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Ethical Oil And The Saudis

The US Centers for Disease Control provides a simple web-based, illustrated guide to disease-causing tick removal which offers this sage advice: If you find a tick attached to your skin, there’s no need to panic. There are several tick removal

Mitt Romney On Jihad And Sharia

Mitt Romney, June 3, 2009, at The Heritage Foundation on Jihad: “I spoke about three major threats America faces on a long term basis. Jihadism is one of them, and that is not Islam.” However: There is just one historically

American Voters Still Concerned About Terrorism

Ten years after Muslim jihadists crashed passenger-filled planes into buildings symbolizing the United States leadership in finance and military power, Americans seem to finally understand the threat posed by jihad advocates. In addition to the worsening economy, many worry about

Libyan Rebels: We Offer 'Moderate' Islamic Rule

From the Associated Press: Libya’s new leaders pledged “moderate” Islamic rule and affirmed their commitment to human rights on Tuesday, even as their fighters were accused of committing possible war crimes. A defiant Moamer Kadhafi, meanwhile, vowed from hiding to

Saudi Arabia's Perception Of America

Ten years after 9-11, counterterrorist and intelligence operatives along with several policy makers flooded the media with their thoughts about America’s longest war. These persons are truly prominent in their fields and deserving of such thoughts and perceptions. However, very

The War America Fights is Far From Won

Ten years ago, in the shadow of the crater at Ground Zero, the smoldering Pentagon and a field of honor in Pennsylvania, America found itself at war. Today, a decade on, America is still at war. Ten years after the

'On a Day When Others Tried to Divide Us'

“…on a day when others tried to divide us, we can regain the sense of common purpose that stirred in our hearts 10 years ago. As a nation, we face difficult challenges, and as citizens in a democratic society we

Ex-Ground Zero Imam: "Mocking" Islam is Libel

There is nothing that strikes deeper at the heart of the American experiment than a test of our liberties — the right to free speech, and the right of religious freedom. It was because of these liberties that Islamist terror

September 11th Roundup

– Party hostess Sally Quinn: However, I will pray this Sunday. I will pray that we as Americans, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Atheists, Agnostics and others can come together to end prejudice, discrimination and hatred. Violence is not more a

9/11, Radical Islam, and Our Future

I pray for those who lost so much on September 11, 2001. We are still not able to openly say “Radical Islam is our enemy,” and therefore I fear for our country. There is this illusion that we are “too

Sharia Lobby Shifts into 5th Gear

Slow down, moving too fast, got to make the U.S. last… Sharia advocates desperately want to convince legislators and the public that Islamic law is plain vanilla — and totally nonthreatening to existing U.S. legal codes. Notwithstanding a nationwide Muslim

Reminder: We Are at War

The tenth anniversary of 9/11 should really not hold any more meaning for people than the first or second or third. Nor should it be any different than 9/12/01 or 4/18/05, or any other day. Yet humans are a species

Where Are We, Ten Years After 9/11?

So, where are we ten years after 9/11? It is comforting that we have been blessed with a near-unbroken decade without further mass-casualty attacks since those that killed nearly 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001. Unfortunately, our government is pursuing