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More on Cordoba House and Religious Freedom
Read and comment on my blog. Here is Newt Gingrich’s take on the Cordoba House, and here is a medieval historian’s response. The idea of reciprocity sounds great. Muslims can worship freely in America if and only if Christians can worship freely in Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia. However, reciprocity is fundamentally unAmerican. It…
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How Much Help Does Truth Need?
Read and update on my blog. Why is there such an uproar over the so-called ground-zero mosque? I admit, when the issue was first brought to my attention about six weeks ago, I dismissed it. I thought no one would take seriously the claims made about the building because they were so patently untrue. As…
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Fort Hood Rampage
The news coming out of Fort Hood is shocking. Soldiers killed and wounded by one of their own. My heart goes out to the families and friends of those killed and wounded. No words can console them; they are bereft. Tomorrow the pundits and analysts will start in. We will hear again about the need…
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Headlines
Read and comment on my blog. In a recent exchange with Facebook friends, it came to light that some people only read headlines. One interlocutor opined: I’ve said for years, people read headlines, but nothing below that. The problem in this country is that people are too lazy to be informed. I disagree with turning…
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America’s Biggest Problem
Read and comment on my blog. Health care reform is an urgent issue. Millions of Americans are uninsured or underinsured. While there are differences about what role government ought to play in health care, there is nearly universal agreement about the need for reform. Yet health care reform is not our biggest problem. The financial…
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