America Competes Act (Farce?)
by The U.S. Senate recently passed, with no discernible fanfare whatsoever, a bill entitled the America Competes Act. According to EdNews.org: the bill would increase research …
Category: Society
Pushing Back on Islam
As I recently wrote in “Assimilating Islam“, I believe it’s important that Americans and our justice system establish clear lines about what we will and …
Rebel Without a Kos
Yesterday I decided to have spot of fun with the “progressives” over at the Daily Kos by responding to this Kos post about the framing …
Assimilating Islam
I recently wrote about the need for foreign nationals to assimilate when they make the U.S. their home. In the light of the horror perpetrated …
Kids and Violence
In the wake of yesterday’s slaughter at Virginia Tech the questions “why did this happen?” and “how can we stop it from happening again?” are …
Virginia Tech
I was going to write about an unpleasant article I saw in the Houston Chronicle recently in which Harris Country prosecutors said that they’re seeing …
Don "Who?" Imus, Duke, and the Race Card
Maybe I’m just a right-wing Christian square, but I’d never even heard of Don Imus before he made an ass of himself by called in …
Moral Judgments
One of the fundamental pillars of American liberalism is that we should not make moral judgments about the worth of others or the worth of …
Immigration / Islam / Society
Assimilation
I’ve written about the need for immigrants from other cultures to assimilate when they come to the United States but as a conclusion to my …
Inside Threats
One of the problems with W’s War in Iraq (Wii – coincidence?) is that it has taken America’s eye almost completely off the ball, which …