Tag Archives: american

Mama Maggie: the ‘Mother Teresa of Cairo’ inspires Coptic Christians

The brutal beheadings of 21 Coptic Christians at the hands of ISIS terrorists shocked the world. But almost as worldview shattering was the strong faith of the victims, even in the face of certain death. Now we know where their…

Boehner playing dangerous game by mixing Israel, race

Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) trip to Israel this week is so blatantly political that even the avowedly impartial Associated Press describes it as looking “like a jab at the White House.” It is worse than that. President Obama can jab…

Wake up, America: My message for Azealia Banks

Last week I noted a rising hip-hop star who had just done an interview in playboy. In that spread, Azealia Banks declared that she “hates America” and that she “hates fat white people.” She blamed white privilege and capitalism for…

Student group demands California university rename building after convicted cop killer

A black student organization at the University of California at Berkeley is demanding the university rename a building on campus after Assata Shakur, a former Black Panther, convicted cop killer and the first woman named to the FBI’s Most-Wanted Terrorist…

The power of forgiveness: University of Oklahoma’s Isaac Hill and SAE fraternity

Turn on the news and you expect to see people of different races and politics denouncing each other. That’s why what happened last week on “The Kelly File,” Megyn Kelly’s Fox News program, was so remarkable. Following the expulsion of…

Reason for Hope: The 10,000 Women Initiative

For as long as I can remember, we’ve been having debates about the foreign policy disasters and seemingly unsolvable problems around the world. Dinner conversations are replayed over generations – nothing seems to get better, and in some aspects it…

Feds crack down on Chinese ‘birth tourism’

Airfare from the U.S. to China and a months-long stay in an Orange County, Calif., apartment: $80,000. A baby born a U.S. citizen: priceless. In the largest operation of its kind, early Tuesday morning federal officials in Southern California served…

Hillary Clinton, private email and more questions about character

Another day, another news story questioning the character and judgment of Hillary Clinton. This time it’s a question of conducting official government business on a private email account. First, that is not allowed. Second, a private email account is not…

Why I wish the Koch brothers spent even more money on politics

Lots of people sure hate the Koch brothers. The Kochs get death threats like this: “If I had a chance to murder a Koch brother in cold blood, I would surely take it.” Jim Dean doesn’t want to kill the…