1. John Lott: DOJ Lawsuits Against Gun Control Policies Especially Protect the Weak
2. Michael Finch: Restoring America's Beauty and
Promise
3. Todd Sheets: College
and the Entitlement Mentality
4. Daniel Greenfield: It's Time to End the Gaza
Ceasefire Lie
5. Robert Spencer: Muslim Migrant Uses Cellphone to
Photograph a 13-Year-Old
6. Wilfred McClay: The Unique Historic Bond America
has with the Jewish People
DOJ Lawsuits Against Gun Control Policies Especially Protect the
Weak
By John Lott, Worldwide Expert on Guns & Crime
Gun control laws disproportionately harm minorities, women, and the poor - the people who benefit most from being able to protect themselves.
In a major shakeup at the U.S. Department of Justice, the Trump
administration last week created the Second Amendment Rights Section
within the Civil Rights Division. Under the leadership of Harmeet K. Dhillon,
the division has already moved quickly to challenge gun-control laws, opening
an investigation into allegations that the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
slow-walked approvals for concealed-carry permits. The move signals a dramatic
shift welcomed by those who support gun ownership, but it has provoked strong
opposition from critics who claim the division is straying from its traditional
civil-rights mission - typically focused on racism, excessive force, and
discrimination. [more...]
Restoring America's Beauty and Promise
By Michael Finch, Author of A TIME TO STAND: The Dire Hour to Defend American Beauty
Discovering our great Republic anew.
Does it matter if we are learning of the greatness of American
culture? We are all now sadly aware that, in the infamous words of Barack
Obama, the Left is seeking to "radically transform the United States of
America." For them to build their new heaven on earth, and attain their
fantasized utopia, they must burn down the house, erase the past and wipe it
clean. In their retelling, America's birthday no longer is 1776, but 1619.
Columbus came to this new land to execute a genocide. America is imperialistic,
racist, and sexist, and these sins are baked into its founding. Hence their
creation of a self-loathing iteration of American history and culture that
infects so many of our citizens. The culture and history of America matter
deeply. When we don’t recognize the greatness of our culture and history, when
we are taught to hate our own history and myths and stories, then we fracture,
we balkanize. We fall apart. [more...]
College and the Entitlement Mentality
By Todd Sheets, Author of 2008: What Really Happened
If you go to college and are taught that you
have to work hard to get good grades in fields that will lead to jobs where the
college premium will more than offset the cost of the education, things are
likely to work out well for you. In fact, this is pretty much how college
worked until the last couple of decades. But if you go to school and learn you
don't have to work hard and that your degree more or less entitles you to a better life, then you've basically been set up for
failure and disillusionment. Of course, if you are also taught that any such
failure should be blamed on America and its founding ideals, and not your dysfunctional education, then you may well have
also been radicalized into thinking the solution lies in overthrowing many of
our founding principles. [more...]
It's Time to End the Gaza Ceasefire Lie
By Daniel Greenfield, CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center
There's no ceasefire and moving to the next phase will make it worse.
Apart from returning some bodies, Hamas has done nothing to
comply with the ceasefire. It has continued launching attacks. Israel - in
response - has struck Hamas, which has made it clear that it will not disarm.
Qatar, which negotiated the fake 'ceasefire,' backed up the demands of its
Hamas proxy at the Doha Forum, for a complete Israeli withdrawal until Hamas
does anything. (And then Hamas won't do anything anyway.) The Muslim countries
that were supposed to form the international force that was going to disarm
Hamas and police Gaza have made it abundantly clear that they won't disarm
Hamas or police Gaza. [more...]
Muslim Migrant Uses Cellphone to Photograph a 13-Year-Old
By Robert Spencer, Author of Holy Hell: Islam's Abuse of Women and the Infidels Who Enable It
The impetus for this could come from the
culture established upon Muhammad's example. Islamic tradition records that
Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine,
and the resultant fact that child marriage and the sexualization of children
are taken for granted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. [more...]
The Unique Historic Bond America has with the Jewish People
The newly-released book, Jewish Roots of American Liberty,
by historian Wilfred McClay illustrates how the free
institutions that we value so much in today's America - including Christianity
itself - are securely grounded in Jewish ideas, images and ethics. The timing
of the release of this book couldn't be more consequential. Did you know that the
Jewish faith and scriptures form the deep foundation for American commitment to
religious liberty... and the inscription on the Liberty Bell was taken from
Leviticus 25:10 in the Hebrew Bible, saying "Proclaim Liberty throughout
all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." At a time when
anti-Semitism has skyrocketed in the United States, it is important to remember
the unique historic bond that America has with the Jewish faith and the Jewish
people, extending back to their shared Biblical heritage. [more...]
