By: Raelea C. Phillips Many liberals are pro gay marriage and believe a woman should have the right to choose; but they are against legalizing polygamy and prostitution. At least most conservatives are consistently against the freedom of choice in all four realms. Has either side thought about a…
By: George Hiskler As a general perception, the Supreme Court is supposed to be an institution of impartiality, judicial fortitude, and constituted by men and women who have sacrificed their private interest for the purpose of democratic continuity—or republic continuity, whichever one you’d prefer. For the most part it…
By: Michael Tuosto Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has introduced a bill to his state's legislature that has gained nationwide attention as well as sparked a nationwide debate. The focus of the mainstream media with regards to the “budget repair bill” has been on the reforms to public sector…
By: James Daniels With Ron Paul’s second consecutive straw poll victory, are we seeing a beginning of a tide shift in US politics? Recent trends in the US have been toward bigger government with our latest President being a proponent of such. Talk of universal healthcare has been at…
As I read the analysis’s of Laughner’s patchwork manifestos and cobbled-together, text based video blogs on the various news and opinion sites I frequent, I am struck both by how desperately the reasonable among us are trying to make sense of this rampage and how futile their efforts are. The only place the actions of Jared Laughner made sense was in his own deformed mind, and it is not unreasonable to suggest that they no longer make sense there either.
There comes a point where, in order to fully represent our Constitution, our Bill of Rights, and our nation's core is to recognize Islam as a fully autonomous, free will society that, as a religion, has the freedom to grow and develop in its own path and not one that is paved by anyone else.