Written by John W. Whitehead

“I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”—James A. Baldwin
Just in time for Memorial Day, we’re being treated to a generous serving of praise and grandstanding by politicians, corporations and ... Read more: Operation Vigilant Eagle: Is This Really How We Honor Our Nation’s Veterans?
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Written by J. D. Longstreet

Be Afraid. Be VERY Afraid!
From ABC News we learn the following: "The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation.
Sarah Hall Ingram ...
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Written by Peter Lemiska

The killing of four American diplomats in Benghazi last September has again become front-page news following the recent testimony by government whistleblowers.
Until now, much of the attention has been directed at the so-called talking points. Republicans argue that the narrative on Benghazi was a ...
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Written by John W. Whitehead

"If you're not a terrorist, if you're not a threat, prove it. This is the price you pay to live in free society right now. It's just the way it is."—Sergeant Ed Mullins of the New York Police Department
Immediately following the devastating 9/11 attacks, which destroyed the illusion of ... Read more: Round the Clock Surveillance: Is This the Price of Living in a 'Free, Safe' Society?
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Written by Alan Caruba

The resistance to Obamacare is writing a new chapter in U.S. history. It may well become the most unpopular law since Prohibition became an Amendment to the Constitution in 1919. By 1933, another Amendment repealed it.
Obamacare passed by a straight Democratic party vote on Christmas Eve in 2009. ...
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Written by J.D. Longstreet
The Confederate Soldier has been slandered and libeled for 150 years. Those who would drag his name through the muck and mire are still at it… full throttle.
Organizations who claim roots to slavery in this country (whether their ancestors arrived before, or after, 1865, it doesn’t seem to ...
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Written by Matthew Vadum

Congressional testimony this week showed the appalling lengths to which the Obama administration went to cover-up its mishandling of last fall’s terrorist attack at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, but President Obama’s precise role in the cynical operation remains hidden. Americans still don’t ...
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Written by Daniel Greenfield
America is becoming a more tolerant nation, we are told. Each new thing that we learn to tolerate makes us more progressive. But tolerance is a relative thing. For every new thing we learn to tolerate, there is a thing that we must stop tolerating.
Tolerance does not usher in some tolerant anarchy ...
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Written by Cliff Kincaid

“Beck Crosses the Line Again” was the headline over a Jonathan Tobin Commentary article about Glenn Beck’s attack on Michael Bloomberg at the NRA convention. Tobin insistedthat Beck “spoke in front of a large backdrop that photo-shopped Bloomberg’s face into what appears to be a famous photo of ...
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