The freedom Americans enjoy is under attack from the “fourth branch” of government. That is the theme of the book, Undemocratic, written by constitutional attorney, Jay Sekulow. He is well aware of the threat since he has been defending people against the actions of bureaucracies like the Internal Revenue Service. The U.S. Constitution allows for three branches of government. But…
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A common theme of many science fiction tales is mass delusion. From The Matrix to The Truman Show, we find fictional characters who think they are making decisions on their own volition based on an accurate perception of their situation. In each of these cases, the people are actually experiencing a false reality manipulated by outside forces using them for…
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Islamic Jizya: Fact vs. Fiction Muslim demands for non-Muslim “infidels” to pay jizya on pain of death are growing, even as the West fluctuates between having no clue what jizya is and thinking that jizya is an example of “tolerance” in Islam. In the video where the Islamic State slaughters some 30 Christian Ethiopians in Libya last April, the spokesman…
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When Jill and her husband Mark dropped their son off at college, they quickly realized how times have changed. Almost immediately, text messages started to pour in… all reiterations of the same thing: “I want to come home.” Why? “The classes are too hard. I don’t like the subjects.” And so on and so on. As loving parents, Jill and…
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How many times have you heard President Obama and his minions pat themselves on the back for their noble “investments” in “roads and bridges”? Without government infrastructure spending, we’re incessantly reminded, we wouldn’t be able to conduct our daily business. “Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government…
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We live in different worlds and different cultures. To make that point David Brooks tells the story of two quarterbacks that played against each other in Super Bowl III. Johnny Unitas and Joe Namath were both superstars who came from Western Pennsylvania to the NFL. But that were different in nearly every other way. Brooks says, “Unitas was reticent, workmanlike…
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We all have too much stuff. I can relate to this since I just moved and had to box everything up and move to a new house. Each year we give away lots of things, but I am still amazed at how many boxes I had to move. That may be why the article by Joshua Becker caught my eye….
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A well-known British ISIS fighter known as Abu Rumaysah al-Britani wrote a guide to entice prospective jihadis into traveling to the Islamic State. The 46-page-long book entitled A Brief Guide to the Islamic State (2015) offers detailed information on what kinds of food, weather, transportation, education, technology, and people that a potential jihadi or ISIS supporter could expect upon arrival. The author’s explicit mission?…
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While many American parents are angry about the Common Core educational standards and related student assessments in math and English, less attention is being paid to the federally driven green Common Core that is now being rolled out across the country. Under the guise of the first new K-12 science curriculum to be introduced in 15 years, the real goal…
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I finally found a Mexican willing to do a job no American will do! I have an explosive book on the No. 1 issue in the country coming out next week, I’ve already written 10 New York Times best-sellers — I’d be on a postage stamp if I were a liberal — but can’t get an interview on ABC, NBC…
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If you aren’t following the arguments over same-sex marriage before the Supreme Court, you should be. Even if you don’t cater weddings or sell pizza in Indiana, your religious freedom is in danger. For detailed accounts of the debate and the questions asked by justices that might be readable tea leaves, see Ryan Anderson’s analysis and the capsule summary provided by…
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