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I don't want to build character. I want it pre-fabricated. 
Unless other wise noted, all content Copyright © 2001 Roy M. Jacobsen |
Monday, January 28, 2002
We keep hearing wails of outrage from Europeans (government and press) over our allegedly "inhumane" treatment of the Taliban and al-Qaeda detainees at Gitmo Bay, Cuba. So, where's the outrage over the U.N.'s apparent participation in the sex slave trade in Bosnia? Check this out: Is the U.N. running brothels in Bosnia? Friday, January 25, 2002
ACLU Goes to Bat for Satan Against Florida Town's Edict Banning Evil One Don't they have anything better to do? Monday, January 21, 2002
Remember the "Horowitz Affair"? David Horowitz has written a book about his effort to run an advertisement listing 10 reasons why reparations for slavery are a bad -- and racist -- idea, and the froofraw that ensued, and David Orland has written a review over at the Boundless website. Check it out. Friday, January 18, 2002
What is America all about? There are probably endless books that could be written on that question, but according to Michael Long, what's happening in Guantanamo Bay is one example. Think about it: What sort of fate would an American soldier captured by al Qaeda suffer? Contrast that with the treatment we're giving the Taliban detainees. Long says: ...down in Guantanamo Bay, our actions put on display our core beliefs: Individuals possess certain inalienable rights, period. They can do nothing to forfeit those rights. Dignity comes with birth. Thursday, January 03, 2002
Is a belief in Absolute Truth at odds with the notion of Freedom? Some voices (including former president Clinton's) assert that the current war against terrorism is a war between the ideologies of Freedom and Absolute Truth. Kevin J. Hasson holds a completely different view: that Freedom is absolutely grounded in an Absolute Truth, to wit, "Truth is knowable [...], but it can only be embraced authentically when it is embraced freely." |
