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- Opinion · Oct 2, 2014When Paul Became Muhammad
past. He called himself an “activist,” on a mission to right America’s racial wrongs. He’d converted to Islam and stopped eating pork. Putting down dope and women, however
- Opinion · Oct 2, 2014A New Case for Term Limits
confident and therefore likelier to stand up to the president.” But “something has gone wrong with Federalist 51’s assumption that members of Congress seek office for power … counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place.” Term limits are Madisonian measures, altering the incentives -- the “interests” or “personal motives
- Alexander's Column · Oct 1, 2014Holder: Obama’s Criminal Co-Conspirator
nominee, it became clear that Holder interprets the Second Amendment as not affirming the right of individual gun possession by private citizens, claiming that it “does not protect firearms possession … responsibility of the attorney general is to change things.” Wrong. Dead wrong. Again, the responsibility of the attorney general and the president is to abide by their oaths to Support
- Opinion · Oct 1, 2014The Perfect Baseball Day
word. On the second pitch of that inning, Marlins right fielder Garrett Jones smashed a hard line drive parallel to the first baseline -- and straight into the glove of Tyler … native of Northern Virginia, he was playing to a hometown crowd -- for the wrong team. He took two balls, fouled a third, and then took another for ball three
- Opinion · Sep 30, 2014Who Are You Calling the Party of the Rich?
charitable, blamed the GOP. Besides, Democrats were ready with an explanation that slid right into an existing groove of American thinking: The financial crisis was caused by Republicans going easy … some of the burden of that number, and voters despise partisanship, which they perceive (wrongly) as “bickering.” Even taking all of that on board, does the Republican Party have reason
- Opinion · Sep 29, 2014Americans Concerned About Declining Influence of Religion
done and how far the nation has strayed from their own sense of right and wrong. Take the example of welfare. When Aid to Families with Dependent Children program
- Article · Sep 29, 2014Religion and the Law of Unintended Consequences
done and how far the nation has strayed from their own sense of right and wrong. ... Some say today we have competing views about the role of government. I would
- Article · Sep 27, 2014Dismissal of Eco Activists’ Criminal Charges Overtly Political
made news. Nor is it why Sutter is being hailed – wrongly -- as a hero on the environmental left. Sutter made his announcement moments before Jay O’Hara and Ken Ward … Prosecutors aren’t elected to make public policy -- not on fossil fuels, or civil rights, or abortion, or anything else. Their job is to enforce the law, not to enact
- Article · Sep 25, 2014World Leaders Agree: Climate Change Must Happen Now
stay, or the Axis powers in World War II. The world has been wrong before and it appears it will be again with its response to the supposed scourge … countries like Switzerland, Germany and the United States. In that sense, Obama is exactly right -- unless every nation joins, it’s useless. Better to scrap the whole thing. Not only
- Opinion · Sep 25, 2014Memo From GWB: ‘Welcome, Mr. President, to the War on Terror’
that you called the “right” war. Americans, too, no longer support it ?- and a plurality considers it to be wrong-headed! Do you also believe that we should not have … intelligence personnel in place, to be able to continue the momentum in the right direction.” Your then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, recommended keeping
- Opinion · Sep 24, 2014Cancel the Unethical ‘Daily Show’
Post “It was disingenuous. The Native Americans accused me of things that were so wrong. I felt in danger. I didn’t consent to that. I am going … said back, ‘Just to clarify, specifically, we’re not doing a cross-panel discussion right?” According to Dortch, the producer replied, “Yeah, right. That would be too serious for Comedy
- Opinion · Sep 24, 2014Six Ways Obama Contradicts Himself in Waging War on ISIS
clear,” Obama claims, right before showing that it isn’t. The aim, he says, is to “degrade and destroy” ISIS. But don’t get the wrong idea: Destroying ISIS does
- Opinion · Sep 24, 2014A Moral Universe Torn Apart
herself. I would’ve died for that right like she died for mine. I’m sorry, but you came at the wrong time.” “I am not ashamed,” a young woman … herself. I would’ve died for that right like she died for mine. I’m sorry, but you came at the wrong time.” You came at the wrong time. Therefore
- Opinion · Sep 23, 2014Politicians and Other Moral Amateurs
tyranny? Twenty-first century America’s moral consensus -- its broad assumptions about right and wrong and duty and responsibility -- isn’t much of a consensus. The dents and dings visited … their effect. We just don’t much believe in a right way of doing things, as opposed to a wrong way. We don’t like censuring people’s inner visions
- Opinion · Sep 23, 2014Is It Ever OK to Spank?
electrical wire. But, frankly, why would anyone defend using violence to teach children right from wrong? We don’t do it with puppies and kittens anymore, for heaven’s sake
- Opinion · Sep 20, 2014DA’s Abuse of Discretion Should be Condemned, Not Cheered
made news. Nor is it why Sutter is being hailed -- wrongly -- as a hero on the environmental left. Sutter made his announcement moments before Jay O’Hara and Ken Ward … prosecutorial discretion because he sympathizes with a criminal’s outlook. “During the civil rights era,” notes the Southern Poverty Law Center, “white prosecutors in Southern towns notoriously refused to bring
- Opinion · Sep 19, 2014Letting in the Wrong Refugees
Fresh terror busts in Australia expose a common Achilles’ heel of the
- Opinion · Sep 19, 2014Steve Springer, Evangelism and the Divine Conspiracy
impression I had at the time of many of them, and I was wrong.) Steve responded patiently and graciously. It was as if he knew, intuitively, what Christian apologist extraordinaire … because the true author of the Bible is God. It was a conspiracy, all right, but not by human hands. It was a divine conspiracy. COPYRIGHT 2014 CREATORS.COM
- Opinion · Sep 17, 2014Freedom From Speech
Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) president Greg Lukianoff, deftly illustrates the evolving assault on free speech. “The public’s appetite for punishing attempts at candor gone wrong, drunken rants … assault. He is especially troubled by the European Court of Justice’s “right to be forgotten” ruling imposed on Google and other search engines, all of whom are now required
- Opinion · Sep 17, 2014Obama Is Rushing Into War Against Islamic State
talk about it first. We are in a very strange place right now. President Obama is rushing into a war he doesn’t want to fight. He can barely bring … group could become an effective fighting force. What if August Obama was right and September Obama is wrong? “This strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us, while supporting partners