Dennis Prager has written a scathing indictment of Representative Keith Ellison, D-Minn. Apparently Representative-elect Ellison wants to use a Koran for his swearing-in ceremony, instead of a Bible. Prager is outraged, and now the AFA is calling for Christians to flood Congress with demands for a law requiring the use of the Christian Bible during Read More
Archives for November 2006
U.S. Involved in Iraq Longer Than WWII
This AP article points out that we’ve now been involved in Iraq longer than we were involved in : the Vietnam War (eight years, five months) the Revolutionary War (six years, nine months) and the Civil War (four years) Consider this, then. In the American Revolution, we were overthrowing a monarchy, declaring independence, and bringing Read More
Thanksgiving Proclamation
This Thanksgiving Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln is the origin of our modern-day holiday orgy of meals, shopping, and football. This was posted at Global Affairs (Thanks, Sarge), and as I read it, I was struck by the tone of the proclamation. Can you imagine the uproar today if a president wrote such piece? And I Read More
Where To Send The Sex Offenders?
“My intent personally is to make it so onerous on those that are convicted of these offenses . . . they will want to move to another state.” Georgia House Majority Leader Jerry Keen (R) who sponsored a new Georgia law that forbids registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school, playground, Read More
Veterans Day
I’m a bit disappointed in my inability to come up with anything special or original to say about the 11th day of the 11th month. I’m always humbled when I consider the sacrifices so many have made to give me what I’ve got today. Our World War II veterans are dying at a rate of Read More