| You Will Be Made to Care Human nature prefers conflict avoidance, especially when that conflict requires the drawing of moral laws. We would prefer the and-also scenario over the either-or. If there’s a way to put off doing the right (hard) thing, we will most assuredly find it. Read More |
| Senator Cruz: Gang of Eight “Penalizes Businesses” that hire U.S. Citizens Speaking at the Black American Leadership Alliance’s March for Jobs in Washington, D.C. yesterday, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz spoke against the Senate’s recently-passed Gang of Eight immigration bill. Sen. Cruz highlighted the fact that the bill, if it passes the House and is signed into law, would impose penalties on U.S. employers for hiring American citizens and permanent residents. Read More |
| The Politics of Race “White Hispanic.” I almost choked on my plate of nachos when I heard that one. “White Hispanic” sounds eerily like the turn—of—the—last—century, Jim Crow-era definitions of race, which were so arbitrary they are almost laughable in the age of DNA testing to determine genealogical lines. There is nothing scientific about calling someone a “White Hispanic,” yet it has been the label du jour for the media in describing George Zimmerman, the man recently exonerated for killing Trayvon Martin. Read More |
| Grasping for Dignity in the Era of the American Police State During a routine traffic stop, Leila Tarantino was allegedly subjected to two roadside strip searches in plain view of passing traffic, while her two children—ages 1 and 4—waited inside her car. During the second strip search, presumably in an effort to ferret out drugs, a female officer “forcibly removed” a tampon from Tarantino. No contraband or anything illegal was found. Read More |
| Political Correctness: “Bring Me the Head of George
Zimmerman!” I was elated upon hearing the not guilty verdict in the Zimmerman trial. It gave me hope that America has not yet totally succumb to the tyranny of Political Correctness. It is refreshing that the jury was not willing to sacrifice the life of an innocent man on the alter in worship of Political Correctness enforced by the mainstream media and the Obama Administration. Read More |
| Path to Citizenship for Illegals a Sticking Point in the House Even though an immigration reform bill passed through the U.S. Senate with relative ease and bipartisan support, both Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives are taking a long, hard look at the so-called “path to citizenship” which may be a sticking point in passing legislation in the House, according to several experts and lawmakers on Sunday morning’s news shows. Read More |
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