Generosity is an American Affliction: Get Over It
The true measure of American generosity is how we treat our people when no one is watching. Reckless inclusion of all foreigners doesn't count.
Being American Means Giving Thanks for What You Are Not
Americans can be thankful for many things including what we are not, a nation of followers willing to be punished by someone else's skewed value system.
Our Outrageous Response to New Attack on Humanity
Humanity should not have been shocked by the attacks in Paris. There was nothing outrageous about what happened, even though the one-time leader of the free world chose to cast it that way.1 When America’s leadership decided long ago to publicly deny the direction Islam was so obviously taking, what did that portend for the civilized world?
Refugees and Terrorists: is U.S. Priority Lives or Lies?
The Mariel boatlift has faded to a bad memory. Jimmy Carter was president when Cuba gifted us with boatloads of refugees. Now Barack Obama is about to repeat the same mistake with two big exceptions: this time we are inviting trouble in and we have good reason to fear the results.
Theocracy Means Death to America, Deal or No Deal
Too many on Capitol Hill are still afraid to admit what is so horribly wrong with John Kerry’s Iran deal. The forced urgency is suspicious enough, considering that we have worried about Iran’s nuclear ambitions for decades, a lot longer than the 10-year compliance window being offered.
Soldiers Died to Protect America, Not Political Careers
John Boehner made another plea to repair the Department of Veterans Affairs yesterday, damning the agency because:
This isn’t run-of-the-mill incompetence. It is arrogance – arrogance that allows our veterans to be lied to, ignored, and, frankly, left to die.1
Boehner talks better than he acts.
Do Middle East Muslims Want to Stop Attacks?
When the allied coalition landed in Normandy on D-Day the casualties were appalling, but the West had made a decision. Germany had to be stopped. Violent aggression was intolerable and we ended it. Can we say the same thing about Muslims in the Middle East, North Africa, and elsewhere?