Category Archives: U.S. Constitution

A Secular Defense of the 9/11 WTC Cross

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Apparently some atheists are upset that a 9/11 memorial will have the “WTC cross” found in the wreckage of steel girders where the towers had stood.  I am agnostic, but I am not easily offended by displays of religion.  It is a freedom which I feel very well pays its own freight.  I used to be fairly militant in my atheism, but that stance made little sense to me after some years.  How could I be so smug and inflexible on a topic where my whole thesis was that certainty without evidence was unacceptable?

The cross discovered in the smoke and rubble was a powerful symbol to many who served on scene, and was a comfort to those who toiled in the swirling mist of human and architectural … Continue reading →

Rush to Conservatives: I’m damn proud of you | The Right Scoop

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Boehner 3.0 passed, Senate killed it, and now Reid will replace it with a craptastic compromise.  This is the sell-out we are bracing for.  But it doesn’t have to be this way.  We did win, after all.  We have a veto on spending.  If we show the fortitude required, the Democrats will crumble.

RightScoop currently hosting a great clip from Rush:

Rush says that the only reason we have Boehner 3.0 is because of the Tea Party members in Congress and because of us conservatives who made our voices loud and clear, and he says he’s damn proud of all of us. And then he turns it on.

He blasts the leadership for doing Obama and Reid’s bidding and says we should not be the lifeline to getting … Continue reading →

Time Magazine Debases Constitution

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“If the Constitution was intended to limit the federal government, it sure doesn’t say so.” — Richard Stengel, Managing Editor of Time Magazine, and former President and CEO of the National Constitution Center.

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The fourteen factual errors in the recent Time article are actually a big deal because the author of that awful piece, Richard Stengel, holds an incredibly influential position.

The author is not only the Managing Editor for Time, but he spent two years as President and CEO of the National Constitution Center. And even today, he works with the National Constitution Center’s Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution, whose stated mission is “to help both professional journalists and students … Continue reading →

Bye Bye, Romney

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[Update 25AUG2011: I wrote this on 14May, after the first debate.  I’ve corrected some spelling and phrasing, but nothing substantial.  Rick Perry has just passed Mitt Romney in at least one, perhaps two significant polls.  This post has stood up rather well.]

Mitt Romney had a golden opportunity to seize the nomination and skewer the president.  In my opinion, all he needed to do was cast off his illegitimate offspring, RomneyCare.  He should have said that he used the laboratory of democracy called Massachusetts, with its rich history of political innovation, to see once and for all if a large role for government can improve critical services in health care.  He would have been in a unique position to assail the president on ObamaCare.  “I have already implemented … Continue reading →