Archive for July 15th, 2015

The Quran and the Bible: The Pope Said What?

The Quran and the Bible: The Pope Said What?

I am troubled by a recent statement about the Bible and the Koran attributed to the Pope, saying that the Koran and the Bible are the same. I am troubled for two reasons.

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What the Confederate Flag Now Means to Me

What the Confederate Flag Now Means to Me

As a ‘damn Yankee’ — that is, a Northerner who came to the South and didn’t leave — the Confederate Flag has never really held meaning for me. I understood that for most who displayed it, it meant a reverence for the heritage of the South and expressed the rebellious spirit I so often find, and admire, here.

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GOP Tied its Own Hands on Iran Deal

GOP Tied its Own Hands on Iran Deal

Both the House and Senate just passed legislation in April — H.R. 1191, the so-called Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) — that will make it virtually impossible to stop the Iran deal now.

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Can the President ‘Trump’ Immigration?

Can the President ‘Trump’ Immigration?

“Are the current leaders in our government acting like Americans?” Do they believe these things and are they committed to act on these beliefs? If not, perhaps the bigger problem at our borders is not any group of immigrants in these United States, but rather the power un-American government uses to “Trump” We the People.

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