Samson's Jawbone

Many in the media were perplexed recently by President Obama's absence from the march in Paris in opposition to the attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine. They have raised questions about the administration's reluctance to label jihadists as terrorist or to identify them as "Islamic extremists." Why is anyone surprised? This administration will never recognize the Islamic connection to terrorism, because the existence of religious terrorism belies multiculturalism. Multiculturalism represents an attitude about proper responses to religious, ethnic, political, linguistic and social diversity among populations. Multiculturalism   embraces differences and makes personal, social and legal accommodations for differences even when those differences are destructive to existing culture. It sees culture as pluralistic and forgoes any efforts at expecting one group to assimilate into a larger culture. It is contrary to the traditional American view of epluribus unum, or the idea of ...

It is time to set the record straight. Some of those who argue in favor of amnesty for illegal aliens crossing the southern border will sometimes imply, (or downright claim) that immigrants from the south have a right to be here, because "the United States stole the southwest from Mexico in a greedy attempt to fulfill our ' manifest destiny .' " Nothing could be further from the truth.  Frankly I'm shocked at the ignorance Americans have of their history in general, but especially of the post-colonial period leading up to the Civil War. It is time to set the record straight: the United States stole nothing from Mexico. In 1803 President Jefferson purchased the 828,000,000 square mile Louisiana Territory which included all of modern Louisiana, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa and major portions of North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and a corner of Northeastern New Mexico. These territories immediately became territories of the United States and ...

America is an exceptional nation. We are exceptional because while some people have more obstacles in their journey than others, any American who gets an education and works diligently has an opportunity to improve their lot in life. Further we are the only nation who has increased our influence in the world without consolidating our power and conquering territories and peoples. We have used our power to liberate other nations and peoples. We have had many great days in America and many sad ones. But last Friday, November 7, 2014 was one of the saddest days in American history. It was a sad day indeed when Muslim Prayers were held in the National Cathedral . The national cathedral is the prominent Christian center in America. Many prominent Americans including President Woodrow Wilson are buried there. It represents the Christian heritage and values of our nation. While far from being a theocracy or wholly Christian, there is no doubt that the Christian faith has had a strong infl...