Army 1st Lieutenant Holly Hernandez wrote this dispatch from Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden is dead. The news was announced in tickers, as I entered my office at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Monday morning. Everyone was gathered around the television, intently sitting on the edge of their black swivel chairs. “All right, let’s pack up [...]
Archive for May, 2011
28 May
Patriot Act Extended
First published at Blogcritics as Patriot Act Extended. Top lawmakers in the House and Senate reached a deal to extend the Patriot Act another four years, allowing the continued use of roving wiretaps, the compelling of businesses to release records, and surveillance of so-called “lone wolf” terror suspects. “Civil liberties” groups (READ: ACLU) reacted with perfunctory [...]
28 May
Memorial Day
“For those who fight for it, life and freedom have a meaning the protected will never know” Each Memorial Day I think of the millions of souls who made the ultimate sacrifice, giving those words undeniable significance. As Veterans we don’t think of ourselves as special, but it takes a special person to volunteer to [...]
28 May
Islamic-Dominated Dearborn Michigan Discovers The Constitution Still Applies to Other Religions
Remember when Christian missionaries were arrested for handing out leaflets at an Arab festival in Dearborn, Michigan in June 2010? Well, they’ve been vindicated by 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A Detroit suburb violated the free-speech rights of a Christian evangelist by barring him from handing out leaflets at an Arab-American street festival last [...]
28 May
Egypt Opens the Floodgates for Hamas
Part of that “Arab Spring”. After a four-year blockade, Egypt on Saturday permanently opened the Gaza Strip’s main gateway to the outside world, bringing long-awaited relief to the territory’s Palestinian population and a significant achievement for the area’s ruling Hamas militant group. The reopening of the Rafah border crossing eases an Egyptian blockade that has [...]
