Chuck Norris from Creators Syndicate

A Carter Déjà Vu? for 07/07/2009

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

As I gazed onto a parade route sprinkled with red, white and blue everything on July Fourth, I thought about what patriots past and present have sacrificed for our freedom. I also thought about the people in Iran fighting for "azadi," the Persian word for "freedom."

The White House has offered what amounts to diplomatic dribble in response to their plight for liberty. ...

Updated: Tue Jul 07, 2009

A Force of One: The Federal Reserve for 07/14/2009

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

I agree with Judge Andrew Napolitano, who said last week, "We know more about the CIA than we do about the Federal Reserve."

The Federal Reserve is the Freemasonry of government agencies. It is a virtual secret society unto itself — a group of unelected brokers who hold the value of our dollar in the palms of their hands. This one agency, with its power to raise and lower ...

Updated: Tue Jul 14, 2009

Atheists in the Capitol's Foxhole for 07/21/2009

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

I'm a fighter for the freedoms of speech and religion. They are our constitutional rights — what the First Amendment is all about. But those freedoms don't give atheists the entitlement to eliminate or revise America's religious heritage in the new $621 million taxpayer-provided Capitol Visitor Center in Washington.

This month, the House and Senate passed identical resolutions appr ...

Updated: Tue Jul 21, 2009

6 Reasons Obama-Care Is Bad Medicine for 07/28/2009

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

No one denies that in an affluent country such as our own, it borders on tragic that millions do not have some form of health care. I feel for those Americans; I really do. I agree that health care reform is needed badly in America, but I don't believe the bill of goods called "universal health care" that is being pitched presently by our president contains the solution. In fact, I be ...

Updated: Tue Jul 28, 2009

What Obama and My Wife Have in Common for 08/04/2009

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Dear Mr. President:

First, happy birthday. I do hope today is an enjoyable day for you and your family. Coincidentally, I also will be celebrating this week the birth of someone dear to me, my beloved wife, Gena, whose birthday is Aug. 9.

Speaking of birthdays, I couldn't help but hear and read all over the news this past week about the fresh attention to your constitutional eligi ...

Updated: Tue Aug 04, 2009

Dirty Secret No. 1 in Obamacare for 08/11/2009

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Health care reforms are turning into health care revolts. Americans are turning up the heat on congressmen in town hall meetings across the U.S.

While watching these political hot August nights, I decided to research the reasons so many are opposed to Obamacare to separate the facts from the fantasy. What I discovered is that there are indeed dirty little secrets buried deep within the 1 ...

Updated: Tue Aug 11, 2009

Dirty Secret No. 2 in Obamacare for 08/18/2009

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

I've read on several blogs that if my tears can cure cancer, I should take care of universal health care. Cute.

The real fact is that neither I nor Obamacare (in its present form, the 1,000-plus-page H.R. 3200) can provide the remedy.

In my column last week, I explained that dirty secret No. 1 in Obamacare is that the House bill would grant government the authority to come into ho ...

Updated: Tue Aug 18, 2009

Dirty Secret No. 3 in Obamacare for 08/25/2009

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Ever heard the saying "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"? That's true for any of the 1,000-plus-page versions of Obamacare.

I've informed you in previous columns of two dirty secrets in Obamacare. Dirty secret No. 3 is the sin of omission. It's what the health care bill doesn't say that will bite you in the end.

In 1,000-plus pages, there's surprisingly spa ...

Updated: Tue Aug 25, 2009

Dirty Secret No. 4 in Obamacare for 09/01/2009

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Flying under the radar this past week was a new government report that forecasts that the national debt will double over the next decade. The White House has projected a cumulative $9 trillion deficit between 2010 and 2019, while the Congressional Budget Office estimates a more optimistic $7.1 trillion, based upon the expiration of Bush tax cuts. What this means is that Washington's out-of-cont ...

Updated: Tue Sep 01, 2009

What I'd Say to Congress and American Students for 09/08/2009

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

President Barack Obama is taking a bold move this week to address both American public schools and, in prime time, a joint session of Congress. I pondered what I would say to both groups about Obamacare if I had the chance.

First, I would share the information from my four most recent columns, which concerned the four dirty secrets of Obamacare. In short, I'd tell them that it is too muc ...

Updated: Tue Sep 08, 2009

Is America Returning to a Pre-9/11 Mentality? for 09/15/2009

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

For better or worse, we have new Washington leadership and a new direction for America.

It's a softer and relational Washington, with whom international bonds are more important than national borders and boundaries. It's a more secular Washington, which says that the country is no longer a "Christian nation." It's a more liberal Washington; it has enacted more left-leaning legi ...

Updated: Tue Sep 15, 2009

Don't Tread on Me! for 09/22/2009

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Sept. 12 was an amazing day, as thousands marched on Washington seeking to unite Americans and make a stand against tyranny and oppression. At the same time, the Tea Party Express escorted a number of patriots to the U.S. Capitol to culminate its cross-country rallies.

But what's next? I have an idea.

What I loved about the 9/12 idea is that it was a nonpolitical, nonpartisan move ...

Updated: Tue Sep 22, 2009

The Secret Weapon in America's Revolution for 09/29/2009

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

On Sept. 28, 1781, Gen. George Washington led a combined force of 17,000 French and Continental troops upon Yorktown, Va., and encircled British Gen. Charles Cornwallis and his regiment of 9,000 British troops. Washington bombarded Cornwallis and crew day and night for three weeks with artillery and cannon fire, until Cornwallis surrendered Oct. 17, 1781. Negotiations for peace began in 1782, a ...

Updated: Tue Sep 29, 2009

My Prescription for Political Indigestion for 10/06/2009

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

I'm sure my blood pressure has risen countless times over the past year watching the federal government overspend. I'm tired of seeing out-of-control government overreaching into every area of our lives. And I especially hurt for Americans, many of whom are jobless, homeless and with little hope for the future or real help from the government.

I need a break from watching the political d ...

Updated: Tue Oct 06, 2009

God and Guns, Part 1 for 10/13/2009

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

God and guns are what our country was founded upon.

But more and more, these pillars of American life and liberty are being attacked and abandoned out of not only sheer bias but also ignorance of our Founding Fathers, the Revolutionary period and our Constitution. These pivotal American rights have become the brunt end of cultural jokes and often are regarded as biased lifestyle componen ...

Updated: Tue Oct 13, 2009

God and Guns, Part 2 for 10/20/2009

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Despite atheists' attempts to keep our national motto ("In God We Trust") from being engraved on the walls of the new 580,000-square-foot Capitol Visitor Center, the inscription was indelibly etched recently in large, bold and deep letters. And the Pledge of Allegiance soon will follow.

It's about time that good news came out of Washington. But this shouldn't be shocking news o ...

Updated: Tue Oct 20, 2009

Obama's One-World Government for 10/27/2009

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Halloween just got scarier — much scarier.

Flying deep under Washington's radar is an upcoming (December) global climate change conference in Copenhagen, the "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change."

It all sounds pretty politically benign, doesn't it? Not according to Christopher Monckton, who was a science policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher. Monck ...

Updated: Tue Oct 27, 2009

President Obama, Time To Make a Decision for 11/03/2009

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Let me see whether I have the facts straight.

In May, President Barack Obama removed Gen. David D. McKiernan as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and replaced him with Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal — who, in September, issued a dire report warning that without as many as 40,000 more troops for the fight in Afghanistan, the mission "will likely result in failure."

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Updated: Tue Nov 03, 2009

Enemies Within for 11/10/2009

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Last Thursday, Nov. 5, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist and devout Muslim, fatally shot 13 American citizens (12 service members) and wounded an additional 29 people at the largest U.S. military base, Fort Hood, Texas.

For six months, authorities had been tracking the extremist thinking of Hasan. Internet postings like this one go back to May 20, 2009: "Scholars have par ...

Updated: Tue Nov 10, 2009

Visiting Maj. Nidal Hasan's Hospital for 11/17/2009

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

While the military still is reeling and recovering from the massacre at Fort Hood, my wife, Gena, and I decided to boost the morale of military personnel by visiting the cadets at West Point and the wounded warriors at Brooke Army Medical Center, at Fort Sam Houston. Little did I know that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the shooter at Fort Hood, was hospitalized there.

The day before Veterans ...

Updated: Tue Nov 17, 2009