I appreciate Marc Clauson’s take on P.M. Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. Let me add just a couple of quick notes. Netanyahu reminded me of Churchill, which makes Obama too much like Chamberlain. Winston Churchill, as a Member of Parliament before World War 2, thundered in the House of Commons about Hitler’s intentions. He warned the […]
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Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Speech
03 Mar 2015
I hope many of your were able to listen to Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech today before a joint meeting of Congress. I also hope my Berean colleagues will weigh in with their comments on the speech and the context for it. As you may know, Prime Minister Netanyahu was invited by Speaker of the House of […]
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When are Non-Terrorists Terrorists
25 Feb 2015
It has been reported that the Department of Homeland Security issued a paper urging its employees to be on the look-out for “right-wing extremists (Washington Times, February 21, 2015). CNN, which originally mentioned the report, quoted an administration official: “’I don’t think it’s fair to say the (White House) conference didn’t address this at all,” […]
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“Don’t Know Much About History”
23 Feb 2015
I didn’t know until today of a further statement President Obama made in his closing remarks at the Anti-Terrorism summit. This particular remark is simply unbelievable from a historical standpoint. Does the president not care at all to tell the whole truth, or any truth for that matter? Does he, as one writer put it, […]
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The “Jobs for Jihadis” Issue, Taken Seriously
20 Feb 2015
I wanted to address the “Jobs for Jihadists” ruckus from the past few days in a bit more detail. The reader may remember I mentioned this in my post of earlier on President Obama’s terrorism summit. Obama and spokespeople had suggested that one major solution to the terrorist problem was the economic situation in Islamic […]
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Truth Telling Matters
18 Feb 2015
Brian Williams’s leave of absence due to concerns about his truthfulness is just the highest profile of a long line of individuals who have stretched the truth. It is interesting to me that the truth matters so much to Americans in a news anchor, but so little in our political leaders. Politicfact.com has four pages […]
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As we approach the new year and incidentally, Old Christmas (January 6), I thought I would leave you with a few “gifts.” These come from Federal, state and even local actions over the past year. I don’t really wish these on anyone, but they are current reality. Release of five more Guantanamo detainees, whose threat […]
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U.S. Commitment to Religious Freedom in Decline
08 Sep 2014
A Sudanese woman, Meriam Ibrahim, was accused by her own father of illegally converting to Christianity. At one point, he accused her of committing adultery because of her marriage to a Christian man, Daniel Wani, who is also an American citizen. The story is complicated by the fact that her father is a Muslim and […]
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Islamic Radicalism Part 2
18 Aug 2014
In the previous blog on Islamic ideology I focused on the historical development of the religion of Islam and of the terrorist groups that arose later. But Islam is also a religion in its own right and is based on a written source—the Quran—which is subject to various interpretations. It is true that for a […]
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Islamic Ideology and the Islamic State
14 Aug 2014
Bereans Blog One of our Bereans colleagues e-mailed to say he wished one of us would blog on the situation in the Middle East and on Islamic radical ideology. He had watched a Heritage Foundation event on the subject, which I had seen a part of as well. Well, I will take up the challenge, […]
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