I listened to part of President Obama’s closing speech at the “Anti-extremism Summit” today. And I have read what his associates have said about terrorism, particularly in the context of the ISIS threat. I have reached a conclusion about the president, after hearing and reading his words. But first, what did he say today (February […]
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The Summit That Was Not
19 Feb 2015
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The President’s History Lecture
06 Feb 2015
On January 5, President Obama, in a speech at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, equated the current jihadist threat with “terrible deeds committed in the name of Christ.” Read the entire speech to get the full context. But if you do, you will find President Obama bending over backward to find some moral equivalency between […]
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Are Terrorists Islamic?
07 Jan 2015
I just finished reading part of a transcript from an interview on MSNBC this morning of Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont, and reliable liberal. The topic was the massacre of twelve employees of a Paris magazine that had spoofed the prophet Muhammed with a cartoon picture with caption. All I can say is, “Wow!” […]
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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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The Real Crisis
22 Nov 2014
In light of President Obama’s speech on immigration and his new regulations, I came across an excellent article by Charles C. W. Cooke in the National Review. It can be found here: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/393248/congress-seems-happy-have-its-powers-usurped-charles-c-w-cooke (sorry I can’t do better with links). The real crisis is Congress’s happy relinquishment of its prerogative over time, and the quite predictable results. […]
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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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Iraq and Democracy
17 Jun 2014
The incomparable Thomas Sowell tackles a basic question: why have we failed in Iraq? We fought a war, at least in part, to overthrow the Iraqi government with the goal of removing it as a threat in the “war on terror.” The U.S. determined that the best way to accomplish this goal in the long-term […]
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Obama and the Bergdahl Release
02 Jun 2014
President Obama, unfortunately, does not seem all that interested in obeying the law. The list of overt illegality continues to grow and diversify. Beyond immigration and the Affordable Care Act, the President now flouts the law as it relates to military matters. The Obama Administration, through intermediaries, negotiated the release of Bowe Bergdahl, an American prisoner of […]
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NSA Reforms Ahead
17 Jan 2014
We have more breaking news on the National Security Agency’s data collection programs. On the day that President Obama is set to announce an overhaul of how the Agency stores telephone data, The Guardian has a story up on the agency’s global collection of text messages. One must assume the two events are related. The Guardian, […]
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