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December 27, 2006 10:09 AM EST -- Gerald Ford, the nation's 38th president, was the accidental president, the only president neither elected to the office nor the vice presidency, died at 6:45 p.m. yesterday. He was 93. Ford was . . . more
May 10, 2006 10:29 PM EDT -- The stereotype of "The Ugly American" - loud, arrogant, ill-dressed, ill-mannered and lacking respect for other cultures - is one of the root causes of anti-Americanism. Keith Reinhard, founder . . . more
The High Cost of Freedom
by Ron Goodwyne
views: 143 | rating: 8.4 | comments: 71
August 02, 2006 03:58 PM EDT -- Thomas Jefferson said, ""The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."  Jefferson understood what many Americans and most of the rest . . . more
June 26, 2006 02:39 PM EDT -- As congress considers holding a symbolic match to the Bill of Rights, it's hard to get too worked up over somebody burning a flag. Don't get me wrong, I don't like it when I see somebody . . . more
Media Bias Is Real
by California Yankee
views: 140 | rating: 5.5 | comments: 33
April 28, 2006 03:58 PM EDT -- Two of my blogging buddies, who are also posting at Gather, published stories about the White House Press corp's aversion to FoxNews. Joe Gandelman, of The Moderate Voice , and James Joyner, of Outside . . . more
Bombing Does Not = Terrorism
by Jake S.
views: 170 | rating: 8.9 | comments: 103
July 20, 2006 03:24 PM EDT -- In a comment to another thread, I stated some positions that I though were fairly obvious.  Maybe they're not.  I'm republishing an edited version of that comment here. Israel's . . . more
May 01, 2006 02:34 PM EDT -- A lawsuit has been filed against a New York City high school for failing to prevent the a vampire attack on three girls who attended the school. According to the New York Post, a vampiress savagely sank . . . more
May 13, 2006 05:44 PM EDT -- The Associated Press reports Democratic Party leaders are wondering what to do about Larry Darby, a Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general, who denies the Holocaust occurred and will and wants . . . more
Why I Support the War on Terror
by Jake S.
views: 144 | rating: 9.4 | comments: 59
July 21, 2006 04:02 PM EDT -- This "article" started out as a response to a question/comment on a different thread of mine.  It got way too long to be a "comment" so I'm publishing it separately here.  . . . more
March 22, 2007 01:22 PM EDT -- With the bill for additional funds for the war in Iraq before the Congress, there is much debate over the various strategies to put some kind of time limit on US troops in Iraq vs. the strategy to . . . more
Two, Two, Two Wars in One
by Ron Goodwyne
views: 17 | rating: 8.3 | comments: 3
August 01, 2006 09:42 PM EDT -- There are two different wars being prosecuted in the Middle East, and particularly in Israel and Lebanon. One war is being fought by Israel. It is a war for survival and it is being fought primarly with . . . more
November 30, 2006 11:06 AM EST --         Recently, six Muslim imams were removed from a US Airways flight headed for Phoenix before take off from Michigan, where they had attended a conference. The facts . . . more
Zarqawi Terminated
by California Yankee
views: 94 | rating: 9.6 | comments: 27
June 08, 2006 08:16 AM EDT -- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq who waged a terror campaign of suicide bombings and beheadings of hostages, has been killed in a U.S. airstrike. What great news to hear upon awakening. . . . more
June 12, 2007 12:33 PM EDT -- Today’s most viewed article at Washingtonpost.com is titled “Mueller Often Uses FBI Jet Bought for Counterterrorism” by John Solomon.  I have a feeling that one of those viewers . . . more
December 05, 2006 07:42 AM EST -- Take a minute to read this, what a great story!!! ---  Again, I didn't write it or witness it, I bring this to you second, third, or even tenth hand. But I'll tell you this, tears are still . . . more
May 04, 2007 11:29 AM EDT -- Pentagon officials reported recently that the Pentagon plans to shut down a controversial domestic-intelligence database.  James Clapper, the Defense Department's senior intelligence official, . . . more
July 14, 2006 03:00 AM EDT -- I can't help but wonder if Israel's decisive response to Hezballah's capture of two Israeli soldiers is setting the stage for World War III. Clearly, Syria and Iran are already rattling sabres . . . more
July 25, 2006 01:41 PM EDT -- Crossposted from Sweet Spirits Of Ammonia John Kerry, on Sunday, took his customary cheap shot at the administration. Referring to the crisis in Lebanon, Kerry said "If I was president, this wouldn't . . . more
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