What really makes the historic American dream and the nature of the country and society it has nurtured different from the goals of Islam and the nature of the countries and societies it has spawned? This is an important issue facing America, indeed all Western societies, as they deal with the radical Islamic terrorist threat…
Category: Crime and Punishment
Art, Literature and Entertainment, Crime and Punishment, Politics and Government
Another Bergerism
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This paraody on Sandy Berger’s pilfering of the Millenium After action Reports from National Archives is a hoot. Things like this are why I love the Blogdom. Reproduced here in full from Barking Moonbat Early Warning System. Read and enjoy and if so inclined visit the Moonbat. [beginparody] Berger Returns U.S. Constitution to Archives (2004-07-24)…
Crime and Punishment, Politics and Government
The Bergerian Gambit
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Punditom and Blogdom alike are in an uproar over Sandy Berger’s stealing of a series of drafts of the after action report on the Millenium plot and subsequent “losing” some of the document pages. While various newspapers have also weighed in, this line from the Washington Post article points to my theory on why Berger…
Christianity, Crime and Punishment, Politics and Government
Hate-Speech vs. Free Speech
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It appears that the legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has added an amendment to its hate-crimes law called “harassment by communication.” There is concern that this could be used against churches that address homosexual activity as sin. More to come on this later. Thanks to David Virtue at virtuosity.com
Conflict and War, Crime and Punishment, Politics and Government
Survival’s Conundrum
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There is a growing debate going on about how to approach the apprehension and prosecution of terrorists and potential terrorists (here defined as those who have become part of a terrorist cell or commited themselves to terrorism but have not actively done any terrorist act). e.g. See Michelle Malkin’s Scott Peterson Type of Justice. To…