Congress and Stupid Law Tricks
by A recent Rasmussen poll showed that only 29% of Americans are confident that Congress knows what its doing with regard to the economy. This isn’t …
Month: August 2009
The Tragedy of the Week
With Ted Kennedy and Dominick Dunne passing on this week you might think this article is about one of them but you’d be wrong. No, …
A Texan’s Response to Obama’s Spending, Medical Agenda
Despite Democrats’ assertions that resistance to their massive spending programs and plans to create a taxpayer-funded healthcare program have been artificially generated, Sam Bates of …
Hillary’s Uphill Fight Against Sexual Violence
Hillary Clinton has arguably done more to combat sexual violence in Africa in her short time as Secretary of State than the entire U.N. has in the last decade.
There are lessons that people in the U.S. and the rest of the civilized world can learn simply from her. We do not have to visit Africa and see the mauled and maimed women first-hand to realize that, whatever our differences politically, we really have a minimal number of problems to deal with in our lives and that it is our general adherence to the rule of law, with all of its compulsions and flaws, that creates the sense – and more than that, the reality – of security most westerners enjoy day in and day out.
The Health Care Debate We’re Not Having
We are not having the health care debate that we should be having. The first question should be, “Should the government offer any sort of health care benefit?”, not “What kind of health care program should we implement, how much should it cost, and who will it cover?” These are interesting questions; however, until the former is answered, resoundingly, as an affirmative they are also irrelevant.
The Haircut
In an email from Chuck Moore: One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he asked About his bill, …
Daily Dose of Marilyn
Amusingly, a widow whose husband’s bones rest above Marilyn’s is auctioning off hubby’s tomb above the late movie star in order to pay off her …
Teaching the Bible in Texas Classrooms
Sara Story of KLTA reports that a Texas state law that requires all public schools to offer “information relating to the Bible in their curriculum”. …
Women’s Rights Under Assault in Afghanistan
Perhaps there is little room for leaders with principles in the new Afghanistan.Even so, I would expect more from Hamid Karzai’s government than to cave into Islamofascist fundamentalists on something so, well, fundamental as a woman’s right to control when she has sex. Basic as they are, such expectations are apparently for naught in the country western blood built.
Abdul-Latif Moussa, Gaza’s David Koresh?
Abdul-Latif Moussa leads an Islamic terrorist group called Jund Ansar Allah that as of now is literally fighting for its survival in the Gaza Strip. …