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Suicidal handwringing – Thomas Sowell When you enter a boxing ring, you agree to abide by the rules of boxing. But when you are attacked from behind in a dark alley, you would be a fool to abide by the Marquis of Queensbury rules. If you do, you can end up being a dead fool. … No one has suggested that we disregard the Geneva convention for people covered by the Geneva convention. The question is whether a lawless court shall seize the power to commit this nation to rules never agreed to by those whom the Constitution entrusted with the power to make international treaties. … Our only hope is to get advance information from those we capture as to where other terrorists are and how they operate. Squeamishness about how this is done is not a sign of higher morality but of irresponsibility in the face of mortal dangers. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2006/09/19/suicidal_hand-wringing

All children deserve a good public education – Theresa Camoriano http://bipps.org/ARTICLE.ASP?ID=653

Are videotaped beheadings covered by Geneva? – Ann Coulter It was this idiotic idea of being nice to predators that drove liberal crime policies in the '60s and '70s -- leading like night into day to unprecedented crime rates. Now these same liberal ninnies want to extend their tender mercies not just to rapists and murderers, but to Islamic terrorists….Never mind trusting liberals with national security. Never mind trusting them with raising kids. These people shouldn't even be allowed to own pets.  http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=17148

Unreasonable people will not keep the pope from reasoning-  It's an invitation from the Pope to Muslims-- an invitation to reason, an invitation to dialogue. … Benedict is not a blunderer. He is a brave man and a scholar. He values his freedom to speak out, reasonably and critically, about other world religions, and he's not willing to relinquish it, even a month before he is to put himself in probable danger by traveling to a Muslim country in the wake of his remarks. He is also a man of faith, who may have hoped against hope his invitation would be accepted, and put the response in God's hands.  http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaryKatharineHam/2006/09/18/unreasonable_people_will_not_keep_the_pope_from_reasoning

Religious Right Needs to Defend All Saints Episcopal
That Rev. Regas and All Saints Episcopal represent a liberal point of view must not cloud the fact that what is at stake here is religious liberty. From the very beginning of our constitutional republic, America's pastors and ministers have courageously engaged the culture. We must not allow the IRS, or any other government agency, to now trample this heritage.....
http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin321.htm

Trial by jury in danger of extinction -- The strategy appears to be: denigrate juries as being ineffective and obsolete, while at the same time trumpet the praises of a system that relies on the judgment and conduct of "justice professionals."… Arizona has just joined a small but growing list of states that have taken away the right to jury trial in DUI cases, even though DUI charges may lead to incarceration and other penalties…. Judges routinely deny the traditional right of jurors to judge the law, as well as the facts of a case, and vote their conscience. http://www.newswithviews.com/NWVexclusive/exclusive108.htm

Survivor plays the race card – Star Parker We've been living this reality show for 40 years. Been to visit Congress lately? We've got the Congressional Black Caucus (the black team) to represent allegedly black interests. We've got the Hispanic Caucus (the Latino team) to represent allegedly Hispanic interests.  … I think CBS has done us a favor by holding a mirror up to the country. We just need to decide if we want a reality show or a great nation. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2006/09/18/great_nation_or_reality_show

Immigration, Amnesty and The Welfare State – by Ron Paul The immigration problem fundamentally is a welfare state problem. Some illegal immigrants– certainly not all– receive housing subsidies, food stamps, free medical care, and other forms of welfare. This alienates taxpayers and breeds suspicion of immigrants, even though the majority of them work very hard. Without a welfare state, we would know that everyone coming to America wanted to work hard and support himself. http://citizenoutreachblog.com/?p=255

What’s prejudice? – Walter Williams In a world of costly information, people seek to economize on information costs. Imagine heading off to work, you open your front door, only to be greeted by a full-grown tiger. The uninteresting prediction is the average person would slam the door or otherwise seek safety. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2006/09/20/whats_prejudice

Is it just me or are people really getting meaner? By Chuck Baldwin Americans have developed a very unhealthy anger attitude. We have lost our sense of humor, not to mention our ability to forgive. … How is it that we cannot see that the same liberties and principles that we desire for ourselves must be granted to others, or we all lose?  http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin322.htm

Dishonest social security ads- Perhaps even more disturbing than the actual falsehoods is how the ads ignore Social Security's looming financial crisis. … Workers totally depend on the good will of 535 politicians to determine what they receive in retirement. Any politician, regardless of party, with the courage to address these issues should be celebrated, not vilified. http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6692

Sinking the first amendment - In the name of preventing the appearance of corruption, McCain-Feingold has become the essence of it. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_470672.html

Who will control committees if Dems take charge? Republicans are opening up a new campaign front in the elections that asks voters to think about who will be running Congress if the Democrats are returned to power in November. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro/2006/09/23/gop_taking_midterm_dems_to_school

A few things I neglected to say – Bert Prelutsky I should have pointed out that, long before there was an income tax, Andrew Carnegie, a personal hero of mine, single- handedly created the public library system in America. .. Most of the money donated to legitimate charities goes to do what the donors intended. But a huge chunk of the money we send to Uncle Sam is skimmed off to finance bloated federal bureaucracies. When a charity behaves that way, the executive director either ends up being fired or in the poky. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BurtPrelutsky/2006/09/22/a_few_things_i_neglected_to_say

Feds to subsidize a politically-connected railroad with your tax money? The federal government, through the Federal Railroad Administration, is seriously considering loaning $2.3 billion to a struggling railroad called the Dakota Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) to expand its service into the Wyoming coalfields. … Sen. John Thune, who turned Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle out of office in 2004, made a living lobbying for DM&E before running for Senate. Thune, along with Sen. Trent Lott, managed to earmark money for the loan in the 2005 Transportation Bill…. Independent studies - done with admittedly too little information because the real numbers are withheld by the company - make it clear that DM&E is unlikely to be able to make its loan payments…. This isn’t what Republican control of Congress was supposed to mean. And for anyone dedicated to free markets and limited government, it’s a scary indicator of what the future could be like without serious reform.  http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DavidStrom/2006/09/22/the_largest_federal_loan_in_history_--_and_youve_never_heard_of_it!

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