In a previous Rants and Raves logbook post based on an article by Andrew C. McCarthy III in the National Review Online, I addressed the issue of whether the Islamic principle of zakat is equivalent to charity as defined by … Continue reading →
If you’ve arrived here with the intention of reading this post and react to the source by dismissing it as nothing more than an opinionated rag with a radical agenda, please take a moment to reconsider. Yes, The Weekly Standard … Continue reading →
On October 14, 2010, I wrote a post titled “The Quagmire of Disproportionate Response” to illustrate the key objective of terrorism and how the attack of 9/11 has accomplished exactly what Osama bin Laden intended. The following article (quoted with … Continue reading →
I began writing this post a few days before the announcement that Osama Bin Laden had been killed in a targeted US raid on a compound in Pakistan. With last night’s news as a backdrop, it may seem less-than-patriotic to … Continue reading →
Charity: the voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money, to those in need. I realize that many people don’t think of Wikipedia as a reliable source of serious research, but let’s see what The Free Encyclopedia has … Continue reading →
The next time you’re watching the news on TV or reading the paper and some politician is yakking about how it’s the other guy’s fault and responding to questions by doing the equivalent of a tap dance around the issue … Continue reading →
No matter your political persuasion, what follows is a perfect example of the disaster this nation has become. An English teacher explains one area that looms large over California’s educational crisis with the kind of specifics that go unnoticed by … Continue reading →
I am apolitical because I believe that those who hold elective office and those they appoint have systematically run this great nation into the ground in every way possible regardless of whether they are Democrat, Republican, independent, liberal, conservative, or … Continue reading →
In a previous post titled “JSF Circus Act – The Clowns Take the Stage,” I addressed recent disturbing developments in the already troubled Joint Strike Fighter program in which the Marine F-35B V/STOL (vertical/short takeoff & landing) variant has come … Continue reading →
The final paragraphs from Mark Steyn’s “Comment on Costs of America as World’s Policeman,” National Review Online, 3/23/2011: “Or to put it another way: America picks up the tab for maintaining a global order that enables the rest of the … Continue reading →
