftermath, am I referring to the alleged ineptitude of the federal government? No way. By aftermath, I mean the spectacle of political and...
Why is there looting and raping in New Orleans? What does it say about the people there? What nobody wants to talk about is the psychology of helplessness. We all know that a large number of the victims in New Orleans are poor, black, and in many cases dependent on...
It's easy to proclaim that the U.S. uses too much oil; that the U.S. is evil because it fights "wars for oil" in the Middle East. It's still easier to shout that there's NO way in hell our government should permit drilling for oil in Alaska, off shore, or really...
The "Washington Post" recently reported: "Iran resumes processing yellowcake uranium in Isfahan, rejecting a European deal and ignoring warnings of possible U.N. sanctions." (8/9/05, front page) What makes the Iranian government unique is that it shrinks from nothing....
Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) is challenging Senator Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) long-held liberal bromide that "it takes a village" to raise a child with the long-held conservative bromide that "it takes a family" to raise a child. Both should read my comments in Grow Up...
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, admitted that the problem of Iran's growing nuclear weapons capability has to be "dealt with." She didn't say exactly how or when, but later on in the interview she did comment,...
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