Originally posted at American Thinker. blog Picture this: you find out your neighbor is wearing night goggles and spying through your window after dark. What do you do? Invite him over for a barbeque, give him a bear hug and tell him you’ll leave the venetian blinds open to provide …
Originally posted at American Thinker. blog Either the White House press corps enjoy being stood up, or the group is so hopelessly besotted they fail to see the forest for the trees of Muskoka, Canada. How many times will the infatuated be left alone on the dance floor without a …
Originally posted at American Thinker. blog It is comforting to know that even though registered sex offenders may show up at your door wearing Census 2010 credentials, at least Americans can rest easy in the knowledge that, if flying, Homeland Security is profiling potential terrorists like six-year old Alyssa Thomas. …
Early nineteenth century prison reformer Elizabeth Fry said the following: “Punishment is not for revenge but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.” In the New York City borough of the Bronx tough educators did the extraordinary and injected custodial chores into school detention for unruly students. Bronx disciplinarians apparently …
Originally posted at American Thinker. blog Aside from the threat to the coastline, the indigenous wildlife inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico has suffered the most from the mounting environmental disaster. It is deeply disturbing when living beings are injured, let alone fished from the water after being immolated by fire. …
Originally posted at American Thinker. blog Over the past few days it’s been difficult to understand how a soldier and man of honor like Army General Stanley McChrystal could let his guard down in the presence of left wing Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings. McChrystal is a trained officer, disciplined to …
Originally posted at American Thinker. Emperor Lucius Aurelius Commodus, son of Marcus Aurielus, the “last of five good emperors,” ruled Rome from AD 177 to AD 192. History tells us that Commodus “proved to be a self-indulgent, disconnected leader.” In fact, Commodus‘ “accession to power ended a spell of 80 years in Roman …
Originally posted at American Thinker. blog Sand berms are an insurance policy meant to protect the Louisiana coastline from oil spill damage. The Louisiana sand berm venture involves moving “sand from a mile out in the Gulf of Mexico and pumping it closer in to shore to build manmade barrier …
Of late, President Obama seems more determined than ever to shackle the nation and push Americans in a direction few seem willing to go. Regrettably, for Obama it appears as if an entity outside the realm of an audible speaking voice keeps encouraging captives that hope endures because powers exist …
Elton John is turning out to be quite a freethinking firebrand. First, he performs at Rush Limbaugh’s wedding and then defies world opinion by playing a rock concert in an unpopular place like the nation of Israel. Could it be that Elton John is actually intelligent enough to understand Rush’s …
