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Does Church Keep Black Women Single? - 1

CNN reports that an orthographically-challenged relationship advice columnist named Deborrah Cooper claims that Christian beliefs are keeping devout Christian women single and lonely. Cooper, who is black and says she is not strictly religious, argue...
Aug 27, 10 Lee Tydings 0 6

Liberty and the Right to Lie

News of today's latest judicial atrocity comes to us from Politico: In a major First Amendment decision Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit struck down a federal law making it a crime to falsely claim a military honor or decoration....
Aug 24, 10 Petrarch 0 7

Hail, the Conquering Hero Comes! 4

This series of articles has pointed out that modern sensibilities and squeamishness have made successful nations reluctant to invade failing states and kill off enough of the inhabitants to put things right for the rest. This is because at some level, m...
Jun 23, 10 Will Offensicht 0 2

Throwing Away the Key?

The New York Times reports: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Congress has the authority under the Constitution to allow the continued civil commitment of sex offenders after they have completed their criminal sentences... The federal law at issu...
May 24, 10 Petrarch 0 20

Throw Away the Key, Huckabee?

Perhaps the only endearing attribute of modern American politicians is their persistence. Reject them, defeat them, even thrown them out of office, and like an inflatable Bozo the Clown, up they pop again. Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani, Mike ...
Dec 8, 09 Petrarch 0 2

Rape in a Schoolyard

The London Telegraph brings us a report that is so profoundly disturbing in so many ways as to be worthy of extra-careful consideration. A 15-year-old girl was gang raped by up to 10 teenagers outside a California high school homecoming dance as other...
Nov 9, 09 Petrarch 0 24

A Plea to Rush Limbaugh

There is no more prominent voice of conservatism in America today than Rush Limbaugh. Others may have more direct personal power (e.g. Gov. Bobby Jindahl or Senator Tom Coburn), or more political potential (Sarah Palin); and there are even those with a...
Oct 16, 09 Petrarch 0 10

A Media Truth More Damning Than A Lie

More and more, it seems that the mainstream media lives in a totally different world from either the real one or the one portrayed via alternative media. For the MSM, this week's big story is ongoing reaction to Mr. Obama's recent health care speech and...
Sep 16, 09 Petrarch 0 1

Has Following the Law Become Optional?

In "Man sentenced after leaving water bottles for immigrants," CNN reports: An Arizona man caught leaving water bottles in the desert for illegal immigrants has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service and a year of probation, an aid group sai...
Sep 4, 09 Will Offensicht 0 1

The President and the Policeman

As surely as the sun rises in the east, comes another charge of racism against the police by those who seem to have no fear of criminals. We all know the cycle: an arrest; a controversy; fiery accusations of racism; the talk-show rounds by the usual ra...
Jul 24, 09 Hobbes 0 12

How Many More Must Die? Regulate Knives NOW!

The Wall Street Journal of March 30, 2009 page 2 article "Man Kills Two Sisters Before Being Shot By Police" says: A man fatally stabbed his 17-year-old sister, decapitated his 5-year-old sister during her birthday party and then headed toward his 9-y...
Apr 7, 09 Hobbes 0 2

Why Liberals Block Drug Legalization

It has been a long time since voters expected our leaders to obey our drug laws. Bill Clinton admitted marijuana use - but only overseas where U.S. law didn't extend, and of course, he "didn't inhale." George W. Bush had no such fig leaf; it's generall...
Mar 30, 09 Petrarch 0 3