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Islamic Principle of Al-Takeyya Infecting Nation

November 11th, 2009 · No Comments

The Islamic principle that allows Muslims to lie under certain circumstances without fear of punishment or retribution, and it’s clearly infecting the nation’s leaders and members of the mainstream news media.
What is Al-Takkeya? In an article published at Islam Review, former Muslim Abdullah Al Araby provides a great deal of information about how lying [...]

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Unexpected Emotions Surface on Veterans Day

November 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

This morning, I attended a Veterans Day assembly at the middle school not far from St. Louis where two of my three sons are students.  One of about two-dozen veterans in attendance, I did not expect to feel the emotions I felt today.
Like most school assemblies of this nature, it featured the school band playing [...]

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Sugarcoating Truth Won’t Prevent Next Attack

November 8th, 2009 · No Comments

As an Air Force officer for almost seven years, I became familiar with a document used to both assess how some event, activity or operation turned out and offer recommendations about what could be done to improve the same next time it took place.  We called it an “After-Action Report.”
Three days after Army Maj. Malik [...]

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My Father’s War Stories Shared to Honor Veterans

November 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

On the occasion of Veterans Day 2009, I pay honor to those who’ve served and/or paid the ultimate price in service to their country by publishing a series of war stories that holds a special value in my heart, because they were written by my father, Ted.
He served as a low-ranking enlisted man in the [...]

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‘The name says a lot, doesn’t it, senator?’ (Update)

November 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment

What did Fox News Channel’s Shepard Smith mean when, while speaking with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) this afternoon, he asked the senator the question, “The name says a lot, doesn’t it, Senator?”
It turns out he was alluding to the Muslim name of the alleged main suspect in a shooting spree that has reportedly left [...]

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