The greatest danger today in the United States is our political system itself. Among the greatest problems we face are the policy of gerrymandering and passage of the Citizens United legislation. Both practices are counter to the idea of democratic government as meant by our Constitution. They are counter to the idea of one man, one vote. A third problematic part of our government is the absence of term limits.
Laird Veatch may be an excellent Director of Athletics for Mizzou. That
I have written about the death and rebirth of socialism periodically over the years.
For centuries the Democrats have been the “tax and spend guys.” They’re the party of American Treasury confiscatory distribution — to themselves.
This letter was sent to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Now that US aid is settled, explains Kurt Volker at the Center for European Policy Analysis, “We must no longer give Ukraine just enough to survive, but not enough to win.”
SHAFAQNA- Commentary on Imam Sajjad’s (AS) Treaties of Right article series by Mohammad Sobhanie. The Right of Allah (SWT): Commentary on Imam Sajjad’s (A.S) Treaties of Right (Part 1) The Right of Soul: Commentary on Imam Sajjad’s (AS) Treaties of Right (Part 2) The Right of Tongue:
“As I observe the cluelessness of Hamas apologists worldwide, I realize a mea culpa may be due” from the media, confesses former AP chief editor Dan Perry, of the “basic failure to communicate” about “a jihadi outfit.”
When ideology replaces meritocracy or provides immunity from the consequences of illegal behavior, systemic mediocrity follows.
Shafaqna English | by Ayatollah Seyyed Kamal Faqih Imani : Commentary of Surah As-Sajdah (32:17) بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ فَلاَ تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَآ اُخْفِيَ لَهُم مِن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَآءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful 17. “And no person knows what (important reward) is
When Garth Stevenson, a nature musician and composer, carried his 6-foot-tall double bass instrument with him to Antarctica, he had a life-changing experience when he imitated whale calls on his instrument. He ended up drawing 12 sei whales to the edge of the icebreaker where he stood making music. Having grown up in the mountains of Western Canada, Stevenson has always connected his music to nature, but this experience in Antarctica revealed the two-way connection between humans and our natural...
It is April 17, 1836, and Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna once again cannot go to sleep. He has split the Mexican Army of Operations for the Tejas Campaign into three fronts. All have the same mission: Suppress and end the Texas Revolution movement. The army retook the Alamo in Bejar (San Antonio) on March 6. The campaign will not be complete until Gen. Sam Houston and the remaining Texas militia is captured or forced east across the Louisiana border into the United States. Houston...