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Christmas Attack Was an Act of War, But It’s Being Treated Like a Crime
2 comments on Christmas Attack Was an Act of War, But It’s Being Treated Like a CrimeAfter allegedly telling investigators “there are more just like me who will strike soon,” Captain Underpants apparently has been allowed to lawyer up and stop talking. In the Wall Street Journal, former Justice Department official…
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Honeymoon-Over Watch: He’s Lost MoDo
MoDoIf we can’t catch a Nigerian with a powerful explosive powder in his oddly feminine-looking underpants and a syringe full of acid, a man whose own father had alerted the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, a…
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Oh, That Nigerian Terrorist… Oopsie-Doopsie!
So the latest terrorist is being interrogated, but why should we believe anything he says? His pants literally were on fire! We can laugh because the terrorist botched the job, but it could have been…
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Health Care Debate Involves First Principles: Capitalism vs. Command Economy
The battle cry of the left is that “health care should be a right, not a privilege.” This is brilliant framing — it sneakily implies that the right believes health care should be a privilege.…
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Threat Level? Color Me Annoyed
The plane landed safely, a happy Christmas Day ending to an apparent attempt to bring down an aircraft in flight. It’s a good reminder that wherever we are, we potentially have enemies among us. I…
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A Disgraceful Vote for “Reform” in the Middle of the Night
The final vote is now scheduled for 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve, when the Web Goddess and I will be dining with friends at their home and preparing for church. As with Porkulus, the Democrats…
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Civil Rights, and the Intersection of Race and Sexual Orientation
Not long after the Presidential election last year, the Web Goddess and I had dinner with four of our closest friends, who happen to be a black couple and a lesbian couple. There was exactly…
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Gitmo, Politics and Unintended Consequences
The good people of Thomson, Illinois, are eager for the jobs that would be created if the Obama administration moves some of the prisoners held at Guantanamo to the Thomson Correctional Center. Ironically, the detainees…
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“For I Was a Stranger, and You Took Me In”
For more than 20 years my church has been a part of the Interfaith Hospitality Network, which provides temporary shelter for homeless families. Last week I had a chance to meet and talk with some…
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Channeling His Inner Neocon: Did the Nobel Speech Launch the Obama Doctrine?
I may have been too quick to sneer yesterday at President Obama’s appearance in Oslo. He used his acceptance speech to issue a ringing declaration of American exceptionalism (although he would not use that term).