Gingrich has a long and fascinating post entitled "What If? An Alternative History of the War since 9/11" up on his web site. I recommend reading through the entire thing as it is very good and consolidates several important ideas into a coherent vision of the Islamic problem facing the U.S. and the rest of…
Category: Society
Multiculturalism in Education
School is about to start in Texas and all over the state children and teenagers are alternately awaiting and dreading the beginning of another 180-odd days of enlightenment that will be delivered by the finest teachers a sub-standard pay rate, a regressive labor union, and a back-end loaded retirement system can deliver (along with more…
Religious Expression
In Texas this week, Governor Perry celebrated the June passage of the state’s Religious Viewpoint Anti-Discrimination Act in a ceremonial signing with schoolchildren at Clements High School in Sugar Land. According to Perry: “In a society where lawsuits long-ago replaced honest discussion, a culture of fear has led to limitations on our freedoms,” said Gov….
Nutrition Gap
The Chronicle ran a story last month about Americans and how we’re losing our height advantage over the rest of the world. Like many human traits, height is determined by a mix of genes and environment. Experts agree that, aside from African pygmies and a few similar exceptions, most populations have about the same genetic…
Needle Exchange Illogic
Under the heading of liberal issues that do not matter, Ben Smith says that Barak Obama has come out in favor of lifting the ban on funding needle exchange programs with federal money while Hillary has been reluctant to declare herself opposed to the ban. Why? Because Bill Clinton implemented it in 1998 after Donna…
Reasonable Accommodation
Does it help America to be accommodating to the physically and mentally impaired? Political correctness demands that this question and others like it not be asked. Why? Because the answer is so clearly “Yes” that no further examination is needed? That anyone who would dare question the rights of the disabled is of such low intelligence that…
Judgment
As I’ve written about before, there is something profoundly lacking in the world today – namely men and women with the courage of their convictions and the will to act on them. Sometime in the last century it went out of fashion for men to act on their own independent judgment. Group-think is in and…
Rights
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. For Americans this statement forms the basis for our personal freedoms. It’s a simple, direct statement whose meaning cannot be misunderstood without a…
GOP and Gays
At GOP Progress today, Nate Nelson had this to say about Republicans and gays: Without exception, the anti-gay sentiment within the Republican Party comes from those who cannot accept that people will believe and behave differently than they do. These are the people who believe that consensual sex between gay and lesbian adults should still…
Elder Care
Reading Ken Connor’s article “Embryo to Elderly—A Consistent Life Ethic” I was reminded of my great-grandmother. She lived with my grandparents during my early childhood and I recall clearly the summer days when school was out. I’d often get to spend a week or two there and I’d spend most of my time inside playing…