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- Article · Nov 25, 2009Account of the First Harvest Feast and Thanksgiving
happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted, for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful … salvation. And [to] present our supplications ... that He would forgive our manifold sins and cause the benign religion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to be known, understood
- Opinion · Nov 20, 2009Sally Quinn on Sarah Palin -- Versus Reality
would be like featuring a column by Fidel Castro on free enterprise and individual liberties. On her mini-bio, Quinn writes: “I announced to my parents when … complete control (“I don’t believe in coincidences”) and yet he allows or causes terrible things to happen to people. Here’s a sampling of Quinn’s ill-informed, sneering
- Opinion · Nov 18, 2009Excused Horrors
free market think tanks around the world to spread the ideas of personal liberty, private property rights and limited government. So far, they have been successful in at least … said that over the years, he has frequently asked students how many deaths were caused by Joseph Stalin and Mao Tsetung and their successors. Routinely, they gave numbers
- Opinion · Nov 12, 2009Wedded to Vitriol, Backers of Gay Marriage Stumble
confusion, misinformation, and ignorance emerge victorious over liberty.” When will it occur to supporters of same-sex marriage that they do their cause no good by characterizing those who disagree
- Opinion · Nov 11, 2009Obama Needs Leadership Transfusion
other choice. These wars have fallen into the category of inherited problems -- less national causes than a distant uncle’s debt. Obama’s high-profile international speeches -- such … They believe, and they rightly believe, that their sons saved the liberty of the world.” Once a decision is made on Afghanistan, Obama will need a similar transfusion
- Opinion · Nov 11, 2009Constitutional Contempt
regulate activities that have an effect on interstate commerce,” pointing out that demonstrations cause traffic jams and therefore interferes with interstate commerce? Speaker Pelosi’s constitutional contempt, perhaps ignorance … going to remain a relatively free people or permit the insidious encroachment on our liberties to continue. Where in the U.S. Constitution does it authorize Congress to force Americans
- Opinion · Nov 10, 2009Jihadists in the Military
Most top federal agencies, including the Pentagon and DHS, now have offices of “civil liberties,” offices recommended by the 9/11 Commission to focus on “outreach” to the Muslim community … percent. Even if that figure is accurate, one hundred million jihadists can cause a lot of damage, as they plot the destruction of Western democracies. Other wars have been
- Opinion · Nov 10, 2009Suicidal Political Correctness
surfaced in relation to whether an overly stretched Army might have contributed to causing this mass murder. Instead of telling the questioner it’s far-fetched, if not outright absurd … Europe in not only our adoption of socialism and smothering of liberty but also our suicidal abandonment of national security. We will survive as a nation only if we radically
- Article · Nov 9, 2009Remembering the Berlin Wall
believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that … would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and eastern
- Opinion · Oct 30, 2009Got Monks? Get the Monks!
Feldblum. A longtime activist for radical gay and lesbian causes, Commissioner Feldblum has openly acknowledged that gay liberation trumps religious liberty wherever they collide. Not since King Henry VIII seized
- Opinion · Oct 23, 2009An Evening With the Grand Mufti
consequential public matter. In the West, theological debates have long been confined to seminaries, causing nothing more serious than denominational splits. In Egypt, Gomaa is a theological celebrity. His office … orthodoxy from extremism. This does not amount to a fully orbed theory of human liberty. But Gomaa stands for an important and encouraging principle: Radicalism is the shallowest view
- Opinion · Oct 22, 2009Hit Delete ... and Accept Your Prize
been pillars of their community and whose generosity in the good times to important causes was genuine. Suddenly they’re overwhelmed by a tsunami of collapse in their industries. People … have helped Americans through the past year have been individualism, self-reliance and the liberty that allows us to make our own choices about thing that matter. For that
- Opinion · Oct 22, 2009Dangerous Zanies
comic finale, the very public espousal of her fellow sex educators’ latest progressive cause: masturbation! She was an expert on the subject and very eloquent. Now we have environmental czar … here is the ominous part -- they are going to present a real threat to liberties that Americans take for granted, particularly freedom of speech. Dunn’s other controversial outburst
- Alexander's Column · Oct 15, 2009Our Constitution is on Life Support
omitted since medical care of the 1700s was so “primitive” that the cure often caused more harm than the ailment. They further argue that, given the foresight of modern medicine … with all of its miraculous potential; that they are endowed with a right to Liberty, the fusion of freedom and personal responsibility; and that they are endowed with a right
- Opinion · Oct 13, 2009What Happened to Global Warming?
Easterbrook presented research last year that suggests that the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO) caused warmer temperatures in the 1980s and 1990s. With Pacific sea surface temperatures cooling, Easterbrook expects … years without record temperatures that had the seas spilling over the Statue of Liberty’s toes, they are going to have to change tactics. They’re going to have
- Opinion · Oct 9, 2009When the First Amendment Counts Most, Court Has Been AWOL
speech is fundamental to our constitutional order. It serves to safeguard our other liberties. And it defines who we are as a people. Except -- hello? -- the Supreme Court has upheld … shop, she made up signs saying “No Annexation.” Some of her neighbors joined her cause and knocked on doors sporting “No Annexation” t-shirts and seeking signatures for a petition
- Opinion · Sep 30, 2009Criminal Records
tamer than images routinely used by animal rights activists to rally support for their cause, have substantial educational, historical and scientific value. The prosecution’s experts disagreed, quibbling over matters … conviction, ruling that Congress had violated the First Amendment by making a man’s liberty hinge on such unpredictable, arbitrary judgments about the value of his speech. The appeals court
- Opinion · Sep 25, 2009Afterthoughts from the U.N. Address
years old. Some think that there are ample accomplishments speaking to our character and cause that predate Obama’s ascension to the presidency. Feh, Obama seems to be saying. Look … Berlin Wall was not built by us, but by those who could not tolerate liberty. It is good that it came down with our victory in the Cold
- Opinion · Sep 16, 2009It’s Not the Public Option, It’s the Public Subsidy
their liberty as the public option. It is the public subsidy. While a government-run health insurance plan would threaten to force private insurers out of business, causing America
- Opinion · Sep 14, 2009What ‘Right’ to Health Care?
year-old grandson offered an intercessory prayer: “For what my grandpa called the cause of his life,” Max Allen said, “that every American will have decent quality health care … beings “are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights” - rights that include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Health care isn’t on that list. Should