Author: B. John
The Finishing Touch
Lay and I went to lunch today, and I was noticing this older African-American lady all dressed for church with a hat on. I was just thinking how seldom people wear hats on Sunday anymore.
Read moreReligious Abuses at Gitmo
Detainees held at the U.S. military base in Cuba told their U.S. lawyers about the use of tactics intended to degrade their religious beliefs in a series of interviews beginning in October 2004; the depositions were recently declassified by the Pentagon, and were published today on the watchdog group’s Web site.
Read moreSomething To Help You Sleep At Night
On Tuesday, the top budget experts from the right-wing Heritage Foundation and the left-leaning Brookings Institution sat down with Comptroller General David M. Walker to raise a red alert about impending “deficits of the scale we’ve never seen in this country or any major in industrialized country [sic].”
Read moreSorry Seems to Be The Hardest Word
Another great piece from Perrspectives.
Read moreCurrent Threat Level
Be sure to visit Perrspectives.com to determine the current conservative threat level.
Read moreSurprise Visits
Over at Americablog, Joe from D.C. makes an interesting point about the press oohing and aahing about the “boldness” of American officials making all these surprise visits to Iraq.
Read moreSawing Off Democracy’s Third Leg
In a democracy, the primary responsibility for the success or failure of that democracy lies with the people. We each have a duty to view critically the actions of our elected leaders. In this, American’s receive a failing grade. There is another leg of democracy which the founders recognized and gave special consideration. That leg is a free press.
Read moreSawing Off Democracy's Third Leg
In a democracy, the primary responsibility for the success or failure of that democracy lies with the people. We each have a duty to view critically the actions of our elected leaders. In this, American’s receive a failing grade. There is another leg of democracy which the founders recognized and gave special consideration. That leg is a free press.
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