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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).
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War and Peace in a Complicated World
Indonesians marked the occasion by unveiling a statue of the Obama Child, swaddled in T-shirt and shorts, embarking on his earthly ministry with the predestined Nobel medallion draped around his neck.
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Not All Deaths Are Created Equal
I could post about several entries from this week’s FDD Update, but I’ll confine myself to excerpting Cliff May’s takedown of a drivelous U.S./Muslim body count comparison.
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Witnessing a Step Toward Marriage Equality in NJ
The Web Goddess and I journeyed to Trenton yesterday in support of marriage equality for same-sex couples. (The picture makes me look fatter than I am.) Pictured in the background is our priest, Father Bernie…
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Lobbying for Marriage Equality in New Jersey
The Web Goddess and I are headed to Trenton Monday morning to lobby for pending legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in New Jersey. We’ll be car-pooling with friends both gay and straight from St.…
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I Still Prefer the Chicago Politician to the Obamessiah
As with any politician, Obama’s constituency is far from monolithic. But he had a large cadre of supporters who bought into the Obamessiah myth, and it was inevitable that they eventually would feel betrayed.
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Google ad FAIL
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A Signpost in Mr. Obama’s War
From the San Diego Union Tribune. Hat tip: Navy for Moms.
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Not Quite the Clarion Call I Had in Mind, But…
With Guantanamo, Obama has already proven his ability to abandon a silly deadline. Once the troops are deployed, the boots on the ground will be real. The withdrawal date will be a goal.
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Dumbest Headline of the Day, as the Afghanistan Speech Looms
The true risk, and the reason some of us favored John McCain for the role of Commander-in-Chief, is that Obama and many Democrats seem intent on convincing us that America is NOT at war. This…
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Resolved: Western Civilization is Morally Superior to Certain Other Cultures. Discuss.
Even though the bishop in question supports the comprehensive anti-gay legislation in question, he doesn’t actually WANT to kill gay people. He wants scientists to cure them. I suspect this qualifies him as a liberal…
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Support the War, Mr. President — It’s Personal
President Obama, the brave men and women of the United States armed forces are looking to see if you are committed to victory in Afghanistan. On Tuesday evening, I hope you’ll start showing them that…
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“Hide the Decline”: Birth of a Blog Post, and Credit Where Credit is Due
If you think global warming is probably “settled science,” but you’re willing to read one article to give skeptics a chance to change your mind, read this remarkable indictment, published all the way last Tuesday,…
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“Hide the Decline”: Global Warmists Got Some ‘Splainin’ to Do
While referring to “the global warming hoax” may be a step too far, I think it’s clear now that there have been multiple global warming “hoaxes”. If you have no idea what I’m leading up…
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Hope (and Ammunition) for Opponents of Socialized Medicine
Thankfully, the public “option” appears to be dead. But just in case it attempts to lurch zombie-like from the grave, I’m glad to see an increasing number of resources available making well-articulated arguments against the…