Religion
Walking the Road that Buckley Built
Conservative writer and PGN contributor Michael Johns argues that modern conservatism owes much of its success to William F. Buckley, Jr., who built conservatism as an alternative to the Great Society’s vast expansion of federal governmental control and built conservatism as the most consequential political and intellectual movement of modern times.
Faith and Public Discourse: A Dispassionate Point of View
The lifeline of Mitt Romney’s campaign was given this past Thursday. The speech was targeted to a specific audience to alleviate concerns about his religion and the role it would play in his administration, surely more pressing than terrorism, economic fears and the effects of free trade and globalisation. Like it or hate […]
Robert Spencer on Friday’s “Field Guide”
Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch will be joining me on this Friday’s “A Field Guide to American Politics.” Robert is the author of The Politically InCorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusade), The Truth About Mohamed and Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West. His work has also been […]
Stem Cell Debate Defused?
I for one am glad to see the ethical ramifications of this laid to rest. I however never saw it in that light. My support for stem research is similar to my support for first trimester abortion. In developed nations 25% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage and 33% of all pregnancies in third world […]
Massachusetts Middle School Cancels Field Trip to see Miracle On 34th Street Because of Objectionable Content
McCall Middle School in Winchester Massachusetts recently cancelled a field trip to see a live performance of A Miracle on 34th Street. Why you ask? I’m glad you asked. Because of the objectionable content of the play. That’s right, OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT. It appears as though at least one parent complained about the field trip and […]
Wrestling With Mohammed
Is Islam a religion of peace or an imminent fascist threat? This may very well be one of the most crucial questions of our era.
Is there actually a definitive, clear-cut answer to this monumental question?
Yes, there is, but unfortunately it is buried in a miasma of misinformation and religious apologetics. Also, unfortunately for some, there […]
Those ‘Other’ Muslims
In case you missed it: Roger’s post.
Islam is in the midst of a war for its very existence.
No, I’m not talking about the ongoing wars in Afghanistan or Iraq. Nor am I referring to those ominous clashes between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq, nor even those ‘calling out’ the dangers of Islamic culture.
I’m talking about […]
That Other War
Western civilization is in the midst of a war for its very existence and we are losing this war.
No, I’m not talking about the ongoing wars in Afghanistan or Iraq. Nor am I referring to those recent ominous clashes between the Turks and the PKK in Northern Iraq, nor even that increasingly dangerous, but seemingly […]
The Mighty Sparrow: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan, of the Darod clan, a Harti, a Macherten, an Osman Mahamud, of the consort called the Higher Shoulder, a Magan.
She was born to a nomad family that walked out of the deserts of war torn Somalia. From the first days that words formed on her lips her grandmother forced her to memorize […]
The Enemy in the Mirror
In a recent article in Pajamas Media, Danish PM contributer and Jyllands-Posten editor Flemming Rose revealed the disturbing news that he had been targeted in 2006 for a possible terrorist bomb attack. Mr. Rose, it will be remembered, is the courageous editor who first published those highly-volatile Mohammed cartoons in September 2005. This is just […]
Whom would Jesus Bomb?
“Whom would Jesus bomb?” My neighbor’s bumper sticker poses this loaded question or, more precisely, issues this provocative challenge. It is, of course, meant as an admonishment, an indictment aimed at those of us who supported the war in Iraq, those of us who, after decades of not responding to the escalating Islamist terrorist attacks […]
Islamism Is Not a Religion
Lost amidst the heated rhetoric of our current debates over whether or not the Koran contains an inordinate amount of violence, or whether Islam is indeed a violent religion is a simple but often neglected truth — Islamism is not a religion.
Islam is a religion. Islamism, like all of those other familiar isms — communism, […]
Truth, Conservatism, God and American Justice
“If anyone was found to have broken the law, the person will be taken care of.” - President George W. Bush, Oct. 2003
Mr. Bush’s decision to commute “Scooter” Libby’s prison sentence will undoubtedly spark a national debate about what justice in American really means in an era of high political polarization and when old laws […]
Sharpton vs Romney
Political Grind Network Member Political Vindication has a nice read about the Al Sharpton/Mitt Romney debacle titled: Al Sharpton begins Democrat Offensive Against Mitt Romney.
You could see this coming from a mile away.
This weekend Al Sharpton debated Christopher Hitchens on the existence of God. Hitchens mentions something about Mormonism, and Al Sharpton, seizing the opportunity […]
