Don’t let Political Correctness get in the Way of Saving Lives
Posted on January 29, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
From a good friend who is serving as a Navy Corpsman:
Those of you that know me personally will find this to be an uncharacteriscally mild appeal for help at the grassroots level. The purpose of this note is to garner some support for the continuation (and intensification) of live-tissue training for military medics and corpsman. [...]
Ken Berger on the “Hierarchy of Giving”
Posted on January 27, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Ken Berger, the President of Charity Navigator, posted some reflections well worth noting regarding the “Hierarchy of Giving” on his blog, Ken’s Commentary.
Mr. Berger explains how, especially during times of economic difficulty, giving tends to support spiritual causes first, before others. Much of our giving is religion-based, he explains, which is something those urging an [...]
Honor Killing in Georgia
Posted on January 26, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Last year I wrote about an alleged honor killing that occurred in the Atlanta suburbs. Today, Chaudhry Rashid will have his pre-trial hearing for allegedly murdering his 25-year old daughter by strangling her with a bungee cord. You may ask how we know this? He told the cops. Of course now he is seeking to have [...]
William Wilberforce Act
Posted on January 25, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
One of the last bills signed by President Bush was the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008. This bill made important substantive changes that will make it easier for federal prosecutors to combat human trafficking. Highlights of this groundbreaking legislation include:
Under current law, federal prosecutors bringing cases under the TVPA trafficking of [...]
The Gitmo Order
Posted on January 23, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
President Obama signed an executive order yesterday ordering the closing of the prison at Guantanamo Bay within a year, which is currently holding 246 alleged terrorists caught in Afghanistan and elsewhere. The New York Times surprisingly asked in an article on its front-page about the efficacy of Obama’s proposal:
The emergence of a former Guantánamo Bay detainee as [...]
Human Rights Watch Blames Georgia & Russia
Posted on January 23, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
HRW is saying both sides of the August War – Georgian forces as well as Russian and Russian proxies – all share blame for human rights abuses. Of course, I challenge anyone to show me a war that has a human right-stamp-of-approval at all.
In short, says HRW, all three sides are guilty of a startling [...]
Soft Shari’a in the Netherlands
Posted on January 23, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
In a ruling that should make any liberty-loving people uncomfortable, a Dutch court has ordered the state to prosecute Dutch MP Geert Wilders, best known for his association with the murdered filmmaker Theo Van Gogh and Somali-born former MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali and outspokenness, for making ‘anti-Islamic’ statements in the film he produced, Fitna, which [...]
On the Speech
Posted on January 20, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Congratulations to Barack Obama on his inauguration as America’s 44th president. While I give the President high marks for the delivery of his inaugural address, it was short on specifics and details of how he will better America. And where he was specific, his plans are shortsighted and naive. Here’s some examples:
As for our common defense, [...]
Hamas’s Academic Cheerleaders
Posted on January 20, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
My colleague at Campus Watch, Cinnamon Stillwell, has compiled a damning list of pro-Hamas comments from Middle East studies professors. It appears today at Front Page Magazine.
They’re worth reading carefully because they go a long way toward explaining why the press, which relies on these people for commentary and analysis, is itself so anti-Israel and [...]
Steyn: D.C. Declared Federal Disaster Area Due to Inauguration
Posted on January 20, 2009 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
In his latest National Review column, “Inaugural Disaster,” the inimitable Mark Steyn recounts what we wish were a bad joke:
In just about his last act as president, George W. Bush has declared Washington, D.C., a federal disaster area.
No, seriously. I’m not setting up some lame-o punchline here, like we used to do a decade back [...]
