Ben Johnson,The White House Watch When he was elected president,Barack Obama expressed his desire to “fundamentally transform America.”On an economic level,that explains his plans to siphon wealth from productive citizens to the indolent,entrepreneurs to union thugs,and Main Street to Wall Street (and 142nd Street). Spiritually,it means redistributing [...] Dr. Paul G. Kengor,FloydReports.com Each time President Obama addresses America’s inalienable rights,I get emails. “Did you see Obama left out ‘Creator’ again?” began the latest. The most recent occasion was a June 17 presidential statement responding to a UN resolution on sexual orientation. Obama stated that “LGBT persons are endowed with the [...] Suzanne Eovaldi,FloydReports.com In a fit of political correctness,a Seattle school now has renamed Easter eggs as “Spring Spheres.”Candy canes sporting the red color of Christ’s blood and the green of the Christian Christmas tress have all but been banned from our schools. As I stood to hear the Palm [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com I never thought I would write these words but —God bless Kim Kardashian. On her website,nestled beneath announcements of Belle Noel’s spring collection and “Jenny McCarthy’s fearless ShoeDazzle Shoe!”is a blog entry entitled,“Time to Recognize the Armenian Genocide.”In it,the reality show star reminds the world [...] Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com According to a 1991 Book of the Month Club/Library of Congress survey that asked what book had most influenced their lives,the two top picks by respondents were the Bible and Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. Coincidentally,this is a big week for both Christians and Randians. The former are [...] Kevin “Coach” Collins,FloydReports.com The double-talking liberal Democrats in Illinois have voted down a Republican measure to demand that those attempting to vote produce a photo ID. The arguments they made were the same shopworn nonsense they always use:“Such a law will discourage voting”;“It disadvantage minority groups”;etc. In spite of the [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com In the State of the Union Address,Obama said:“We are the first nation to be founded for the sake of an idea – the idea that each of us deserves the chance to shape our own destiny. That is why centuries of pioneers and immigrants have risked everything [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com Coming soon to a neighborhood near you? Proposed new rules from the Obama administration would advance “transgender” rights through a federal fiat that literally changes the definition of the word “family.” Obama’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is considering a new federal regulation that would force anyone who receives [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com This may not be my most popular column,and if that is the case,I can live with it. I never thought I’d get to write these words,so I had to take the opportunity while I could still do so:Barack Obama Did Something Right. This “Man Bites Dog”phrase [...] Drew Zahn,WorldNetDaily The California department of the nation’s largest veterans organization has filed a lawsuit against federal authorities,demanding the Obama administration obey a congressional order permitting the Veterans of Foreign Wars to maintain the Mojave Memorial Cross. The Cross,originally erected by veterans in 1934,had stood as the country’s only national [...] Dr. Paul Kengor,FloydReports.com No,that’s not “Clarence the Angel” of It’s a Wonderful Life fame. The Clarence in this article is much less inspiring—a humbug,really. I’m thinking of Clarence Darrow,dogmatic defender of atheists. As Christians this time of year absorb another spate of snipes at their revered holy day,[...] Don Feder,GrassTopsUSA.com And lo,there came unto me glad tidings:A Christmas tree has never committed an act of terrorism – has never beheaded a hostage (or taken hostages,for that matter),has never flown a plane into a skyscraper,has never blown up anything,and has never shot and killed [...] Tom Purcell,FloydReports.com I still wish I hadn’t peeked in the attic that year. It was Christmas 1972 and I was 10. It was the first year when I no longer believed in Santa Claus. Until that point,Christmas had been a magical time for me. A few weeks after Thanksgiving,I [...] Dr. Paul Kengor,FloydReports.com The ACLU seems unusually active right now. What gives? Maybe it’s the Christmas season,which always seems to spring the ACLU into high gear,making it more miserable than usual. I tried to ignore the latest round of ACLU legal challenges against religious Americans,but they became too much. The [...] Floyd and Mary Beth Brow,FloydReports.com “America is great because she is good.” Those famous words by Alexis de Tocqueville still hold true as they did when he spoke them centuries ago. In the holiday season,we see repeated demonstrations of this goodness. De Tocqueville also noted,“The Americans combine the notions [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com On election day 2010,more than 70 percent of Oklahoma voters approved State Question 755,which forbids state courts from considering international law or Islamic religious law in pending court cases. However,that measure has been held in judicial limbo by a judicial activist appointed to the federal bench [...] Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com Every fall in my Econ 101 course,during the last class period before we part for Thanksgiving,I share a lesson from early American history. It is particularly timely,because it deals with those we credit with the first American Thanksgiving,the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony. Upon [...] Penny Starr,CNSNews.com For the second time in little over a month,President Barack Obama stripped the word “Creator”from the Declaration of Independence when giving a speech. “As wonderful as this land is here in the United States,as much as we have been blessed by the bounty of this magnificent continent that [...] | |
