Samson's Jawbone

by David L. Miner. -- You probably believe that God created all people equal. Yet you most likely believe in spending tax dollars to help the less fortunate in their homes, schools, college or the job market, indicating that there really are some who are less equal than others. You probably believe in free speech, yet there are some beliefs that you don’t want expressed in our schools, suggesting you believe that free speech should be limited. Most likely you subscribe to the oft-stated claim “You can’t legislate morality.” On the other hand, laws that allow or require us to treat homosexuals as “normal,” which are inescapably and clearly based on some sort of morality, probably have your support. Even those who believe in the right to defend themselves against violence are often uncomfortable with the thought that the person sitting next to them in a restaurant or standing next to them in a line is carrying a concealed weapon. There are all sorts of inconsistencies in your...

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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 ...

Over the last five years the world has watched the monster Joran Van Der Sloot as he has literally gotten away with the murder of Natalie Holloway, and then confessed to killing Stephany Flores. It will not be long though until people start writing biogs or books about poor little Joran , psychoanalyzing what went wrong in his life. I want to start that discussion: I know where Joran went wrong. He would be free today and a respected member in some cultures if he had only channeled his psychosis in other directions. Joran Van Der Sloot should have become a terrorist. I in no way intend to diminish the heinous nature of his crimes, nor do I deny that Joran deserves far worse than the hell he is facing . All I am asking is if Joran had channeled his aggression in a different direction would he have been excused if not even respected by the American and European left. What would have happened if Joran had been a terrorist? It would be a calumny to suggest that Natalie was s...