Politics

Remember this little nugget of genius from Hollywood scholar Cameron Diaz during the last election cycle?: "We have a voice now, and we're not using it, and women have so much to lose. I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies...if you think that rape should be legal, then don't vote." This was part of a rambling and obviously inane monologue Diaz gave on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004 as she plugged both Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and John Kerry for POTUS. Pundits tried to defend her diatribe by saying she was expressing her support for Kerry's pro-abortion views. How that translates into "legal rape," I do not know. She should probably just stick to film scripts. Well, Bush won after all that and rape still isn't legal. In truth, it's closer to being legal under Hollywood's darling Obama six years later than it ever was under W. In New Jersey last year, family court judge Joseph Charles ruled against a woman's request for a...

Military intelligence not only aids in the formulation of military operations, but it also plays a strong role in anti terrorism efforts (as well as the military in general). Much of this country's fight against terrorism is fought overseas by brave men and women who serve in the armed services. The close relationship between military intelligence and anti-terrorism is the main reason why both anti terrorism training and military intelligence training are essential for those who want to serve in the military intelligence community. If you are in the military and would like to advance into an intelligence assignment, this information is probably nothing new. Even if you are a civilian wanting to become a military intelligence officer, the tie between anti terrorism and intelligence is surely not surprising. Regardless of where you are currently in your career, the end goal is the same as is the education you need to reach it. Anti Terrorism Training The Department of Defense defines...

Patrick Joseph Buchanan was born on November 2nd 1938 in Washington D.C. His father, William Baldwin Buchanan was a partner in an accounting firm and his mother, Katherine Elizabeth was a nurse. Pat went to private Catholic elementary and high school. After graduating Gonzaga College High School that was run by Jesuit priests he entered Georgetown University. After graduating from the Georgetown he enter Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where he received his masters degree in 1962. Pat Buchanan's professional career began with his job as a writer for the St. Louis Globe -Democrat in 1961 at the age of 23. It was 3 years later in 1964 that he was promoted to assistant editorial page editor. He stayed in this position for a short time and in 1965 joined the law firm of Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander, and Mitchell in New York City as an executive assistant. This would turn out to be his introduction to his own political future. As a speechwriter for Richard Ni...

Two observations can be made about the U.S. Congress, which many voters will agree with. First, the approval rating of our Legislative Branch is abysmally low. Second, the legislative process is out of control. The Republican dominance under President Bush made such a mess of things that the 2006 and 2008 elections produced that rare occurrence, a veto-proof Congress with both chambers controlled by one party. One could have hoped that this new arrangement would have produced decisive, effective legislation addressing the country's numerous problems. Instead the Democrats produced two gargantuan bills vastly expanding the federal bureaucracy; a number of slush funds or bailout funds; and unheard of budget deficits. The very size and complexity of the "reform bills" amply demonstrated that the current members of Congress are no longer capable of performing their main function, which is to produce meaningful and coherent legislation. During the process of assembling the ...

Maybe these words won't be so well liked, as a tradition of approving something that may be wrong gives it the fake appearance of being right. Most people actually think that society or economy and government are the same. In fact, they are fundamentally opposites. Economy is produced by our desires, and government by wickedness. Economy promotes our happiness by uniting our desires, and government negatively influences it by restraining our vices. One is a patron and the other a punisher. Economy in any state is a blessing, however, even in its best state government is but a necessary evil. In its worst state an intolerable one. When we suffer the same things from our government that we might suffer in a state without government the misery is far worsened because we are required to provide the means (money) that funds such and pain causing government. We're paying for a disservice. But because we cannot all abide by our conscience to God, we find it necessary to give up part o...

Secretary Clinton has been as busy girl. Not even six weeks into the job and she has visited major allies and potential partners and is on deck to visit more within the next two weeks. Already she has earned criticism and courted controversy in her handling of issues and her style. In her most important trip to date, meeting with Chinese officials and leaders in Beijing, she has displayed great candor and pragmatism in her public comments. When pressed to comment about how she proposed to address human rights with Chinese officials, she acknowledged that, while she would stress the need for respect of the human rights of Chinese citizens by its government, it was unlikely that the situation would change. She was immediately attacked for her comment by those who took it as a sign of a lack of commitment by Secretary Clinton to rectify human rights abuses by the Chinese government against its people. She has spent the bulk of her trip dealing with the more practical issues that face our ...

For so long, the United States lived with the idea that they were completely safe in their country in the New World. We weren't going to be attacked and we were able to do whatever it was that we wanted. We could run any business we wanted and believe in anything. Religiously, economically, and politically, we were free people. What if I told you that while you were living with the belief that you were free, in actuality, you were lining yourself up to live under a tyranny? I can imagine the people replying to me saying that this is absolutely ridiculous. We live in a great, free Democracy that protects her people no matter what. Even if some liberties are taken, the United States is free! Compared to a lot of totalitarian governments, our nation is tremendously free. However, times have changed and through acts of fear, the government of the United States has, in part, taken some liberties from the American people and, in turn, this has created a situation where we are potentially...