Merging religion and state can take different forms. The most obvious is a church body or authority taking over the state (as in fundamentalist Iran). A less obvious example is when secular authorities reach into private church organizations to intimidate, … Continue reading
Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a religious and social conservative, is threatening to leave the GOP if they don’t take a strong stand on gay marriage and other social issues. “They’re hostile to religious liberty and a lot of our … Continue reading
Leon Panetta is Barack Obama’s former CIA chief and Secretary of Defense. The Washington Post [10-6-14] reports that Panetta: … criticized Obama in harsh terms that would have been dismissed as partisan sniping — if Panetta weren’t a Democrat who … Continue reading
If you didn’t realize it sooner, you can certainly see it now: Watching the American government respond to the Ebola outbreak is an utter fiasco in progress. It’s a reminder of how we cannot actually trust the federal government to … Continue reading
The Chinese fascist Communist government is at it again. Opponents of dictatorship are protesting in Hong Kong, and the Chinese government does not like it one bit. News outlets like Time.com and CNN.com refer to the protestors as “Occupy Hong … Continue reading
A Daily Dose of Reason reader wrote to me about his 11-year-old son. He came home with a social studies project to pick the “best” one of [President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s] FDR’s four “freedoms.” I encouraged my son to choose … Continue reading
Burger King Worldwide Inc.’s deal to buy Tim Hortons and move its address to Canada will proceed, a day after the U.S. Treasury Department announced plans to crack down on corporate inversions. [Source: Bloomberg News] Have you ever heard the … Continue reading
The U.S. Senate, this past week, blocked an attempt to advance an amendment to the Constitution for the government to further restrict the funding of political campaigns. “We have had in this country a flood of very, very dark money … Continue reading
According to The Washington Post, 50 percent of women now disapprove of the president compared to 44 percent who approve, a near reversal of his support among female voters in the 2012 exit polls when he had 55 percent support … Continue reading
No matter what he says or thinks, Obama is not at war with any American enemy. And there’s no remote possibility he will defeat that enemy or reduce any threats to our physical safety and well-being. Why? It’s the progressive … Continue reading
Bloomberg News reports 9/2/14: Former [Republican] House Majority Leader Eric Cantor landed a $1.2 million job at the investment bank Moelis & Co., pulling down more money than his Tea Party-backed opponent spent defeating him in a Republican primary. The … Continue reading
Much ado has been made over Obama’s slip that the U.S. government has no strategy for fighting ISIS (Islamic state) terrorism in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. It’s much ado about something. But not for most of the reasons even Obama’s … Continue reading