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Can America Learn from Europe’s Multiculturalism Mistake?

by SteveK @ Thursday, February 24th, 2011. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Family, Government, Middle East, National Security, Religion

This video could serve as a nice warning to America about what happens when you allow massive immigration, encourage non-assimilation, and indeed, expect the host country to adapt to the foreigners rather than the other way around.  It’s a sign of wisdom to be able to learn from the mistakes of others, but there is [...]

“Hate Speech” Arises Out of an Identity Politics Predicated on Victimization

by SteveK @ Thursday, February 10th, 2011. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, Government, Legal, Media

Here’s a good article on why so-called hate speech is nothing more than an attempt at criminalizing speech offensive to the left. Usually this means speech that makes use of reason and facts against their positions. But the most damaging aspect is that it reinforces identity politics and is fundamentally incompatible with a free society.
Free [...]

Liberty vs. Benevolence or the Tyranny of ‘Good’ Intentions

by SteveK @ Thursday, February 3rd, 2011. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Economics, Government, History

Nothing seems to produce more harm in this world than ‘good’ intentions with unlimited power.
The following is an excerpt from Liberty vs. benevolence by Roger Kimball, and is featured in the February issue of The New Criterion along with other essays by various authors on “The Wisdom of the Founders” and the ideal of limited [...]

NOW President Believes Government Should Run a Deficit to Keep Social Programs

by SteveK @ Tuesday, January 25th, 2011. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Economics, Family, Government

CNSNews reports that “Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women and Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research have urged the federal government not to cut funding for social programs.
When asked if they would support cuts to social programs and other entitlements with the nation facing over a $14 trillion [...]

Gun Sales Increase After AZ Shooting

by SteveK @ Wednesday, January 19th, 2011. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Second Amendment

According to POLITICO, gun sales have soared in the wake of the Arizona shooting spree. “Gun sales skyrocketed 60 percent in Arizona on Monday, Jan. 10, compared with the corresponding Monday last year. ” In Ohio, the FBI reported that sales spiked 65 percent, 38 percent in Illinois, 33 percent in New York, and 16 [...]

Loughner: AZ Shooter Mentally Disturbed and “Quite Liberal”

by SteveK @ Wednesday, January 12th, 2011. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Media, Second Amendment

From the new bits of information being gleaned it would appear that Jared L. Loughner is not the right-wing crazy the establishment media initially made him out to be. It’s pretty clear he has a mental illness, but since the old media insists on dragging politics into this, let’s set the record straight.
The Phoenix New [...]

ObamaCare Death Panels Are Back and In Effect

by SteveK @ Tuesday, January 11th, 2011. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Healthcare

The “death panel” provision was originally included in the Democrat’s legislation to takeover health care, but “the Obama administration will achieve the same goal by regulation, starting Jan. 1,” as reported in The New York Times.
The new Medicare regulation detailing “voluntary advance care planning” is to be included during patients’ annual checkups, and “may include [...]

Poll Claims Americans Want Higher Taxes for “Rich”: MSNBC Plays Class Warfare

by SteveK @ Tuesday, January 4th, 2011. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Economics, Government, Media

Citing a poll alleging that 60 percent of Americans want higher taxes for the “rich” as a ’solution’ to the budget crises, the Morning Joe panel on MSNBC chimed in with the typical responses one would expect. From lamenting tax cuts for the so-called rich (rarely defined, but rather amorphous) to suggesting that the middle [...]

Who’s Behind the Push for Net Neutrality?

by SteveK @ Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Media

Whenever you hear innocuous sounding names describing some policy or law, you should be suspicious. Such is the case with “net neutrality,” which ostensibly ensures that service providers are not blocking websites or interfering with internet access. But this isn’t happening. So-called net neutrality is really a power grab and a stepping-stone for government interference [...]

Taxpayers Funding Distasteful Smithsonian Christmas Exhibit

by SteveK @ Wednesday, December 1st, 2010. Tags: , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Religion

CNSNews reported yesterday “the taxpayer funded Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is hosting an exhibit during this Christmas season featuring images of an ant-covered Jesus, male genitals, naked brothers kissing, men in chains, Ellen DeGeneres grabbing her breasts, and a painting the Smithsonian itself describes in the show’s catalog as “homoerotic.””

In many ways this so-called [...]

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