Apparently, cigarettes are the new crack cocaine. At least, that’s what New York mayor Michael Bloomberg seems to believe. After banning smoking in indoor public areas, he now wants to do the same with outdoor areas such as parks, beaches and pedestrian malls.
Like most ex-smokers, I’m vehemently anti-smoking. I always encourage people to quit; I continuously tell them that they’ll feel so much better once they do, and so on.| MORE ›
It’s fascinating to see the civil war that broke out recently among Republicans. The Tea Party movement took on moderate Republican candidates (for Congress and the Senate) they declared ‘RINO’s’ (because they were moderate in their social, and often also in their fiscal views), while the Grand Old Party’s establishment fought back by labeling Tea Party activists naive radicals who don’t understand that you sometimes have to settle for a moderate candidate if you want to win in the general elections.| MORE ›
On this day, I always think both where I was on September 11, and what this day means for the wider world. I won’t go into that much for this post in this post except to say that it definitely gave us a greater understanding of what threats we face, and the fact that must face them. However, in doing that, we must not forget what it is we’re fighting for.
I hope to better explain more of what I mean tomorrow.
9/11: Never forget.
Man, can’t Al Sharpton ever catch a break? First his counter-rally to Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor attracts only 3,000 people, about 3% of the lowest estimate of the attendance at Restoring Honor.
Now I read that his non-profit civil rights group, National Action Network, may have to file for bankruptcy because it can’t pay its bills. Luckily the organization is paying its staff, but it’s doing that by, umm, not paying its taxes (to the tune of $1.3 million).
Not to worry, though.| MORE ›
integrity: Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
If there is one thing that is most egregious all of the things I’ve discussed this week show, it’s a loss of integrity on the part of our elected officials.| MORE ›
The Restoring Honor Rally yesterday brought thousands of people out to the Lincoln Memorial. I know that by the time I got there, there were people filling out the area beyond the treeline, and all the way up to the road. And if they weren’t all the way up to the Washington Monument, it was a close thing.
I’ll have a bit more of a meaty post up later at NewsReal Blog, but I just wanted to explain my position on Glenn Beck’s dream of taking back America via faith, hope, charity, and sacrifice.
In a word: yes.| MORE ›
Hey everybody! Just a quick reminder for today that we’ll be covering the Restoring Honor Rally LIVE from Twitter, and then right back here afterward.
If there is anything that most represents what Restoring Honor is tomorrow, it is the two acts listed in the title: speech and prayer. Only in a country like ours can one man (and his team) surround a national monument with thousands of people in order to speak about restoring the country to its glory.| MORE ›
This article will no doubt generate some disagreements, simply because people don’t share all the same exact values. In short, I do not share a belief in a god of any sort. Thus, I’ll refrain from discussing that religion-related hot button issues here, namely abortion and gay rights.
That said, I believe there are some areas conservatives can agree on, among them smaller government, lower taxes, and more personal freedoms. I’ll cover the last item tomorrow when I discuss freedom of religion and speech.| MORE ›
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