On a recent episode of Fox News’ “The Five” Dana Perino made a comment that got my attention. The conversation had to do with the health care debate and the requirement that emergency departments see and treat anyone that presents for care. This requirement is contained in The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), enacted in 1986.
Read more ›Archive for May 5th, 2012
Liberal Racial Profiling from Elizabeth Warren
By now you’ve probably heard about the latest travails of Elizabeth Warren, President Obama’s Consumer Finance Czar who is running against Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) for his Senate seat in Massachusetts. Glenn Beck has a little fun with her claims about being a Native American.
Read more ›Through Revisionist History to the True Story of Thomas Jefferson
Repetition can’t turn slander into truth, and old lies remain false. But when it comes to the legacy of Thomas Jefferson, renowned historian David Barton, who was the #1 trending topic on Google earlier this week, argues that generations of Americans have been deceived into believing slanderous lies about one of the greatest wordsmiths our nation has ever known, the author of the Declaration of Independence, and our third president.
Read more ›The Tradition of a National Day of Prayer
President Washington declared a National Day of Prayer after the Whiskey Rebellion, as did President John Adams when France threatened war; and President Madison during the War of 1812. President Washington declared a National Day of Prayer after the Whiskey Rebellion, as did President John Adams when France threatened war; and President Madison during the War of 1812. National days of prayer have been an American tradition, with President Reagan making it the first Thursday in May each year.
Read more ›Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget is a moral budget
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., chairman of the House Budget Committee, provoked some angry pushback when he claimed that not only is his proposed sweeping revamp of the U.S. budget fiscally sound but also morally sound. Paul Ryan is right to see this in moral terms. Entitlement programs are involved in if not central to much of our national crisis. We must change, and all change begins with character and personal transformation.
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