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Red, White, and Scott Brown |
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Written by Dan Allen
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I have opposed Barack Obama since his campaign for President began. To me, it represented a disturbing populist uprising that was far more concerned with personality than politics, and more focused on ethnicity than ethics. I was afraid that with the country in the midst of troubling economic circumstances, our governmental and financial structures were vulnerable, and that Obama might use the country’s relative weakness to push a socialist agenda. But if there is one thing I dislike more strongly than the current President’s politics, it is the way some choose to express their opposition.
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First Cyprus, then the Middle East |
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Written by Brigham Wilson
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Cyprus is experiencing several small struggles—microcosms of some of the most difficult issues in the Middle East. Trying to help Cyprus would be an ideal test-run for ambitious designs in the Middle East and would provide fitting lessons to those involved.
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Switzerland: "No More Minarets!" - Pro |
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Written by Kristi Boyce
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You have probably never heard of Dhimmitude, but you may be familiar with its cousin—Islamification. When the Swiss voted to ban the construction of minarets in their country, a common rallying cry of the ban’s supporters was “Stop Islamification.” Yet this term was used incorrectly. Islamification refers to the process of society’s conversion to Islam. Given the cosmopolitan nature of Swiss society, it is unlikely that it is the type of nation that would legally interfere with anyone’s conversion to any religion. Thus, the minaret ban does not symbolize religious intolerance.
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Switzerland: "No More Minarets!" - Con |
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Written by Austin Smith
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Let’s be clear about what happened recently in Switzerland: a nation that until recently had been widely known for tolerance and civility took away the right of one religion, Islam, to build minarets on top of their places of worship, despite the fact that there are currently only four minarets in all of Switzerland, and even those do not issue the traditional call to prayer. This ban was enacted under the guise of protecting Switzerland’s culture. Such a trampling of religious rights is indefensible in a free nation.
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Written by Sara Jarman
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Obama is often credited for his administration’s policies, but as so often in politics, the ones credited typically are the ones least deserving. Such is the case with Rahm Emmanuel, Obama’s chief of staff.
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