The American form of government. Democracy or Republic?

Link This was in the site of Dr. Walter Williams who will host the Rush Limbaugh program this Friday, Sept 4th.

Why Libya Welcomed Megrahi

WSJ Online "The misperception of both the circumstances that led to Mr. Megrahi's release and the reception he received upon his arrival in Libya has reopened painful wounds for the families of those lost in the Lockerbie tragedy. It's also threatened to derail years of progress and newly restored relations between Libya and the West."

What We Are Learning About the Era of Obama

by Victor Davis Hanson "...a right-wing African-American is considered inauthentic; but a liberal African-American is deserving of reparations. A black Reaganite who grew up under Jim Crow in the South and overcame vile racism to become a professional is now considered less “black” than someone near-white, who grew up in the 1960s North, and received identity-politics deference. No, minority has not much to do any more with racial discrimination, but everything to do with careerism and politics."

More on Obama's Green Czar Van Jones

Link "Just before Van Jones was appointed as our president's special advisor, someone that would advise the president of the United States on how to create green jobs, just before that appointment he said this:"

Parents upset over 'leftist propaganda' video

Salt Lake Trib ""It's very inappropriate to show a radical, leftist propaganda piece that political to children," Ruzicka said. "If parents want their children to learn about those things and do them in the home, wonderful, fine, but it's not the place of the school to show a one-sided propaganda piece to children without parents knowing about it."" I did like the pledge to think of oneself as an American, not a hyphenated-American.

White House Withdraws Call for Students to 'Help' Obama

ABC News "Obama's plan to inspire the nation's schoolchildren with a video address next week erupted into controversy."

Will "Fairness Doctrine" Return Under Another Name?

ACLJ "Bottom line, Lloyd’s appointment to a FCC position with direct authority on these issues crystallizes our concerns. Further, Lloyd’s own writings lay out a plan for accomplishing this onerous objective. We will be working vigorously to make sure this effort does not go unnoticed and that the American people are not deceived by a revival of the Fairness Doctrine under a different name."

Mike Ramirez cartoon

Townhall

Too Old for Pain Meds

American Thinker "Now, I need to tell you that your mother's pain medication will have to be purchased by you, as Medicare will not pay for these, as your mother is too old. Thinking I heard the man wrong, I asked him, Did I hear you correctly? Did I hear you say my mother is too old for pain medication following surgery? The druggist, smiling, repeated his previous comment, reiterating that Medicare, at least in his district, refuses to pay for pain medication for seniors, even following surgery."

The Ramadan dinner at the White House

By Ethel C. Fenig "However--and understandably--Obama did not mention the case of Rifqa Bary, the American teen ager born to Muslim immigrant parents who fled her home, fearing her parents would kill her after her conversion to Christianity."

'Sons' become 'children' in new Bible translation

From the UK "The New International Version, the Bible of choice for conservative evangelicals, will be revised to reflect changes in English usage and advances in Biblical scholarship, it was announced Tuesday. The revision is scheduled to be completed late next year and published in 2011."

Torture's Unanswerable Questions; one Liberal's thoughts

Washington Post "The questions of what constitutes torture and what to do with those who, maybe innocently, applied what we now define as torture have to be removed from the political sphere. They cannot be the subject of an ideological tug of war, both sides taking extreme and illogical positions -- torture never works, torture always works, torture is always immoral, torture is moral if it saves lives. Torture always is ugly. So, though, is the hole in the ground where the World Trade Center once stood."