Enter the Veto
Russia’s Opposition on Kosovo Firm by Nebojsa Malic As the fact-finding mission of the UN Security Council arrives in Belgrade this morning, the war of words over the occupied Serbian province of Kosovo continues. Last […]
Day: April 26, 2007
Christians In Bull’s-eye In New ‘Hate Crimes’ Plan
Real haters seek to outlaw ‘hate.’ By Bob Unruh A fast-tracked congressional plan to add special protections for homosexuals to federal law would turn “thoughts, feelings, and beliefs” into criminal offenses and put Christians* in […]
Army Rangers: Elite of the Elite
As is generally known European American soldiers continue to prove their mettle in elite forces. Thirty-nine teams of two competed last weekend at Fort Benning, Georgia, for the Best Ranger Competition — the Army Rangers […]
Aristotle’s Words Come Alive
Text reveals more ancient secrets By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC News Experts are “lost for words” to have found that a medieval prayer book has yielded yet another key ancient text buried within […]
After VTech: Are 60,000 Missing Foreign Students A Security Risk?
Cho was not the only foreign-born “English student” to gain notoriety outside of his field. As an English major, immigrant Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-hui was a relative rarity. Nearly three-quarters of the foreign-born students […]
New Hampshire Lawmakers Pass Civil Union Bill
Tiny state fourth in United States to agree to “gay marriage” (Bloomberg) — New Hampshire lawmakers passed a bill today to make their state the fourth in the U.S. to grant same-sex couples the right […]
Baghdad on the Bayou
To recover from Katrina, New Orleans must defeat the criminals who terrorize its streets. Nicole Gelinas You don’t have to go to Baghdad to see what happens when government loses its monopoly on force; just […]
Maryland: Muslim Holidays Rejected by Board
“The board’s position has been — and remains — that the primary obligation is to educate students and meet requirements” Baltimore County public school officials have said that adding Muslim holidays to the school calendars […]
India: Court Orders Gere’s Arrest
“Obscene” kiss leads to chaos (Reuters) An Indian court ordered the arrest of Hollywood star Richard Gere on Thursday for kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at an AIDS campaign event this month saying it was […]
UK: Intolerance of ‘Intolerance’ Tolerated
Orwell’s vision of the future comes to Britain The European Union continues to inch closer to the dystopia foreseen by George Orwell in his novel 1984. In Orwell’s novel the main character is a party […]