Just a few days ago, a dangerous and deadly hostage ordeal unfolded in Sydney, Australia. According to news reports the Muslim man who perpetrated the event is a self proclaimed minister of the Islamic state. This tragedy in Australia got me to thinking about another tragedy – another hostage situation much closer to home.
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Ignorance is No Excuse…Unless You’re a Cop
With Orwellian irony, the U.S. Supreme Court chose December 15, National Bill of Rights Day to deliver its crushing blow to the Fourth Amendment. Although the courts have historically held that ignorance of the law is not an excuse for breaking the law, in its 8-1 ruling inHeien v. State of North Carolina, the Supreme Court gave police in America one more ready excuse to routinely violate the laws of the land, this time under the guise of ignorance.
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Women Have a Role to Play in Ending Rape
I spent much of my early twenties participating in American party culture, and I’m lucky I made it through those years relatively unscathed. Looking back, I made a lot of foolish decisions. I put myself in a lot of compromising situations that could have easily taken a dark turn. What I have to say in the following paragraphs, then, does not come from a place of ignorance or unsympathetic idealism.
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SOS: Speaking of Seniors - Sometimes You Have to Play Rough
In early December 2014, a client sent me a copy of a letter from a federal agency. The letter explained that the client would get a check for $527 from the federal government in about 45 days. Then, the government would get its money from the hospital in Illinois that ignored Medicare rules and forced our client to pay $527 to avoid harm to his credit or being sued.
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Lying Leibowitz and His Race-Baiting Ways
Pseudo-comedian/political analyst Jon ‘Stewart’ Leibowitz is at it again! He continues to play the role of liberal activist and righteous avenger. When you’re aiming for cheap laughs and political points, any tragedy will do!
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Recent American Clarion Articles
The Key to American Greatness: Family Education
In order to subjugate a Christian people, you must first de-Christianize them. You must remove, from the culture, that which prevents you from conquering them. Piece by piece, Christian beliefs must be removed - along with the memory of those beliefs - from the minds of the people. This will take
National Values Above Special Interests
America is about "e pluribus unum." Out of many one. Although the origin of the idea "e pluribus unum" was about unity of the different states under one federal government, it is also relevant in terms of the integration of citizens from many different racial and ethnic backgrounds into one
The Thinking Hasn’t Already Been Done For You
Whenever I encounter an online discussion about a big, contentious issue -- especially Christianity vs. atheism or creationism vs. evolutionism -- there are certain things I know I will see. Specifically, I know what kinds of things will be said by those taking the anti-Christian side.
Transgender Life, Liberty, and Property
On Tuesday, April 19th, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals sided against a Virginia school board for simply protecting its students by not allowing a transgender student who was born female but claims to identify as a male to use the men’s restroom. What has this Virginia school board done
The Pilgrims: Laying America’s Foundations, Part 7
At the end of part six I said it is also important to understand that when we live for God, it is not unusual for God to bring trials into our lives so the people around us can see how we are different in the way we react to the trials. This is what some of the sailors saw when they were sick and
The Pilgrims: Laying America’s Foundations, Part 6
Trials come to reveal what is in our hearts. It reveals the kind of people we truly are, whether we will be the kind of people God wants us to be or
2016 American Clarion SD Legislative Scorecard
The 2016 South Dakota legislative scorecard from American Clarion is now available online. This is the first time American Clarion has put together a scorecard which scores legislative votes during the last legislative
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