Bob McCarty Writes

In a post two days ago, I surmised that the soon-to-be-released terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility are likely to cite Martin Luther King Jr. and thank Allah as they celebrate their undeserved freedom (see this cartoon for a visual aid).  Now, if the GITMO Detainee Reentry Academy becomes a reality, the terror suspects [...]

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If President Barack Obama succeeds in shutting down Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility within 12 months, he will be tempted to describe himself as an emancipator in the mold of Abraham Lincoln.  Unfortunately, as shown in the My Personal Litmus cartoon above, the terror suspects who will inevitably be released from “GITMO” as a result of [...]

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Today is a day set aside to remember the work of Martin Luther King Jr.  It also marks the eve of Barack Obama’s inauguration as president of the United States.  Rather than look at the work of the late civil rights leader on this day, I felt compelled to look at a famous observation made [...]

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Only one of the two African-American men dominating today’s news headlines ever had his name appear on the rolls of the Republican Party.  Do you know which one?  If not, let’s play “Name that African-American Republican!”
The first man, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was a clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the American civil rights [...]

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While watching coverage of the Democratic National Convention this afternoon, I learned that Barack Obama will deliver his nomination acceptance speech exactly 45 years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
Unlike Dr. King’s 1962 speech, which was delivered upon the steps of the Lincoln Memorial [...]

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