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Socialism Under the Microscope: Part One – The Socialists Among Us

I’m just going to come right out and say it: the President is a socialist. While some of us may wish to avoid talking about it, facts are facts.  The …

Society / State

The Lavabit Shutdown and its Implications for American Liberty

Contributor Samuel Mantravadi believes that the FBI has overreached in its latest attempt at using technology to track down a potential criminal. Ladar Levison is somewhat of a hero these …

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Update: Janet Yellen to Be Named Fed Chief

The White House has leaked the news that President Obama will indeed name Janet Yellen as the next chairperson of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.  Should she be confirmed, …

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Let’s Give Neville Chamberlain a Break

In the year of our Lord 1938, A man named Neville caught a bad break. He sought to bring us peace for our time, But as it turned out, he …

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Why I Am Not Writing about the Potential Government Shutdown

The political news in Washington this week has been all about the possibility of a federal government shutdown next week, provided that Congress fails to pass a continuing resolution needed …

Church / Society / State

The Hard Life of an American Christian

When we recently began a study of the book of Esther at my church, our pastor attempted to make a connection between his audience and the characters in the story …

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Obama Should Shake Rouhani’s Hand

Word on the street is that the White House is trying to decide whether or not to arrange a brief meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan …

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A Woman on the Move

Janet Yellen is about to become the most powerful female in U.S. political history, and most Americans have never heard of her. Granted, we’ve had women in positions of political …

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Ice Ice Baby

Exactly how much ice is there in the Arctic Ocean? This may seem to be a fairly straightforward question, but it is amazing how complicated something can become once the …

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Vladimir Putin’s Exceptional Op-Ed

A funny thing happened when I opened my copy of the New York Times today.  Well, actually, that’s not quite true: I, like so many Americans, rarely buy a printed …