Gideons can no longer distribute Bibles to service men/women, but all US service men/women will be required to adhere- more or less -to Muslim traditions during Ramadan. “A stricter practice of separation of ‘church and state'”. Say, what?!! The ACLU’s position on this is, er, ….. Not sure they have gone public with their opposition just yet. ================ MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. personnel... Read more
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US Personnel Required to “Bow” to Muslim practice during Ramadan?
June 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Radical Islam, US ConstitutionSupreme Speech Victory
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | Losing Freedom, US ConstitutionThe Left would howl were they wearing the shoe. ===== June 16, 2014 7:18 p.m. ET Whatever its mistakes (ObamaCare), the current Supreme Court deserves praise for its willingness to police the growing regulation of political speech. The latest example was Monday’s 9-0 decision allowing the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List to challenge a politician’s claim that it criticized him falsely during an... Read more
Do Jews have a future in Europe?
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | Losing Freedom, Racism, Radical Islam, Religious PersecutionAmazing, the fact that “history” has not taught everyone… =========== June 10, 2014 2:37 p.m. ET Just ahead of last month’s European Parliament elections, which saw the rise of far-right and anti-Semitic parties, four people were murdered in the Jewish Museum of Brussels. The shootings underscored that, in addition to political extremism, Europe’s Jews also face the violent threat of jihadists. Mehdi Nemmouche,... Read more
Only America Can Prevent a Disaster in Iraq
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | Iraq, Losing Freedom========= L. Paul Bremer- June 15, 2014 6:04 p.m. ET The crisis unfolding in Iraq is heartbreaking especially for those families who lost loved ones there. They gave so much; it is all at risk. It did not need to be this way. As I wrote in these pages in December 2011 after the last of our military left Iraq, “President Obama made... Read more
Liberty and Law: Not self-protecting or self-perpetuating.
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing FreedomJune 12, 2014 7:20 p.m. ET From a talk by former Sen. Joseph Lieberman at an Aspen Institute-sponsored conference in Prague, June 10: The relative peace, prosperity, tolerance and security achieved from Lisbon to Tallinn is by any historical measure not the natural state of the European continent. On the contrary, this has been a part of the world that has proven... Read more
A Power Struggle Gets Ugly at Kansas State
May 20 | Posted by mrossol | Losing FreedomIf its not about money, then what? And why aren’t other ‘institutions of higher learning’ speaking up? =========== Leticia Romero Just Wants to Transfer, but It Isn’t So Easy 5/20/2014 WSJ With the NCAA under legal attack, now facing increased pressure to allow its student-athletes a broader set of rights, critics of its policies are focusing on a new case that, they... Read more
