Month: February 2006

On Free Speech

Back on Valentine’s Day in 1989 the Ayatollah Khomeini issued his famous fatwa: The publication of The Satanic Verses in September 1988 caused immediate controversy in the Islamic world due to its irreverent depiction of...

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Everyday Heroes

It was the heartwarming story of the week, the Jason McElwain scroring streak in his high school basketball game. After all, as Madison Avenue and NBC whined that there were no Olympic stars during the winter games, the media...

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Contract with America

…Isn’t it tragic that the Congress gave to the Executive, through misguided PATRIOTism, an ACT that would unconstitutionally repeal those rights guaranteed by the Constitution and turn it all over to Homeland...

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Bush is a Moving/Falling Object

If you are in the mood for levity it is hard to top the latest from the The Scotsman: Scotland on Sunday has obtained remarkable details of one of the most memorably bizarre episodes of the Bush presidency: the day he crashed...

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Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photo) Day 253

“I don’t walk about belief – whether or not we should have started this war. Rather, I walk because we shouldn’t live our lives as if all is normal. People are suffering every moment because of this war...

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