As Americans prepare for fireworks, family gatherings and BBQ feasts to celebrate Independence Day 2015, we should all take a serious, silent moment to re-dedicate ourselves to patriotism. Not soppy, thoughtless or shallow patriotism, but intelligent, informed patriotism. Here are a few among the millions of reasons to love America. They...
I’d never heard such a comment from any man of my acquaintance until my soon-to-be beloved, Robert, said it shortly after we started dating in 1987. I was slightly taken aback. I’d never thought of America in this context. He then followed with: “You won’t see this in Minsk or...
Last night two Muslim men opened fire outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland Texas, during the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) sponsored Muhammad Art Exhibit. Both attackers were shot and killed outside the building by an alert Garland Police Department officer. AFDI founder Pamela Geller hosted last night’s pro-free speech...
School Choice in Texas The Iran “Deal”: US caving to Iranian’s nuclear demands Iranian defector says US negotiating mostly on behalf of Iran's interests Obama revealed Israeli defense secrets (but not France’s Germany’s or Italy’s) Worse than political correctness… now even Leftist College Professors complain students cannot be taught things that upset them … “safe...
Interview with Frank Gaffney and conversation about Obama’s Conference on Violent Extremism (Shhhh, don’t say the “I” word) Obama’s LA Times Editorial explaining why we can’t talk about Islam at a violent extremism conference. Frank Gaffney’s website, that includes the Civilization Jihad document by the Muslim Brotherhood. Black History Month As the month...
The last quarter hour segment of each two-hour LCWT show is the Eighth Section of the show, and is reserved for Quotes and Tweets of the Week, memorable comments by pundits on both sides, and the listing of DYKs --- Did You Knows, which are talking points we share on...
Americans’ reactions to Rudy Giuliani’s now famous remark that President Obama does not love America range from indignation and outrage to “you just now figured this out?” The answer to the question that convulsed the nation last week -- “Does Obama love America?” -- is that it depends on what the...
From ISIS to Net Neutrality, Executive Amnesty to Valentines Day, and from Love and Marriage to 50 Shades of Grey...
“Freedom of speech”. Just about every American knows that phrase. Even today, when knowledge of the US Constitution seems so lacking, just about every American knows that ‘freedom of speech’ is an individual right spelled out in our Bill of Rights. But Americans living today may not appreciate how central that...
The other day my husband dropped me at the airport for a trip to visit our daughter. I had a suitcase filled with our daughter’s artwork that I was going to check. We went to the curbside check in and lugged that enormous suitcase up to the counter, (no one...