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America and her slow descent into fascism
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines fascism as “a way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government” characterized by “…severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition”. For a country founded on the […]
Read moreClosing Guantanamo
One of President Barack Obama’s first actions after being sworn in as president in January of 2009 was to sign an executive order directing the Central Intelligence Agency to shut down its network of secret prisons and ordering the closing of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. This closure never happened, both because of Congress’s reluctance […]
Read moreIran Talks
On Tuesday of this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel addressed Congress on the subject of Iran. American diplomats, including Secretary of State John Kerry, have been engaged in negotiations with Iran over Iran’s desire to develop nuclear energy and, many believe, nuclear weapons. President Obama’s government is trying to find a way to […]
Read moreFunding the DHS
We are living in extremely dangerous times. It seems like hardly a day goes by without a new threat or a new terrorist action somewhere in the world. There was the Charlie Hebdo attack in France, in which Islamic terrorists stormed a Parisian newspaper office, murdering journalists and political cartoonists, while a separate gunman attacked […]
Read moreObama’s ISIS Plan
While it has fallen out of the news cycle to some degree in recent months, the terrorist organization calling itself the Islamic State or ISIS has suddenly regained the media’s attention. With the incredibly barbaric and brutal murder of captured Jordanian fighter pilot, Lt. Moath al-Kasasbeh, and the reported death of American hostage Kayla Mueller, […]
Read moreAppeasing Bullies
Wherever there are bullies, people who are willing to throw their weight around and intimidate weaker people to get what they want, there are people who will do everything they can to appease those bullies. At certain times in our past, the United States has been a champion that stood up to bullies like the […]
Read moreFiscal Priorities
Charity begins at home! It seems that the attorneys and career politicians in Washington have forgotten this simple truth. America gives away tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid every single year, with most of this money being invested in countries where the citizens hate America and would treasure the opportunity to kill Americans […]
Read moreSenate “Torture” Report
With the recent release of the Senate’s report on the CIA’s alleged use of “torture,” many Americans are preoccupied with the idea of what exactly counts as “torture” and whether America should be in the business of torturing prisoners. But in all this hand-wringing and self-righteous complaining, it is important to remember the context of […]
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