Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
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I have written a few times about Westboro Church. They are disgusting and abusing religion in the worst possible way. Well, one father of a slain soldier has had enough. Albert Snyder, father of Matthew Snyder, is suing Westboro for disrupting his son’s funeral. I am 100% in support of Albert’s lawsuit. However, he’s an [...]
The University of Florida Police Department is taking some heat for the less than subtle means they used to shut up Andrew Meyer during a John Kerry presentation. Wearing the over-abused cliche drooping khaki pants and a t-shirt, this guy was obviously no threat to anyone. The cops didn’t get his prank or thought it [...]
Things have changed in the US in a big way during my adult lifetime. And, it’s all the media’s fault. I have been a Republican my entire life. It wasn’t really a choice when I was young, but it has been for about 20 years. For about 100 years, there was a core seperation in [...]
When I first read about this story, I thought it couldn’t possibly be true. It had to have been an exaggeration or rhetoric. Here’s the gist of it: Not everyone who came to Sgt. Andrew P. Wallace’s visitation in Ripon was welcome. Among those who stopped by were four adults and three children from the [...]
Eugene Volokh relays a story: A graduate student at LeMoyne College has been expelled for writing a paper on his opinion that corporal punishment should be allowed in the classroom. Scott McConnell was working on his master’s degree in the science education program at LeMoyne. He wrote his Classroom Management Plan paper in November. After [...]
Gerald Dworkin of Left2Right writes ( yeah, I know, this is getting a bit redundant. ): Being a free speech fanatic I will hold my nose and defend Churchill right to speak at Hamilton (if there are threats of violence then protect the speaker), and against any attempts to dismiss him from his academic position. [...]
