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A constitution founded on these principles introduces knowledge among the people, and inspires them with a conscious dignity becoming freemen; a general emulation takes place, which causes good humor, sociability, good manners, and good morals to be general. That elevation of sentiment inspired by such a government, makes the common people brave and enterprising. That ambition which is inspired by it makes them sober, industrious, and frugal. – John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776

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  By • Apr 21st, 2012 • Category: Civil Liberty, Ethics, International Relations, Opinion, Politics, Religion/Faith, War on Terror

Apr 21, 2012 – Caroline Glick Hatred of Jews is the central animating feature of the political and strategic reality of the Middle East. It is hatred of Jews that dictates the legal regimes, foreign policies, military aspirations, cultural mores, educational themes and even public health policies of our neighbors from Ramallah to Tehran. Despite [...]

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  By • Apr 21st, 2012 • Category: Civil Liberty, Ethics, Politics, War on Drugs, War on Terror

By Rowan Scarborough The Washington Times Friday, April 20, 2012 The other war in Afghanistan – the one to reduce the opium poppy crop by eradication, crop trade-offs and threats – has seen substantial gains over the past five years as cultivation has dropped 32 percent. But one key anti-poppy program called the “Food Zone” [...]

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  By • Apr 21st, 2012 • Category: Civil Liberty, Government Waste, International Relations, Politics, Presidency, Religion/Faith, War on Terror

By the CNN Wire Staff updated 5:19 AM EDT, Sat April 21, 2012 (CNN) — U.S. President Barack Obama urged Sudan and South Sudan to resolve their outstanding issues through dialogue and avoid a return to war amid soaring tensions between the neighboring nations. Clashes have escalated between Sudan and South Sudan in recent days [...]

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  By • Apr 20th, 2012 • Category: Civil Liberty, Ethics, Media Bias, National Defense, Opinion, Politics, Presidency, War on Terror

By Oliver North (Archive) · Friday, April 20, 2012 WASHINGTON — My dear friend and fellow Marine Joe Foss — a Medal of Honor recipient — would ask me occasionally, “What were you thinking?” The question usually was prompted by my missed shot on a hunt or when he heard me make a confusing comment [...]

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  By • Apr 20th, 2012 • Category: Civil Liberty, Ethics, Opinion, Politics, Religion/Faith, War on Terror

By Mona Charen (Archive) · Friday, April 20, 2012 “Where are all the moderate Muslims?” It’s a question often posed by Americans who watch with disgust as the Council on American-Islamic Relations and other apologists for radical Islam hog all of the attention. CAIR, which was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the terror financing [...]

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  By • Apr 20th, 2012 • Category: Civil Liberty, Ethics, Government Waste, International Relations, National Defense, Opinion, Politics, Presidency, Religion/Faith, War on Terror

April 20, 2012 Rob Miller After ethnically cleansing its over 500,000 Christians, the rogue Arab Islamist regime of the Sudan has declared war on the Christian and black South Sudan, which broke away last year after peace talks under UN auspices supposedly ended the civil war, in which an estimated 2 million, mostly civilians in [...]

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  By • Apr 20th, 2012 • Category: Civil Liberty, Editorial, Ethics, Media Bias, National Defense, Politics, War on Terror

Troop photos only help the bad guys By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Thursday, April 19, 2012 The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday published 2-year-old photos of American soldiers in Afghanistan smiling while holding body parts of dead suicide bombers. Editor Davan Maharaj justified publication saying the paper has “a particular duty to report [...]

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  By • Apr 19th, 2012 • Category: Civil Liberty, Ethics, History, Opinion, Politics, Religion/Faith, War on Terror

April 18, 2012 Peggy Shapiro Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, but how do we remember the unfathomable? Six million people is beyond our mental grasp. So just imaging if there were graves for the six million victims of the Holocaust and they were set next to each other. The graveyard would stretch almost 6,200 miles, [...]

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  By • Apr 19th, 2012 • Category: Civil Liberty, Ethics, International Relations, National Defense, Opinion, Politics, Presidency, War on Terror

By Mitchell Bard Published April 18, 2012 FoxNews.com The Obama administration claims that sanctions against Iran are working. Officials point to the fact that Iran agreed to enter negotiations last week with the so-called p5+1 delegation. In the meantime, officials seem to ignore the findings of their own intelligence officials who say Iran’s nuclear weapons [...]

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  By • Apr 19th, 2012 • Category: Civil Liberty, Ethics, International Relations, Politics, War on Terror

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN Associated Press BAGHDAD April 19, 2012 (AP)         Bombings struck several areas in Baghdad and to the north Thursday, killing at least 30 people in the first major attacks in Iraq in nearly a month. The violence stoked fears that insurgents were trying to undermine confidence in the Shiite-led [...]

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