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- Alexander's Column · Apr 4, 2003Tightening the Noose
Fortunately, the only things these Leftmedia mouthpieces do consistently is get it wrong! “Destination: Baghdad,” President George Bush declared Thursday at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina … that those taking offense at the lead Chick’s remarks are simply exercising their rights of free exchange by refusing to buy or listen to her music. “I guess
- Alexander's Column · Mar 28, 2003Where’s Waldo?
taking the fight to these brutes: “We’re going into a hunting mode right now.” Notable among the early war successes has been neutralizing the command centers for operational control … telling that soldier directly he’s risking his life for something that’s wrong, and that has consequences.” Even former “fictitious president” Bill Clinton wanted
- Alexander's Column · Feb 14, 2003We have been at war since Khobar Towers!
high time for some right thinking in rebuttal to those objecting to our imminent assault on Iraqi as we prosecute our war against Jihadistan. Despite those who would insist … makes for strange bedfellows around the globe. However, two wrongs -- supporting murderous regimes then and now -- don’t make a right. Bush is a cowboy
- Alexander's Column · Jan 31, 20032003 SOTU
undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents....” We believe … experimenting with them is equally wrong. Enough said. AIDS in Africa: “Our Founders dedicated this country to the cause of human dignity -- the rights of every person and the possibilities
- Alexander's Column · Aug 24, 2001Senator Jesse Helms
they resist the temptation to spend.” Mr. Bush is right about defense -- and deserves commendation on that count. He’s wrong on education, however, as that
- Alexander's Column · Jun 22, 2001God and the BSA v. the Gender Confused
judgment, which is God’s alone. Rather, it is about discernment between right and wrong, and obedience to objective truth rather than the cult of subjective relativism popularly justified under … overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” While discerning right from wrong, the BSA has not predicated love for others on their obedience to God’s moral truth
- Alexander's Column · Jun 8, 2001McVeigh’s Terrorist Revenge
kill its own citizens with impunity, those responsible get promoted... Two wrongs don’t make a right. But killing McVeigh for the second wrong shouldn’t blind … Clinton has exploited the death penalty as a cheap political symbol? But the vast right-wing conspiracy didn’t really exist; so Clinton was determined to create it, through whatever
- Alexander's Column · May 11, 2001Singer’s bestial ballad
infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person. Very often it is not wrong at all,” claimed Singer. Last year, Singer expanded on that murderous theme, announcing that Americans … treat friends and family differently, Singer’s actions seems to proclaim that what is right and what is rigorous applies only to other people’s mothers.” Now, Singer is back
- Alexander's Column · Apr 20, 2001Vital Interests
seems that the United States has spent the last eight years sending all the wrong messages about our principles, priorities and interests. [Clinton’s policies have been] woefully inadequate … Freedom. Christians are regularly arrested and subjected to all manner of abuse and human rights violations, including severe torture. Almost 10,000 followers of the mild spiritualist exercise movement Falun
- Alexander's Column · Feb 23, 2001The Clintons’ rotten family tree
military [rather] than worrying about decisions that my predecessor made.” Indeed, Mr. Bush is right. He and Congress should let this matter fester in the stewardship of the Justice Department … said, “There’s not a single, solitary shred of evidence that I did anything wrong,” rather than forthrightly declaring he did nothing wrong? You will note Ms. Rodham-Clinton
- Alexander's Column · Jan 26, 2001The George W. Bush Agenda
effortless maneuvering around the notion that there are fixed and immutable principles of right and wrong that should govern public and private conduct. The ex-president’s farewell performance … began dropping back in on Saturday. ... The public knows him as a civil rights agitator, preacher and presidential candidate. But the history books may remember him as the impresario
- Alexander's Column · Jan 12, 2001The King Legacy
other side, Republicans have retreated from anything resembling a principled universal position on rights and responsibilities. As black conservative Ward Connerly put it, “These race professionals reinforce a victim mentality … himself from backers like me to make sure that he didn’t send the ‘wrong message’ to blacks. He spoke at the NAACP’s annual convention and (needlessly) portrayed
- Alexander's Column · Nov 24, 2000Constitution and the Courts on the Election
become a party to the violation of Florida’s statute regarding recounts. They were right on principle -- but expecting justice from a panel of lawless Algoristas was far too optimistic … disabled and would never obtain sufficient legitimacy to command any authority. This assertion is wrong! Gore’s media will wash this unpleasantry from the brains of the unsuspecting, and preen
- Alexander's Column · Nov 3, 2000A liberal case study — one big dysfunctional family
whole and all is right with the world; when he finds no such approval, he begins to feel that something is wrong inside. And because he doubts his worth … cannot afford even to think that there is something wrong with the parent, even if the rules do not feel right or make sense. Since children cannot bear to identify
- Alexander's Column · Oct 13, 2000The Serial Prevaricator
evidenced in Wednesday’s debate, despite his disclaimer, “I got some of the details wrong last week.... I’m sorry about that,” one is left believing that the only thing … that while we respect the rights of hunters and sportsmen.... We do need...to stem this flood of guns that are getting into the wrong hands. ... I think these assault
- Alexander's Column · Aug 18, 2000Amerika2000 — The Demo-Vision
willing to spend your popularity in order to pick the hard right over the easy wrong. [Gore’s closing remarks, amazingly, imply that the “hard right” is a better political … choice for our country than the “easy wrong.” As proud members of the “hard right,” we agree!] Footnote: By 2020, most of Gore’s net worth, estimated
- Alexander's Column · May 1, 2000On Patriotism
patriotism and republican patriotism. In the one case the government and the king may rightfully furnish you with notions of patriotism; in the other, neither the government nor the entire … with all its servility, with an unimportant change in the wording: ‘Our country, right or wrong!’” Regrettably, Twain’s insights into patriotism all too frequently turned to outright cynicism. Patriotism
- Alexander's Column · Mar 10, 2000Take Heart
liberals say. In his heart, you know he doesn’t understand the Right. There’s an analogy to the financial adage “bad money drives out good,” in that bad programs … such nonsensical, meddling overcontrol as now arises from our political debates (including the wrongly claimed requirement for “separation of church and state,” and collection of government statistics to assure workforce
- Alexander's Column · Feb 25, 2000It takes a village ... church
judgment, which is God’s alone. Rather, it is about discernment between right and wrong, and obedience to objective truth rather than the cult of subjective relativism popularly justified under … contemporary aegis of “tolerance” and “diversity.” To discern right from wrong, most Jewish and Christian denominations hold that Holy Scripture contains all things necessary to salvation. Scripture is the first
- Alexander's Column · Feb 1, 2000On ‘The Unanimous Declaration’
known law, received and allowed by common consent to be the standard of right and wrong, and the common measure to decide all controversies between them: for though … seek redress for the colonies’ grievances, their Declaration and Resolves laid claim to the rights that had evolved over the centuries, from Clarendon to the English Bill of Rights