Bob McCarty Writes

The subject of so-called “hate crimes” has been discussed in this space several times during the past 18 months, ranging from proposed federal hate crime legislation to observations that Thomas Jefferson hated “hate crime” legislation and that “love crimes” receive little attention from the FBI. When I learned the people at the Southern Poverty [...]

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“Al Qaeda is improving the last key aspect of its ability to attack the U.S. — the identification, training and positioning of operatives for an attack in the homeland,” said Michael McConnell, director of national intelligence, which oversees all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.
The statement above appeared in a Washington Times article, Al Qaeda seen planning [...]

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It appears New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has succumbed to pressure from law-abiding Americans. According to a Fox News article this morning, the first-term Democrat has decided to abandon a plan to issue drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.
In much the same manner as the U.S. Senate backed away from so-called immigration reform legislation (a.k.a., [...]

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Bernard, at A Certain Slant of Light, published an insightful post yesterday on the subject of immigration and the way the topic is treated by decision-makers on the staff of a newspaper in one of the nation’s largest cities, Houston. Take a look at how it begins:
James Pinkerton, who normally gets front-page coverage in [...]

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