Chuck Norris from Creators Syndicate

Is America a Christian Nation? for 12/02/2007

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800

It's a question that strikes fear in the secular progressive. It sends shivers down the spine of a skeptic. It rattles the cage of cultural combatants. And it prompts flat-out anger in the hearts of religious antagonists: Is America a Christian nation?

Did our country's Founders build a nation upon the bedrock of Christian beliefs and practices? Or was their republic irreligious or a secular s ...

Updated: Sun Dec 02, 2007

My Choice for President for 12/03/2007

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800

A short time ago, I wrote in jest about what I would do if I am elected president. Of course, that was written all in good fun.

Like most of you, during the summer and into the fall, I've been watching, listening, studying and praying about who could lead this country as our next president.

I won't leave you in suspense. Though Giuliani might be savvy enough to lead people, Fr ...

Updated: Mon Dec 03, 2007

A Rush to Judgment for 01/15/2008

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Our country is definitely in a cultural fight for its life. And what's at stake is the very heart and core of America — our Founders' dreams and our way of life.

More than any other election in decades, this presidential one has erected a fighting ring in which conservatism either will maintain its title or be stripped of it by the appointment of leadership who will champion secula ...

Updated: Tue Jan 15, 2008

Hillary vs. Huckabee for 01/22/2008

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Sitting at another full-throttle World Combat League event in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday night, I caught myself momentarily reflecting back upon the previous two days of campaigning with GOP front-runner Mike Huckabee. As the contestants combated in the WCL ring, I thought to myself, "The fight of the century would be Hillary vs. Huckabee in the presidential ring."

Unless Ba ...

Updated: Tue Jan 22, 2008

Presidential Buyer's Remorse for 01/29/2008

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

This past week, investors experienced a sizable economic tremor as Wall Street's fortress shook. From a Dow that dropped more than 200 points in the first 10 minutes of trading to the Federal Reserve's biggest "emergency" slash of interest rates in a quarter of a century, even the experts are confused as to whether these are signs of an unhealthy economy or birth pains of an American ...

Updated: Tue Jan 29, 2008

Will Romney Buy the White House? for 02/05/2008

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Mitt Romney might go down in history as the presidential candidate who spent more of his personal income than any other in his pursuit to win the White House. It is estimated that he already has used $35 million of his roughly $250 million personal fortune. And if Mitt makes the cut to be the Republican nominee, during the next 10 months, he surely will surpass Ross Perot's $60 million infusion ...

Updated: Tue Feb 05, 2008

Did Conan, Colbert or Stewart Create Huckabee? for 02/12/2008

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Did you catch the great showdown this past week? No, not Super Tuesday but the late-night television comedian battle over who discovered and "made" GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.

While Republicans and Democrats were slugging it out at the polls, three kingpins of comedy were in chortle combat for the right to be called the creator of the GOP contender and his surge i ...

Updated: Tue Feb 12, 2008

Are We Reaping What We've Sown? for 02/19/2008

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

On February 14, 1929, five members of the North Side Irish/German gang led by George "Bugs" Moran were shot and killed in Chicago, Illinois, by four members of Al "Scarface" Capone's South Side Italian gang. On February 14, 2008, five students at Northern Illinois University were senselessly killed in DeKalb, Illinois, when a former graduate and gunman dressed in a black tre ...

Updated: Tue Feb 19, 2008

A McCain I Would Endorse for 02/26/2008

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

People said that McCain couldn't make the cut. Many say McCain is still too stiff — too sterile — with not enough pizzazz. Some criticize McCain for being too institutionalized. Still others complain about McCain's conservative record. And now the liberal media is falsely implying McCain has engaged in some impropriety. Of course, I'm speaking about Janet Huckabee, whose maiden name ...

Updated: Tue Feb 26, 2008

Oprah's New Easter for 03/04/2008

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

On March 3, a live 10-week webinar hosted by Oprah Winfrey and Eckhart Tolle, author of "A New Earth," began. Both the book and the online course purport to be able to awaken you and our world to life's grand purpose.

Since Oprah's endorsement of Tolle's book a month ago, about 3.5 million copies of his spiritual self-help guide have been sent out to enlighten the minds of peop ...

Updated: Tue Mar 04, 2008

Time for a Texas-style Roundup! for 03/11/2008

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Our twins are home-schooled. That is the present educational option we have chosen for them and us. It is our right to do so as parents and American citizens. But increasingly across this Union, private academic alternatives are coming under attack, being legally stripped of their value, and even being labeled unconstitutional and illegal.

Dr. James Dobson calls it "an all-out assau ...

Updated: Tue Mar 11, 2008

A Patriot's Prayer for 03/18/2008

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

I genuinely was honored this past week to read in global news reports how our troops in the Middle East recently have expressed their gratitude for my trips there in 2006 and 2007. Particularly humbling were the thoughts from a Fallujah police trainer, who called me "a role model" for the Iraqi security forces that were formerly an al-Qaida stronghold.

The truth, of course, is ...

Updated: Tue Mar 18, 2008

Guns, God and Gays for 03/25/2008

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Reading the news this past week, one easily could conclude we have lost our minds, as well as any remaining connection with our Founding Fathers. There were three stories that thrice prove we are heading down three wrong roads.

First, there was the Supreme Court's wrangling with the Second Amendment. Should it allow private citizens or only public servants ("state militias") &q ...

Updated: Tue Mar 25, 2008

Bruce Lee vs. Me for 04/01/2008

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Bruce Lee is back with a vengeance.

My good friend, fellow sparring partner and martial arts legend has returned to the cultural scenery through the 2008-2009 openings of a 40-episode biopic miniseries, a Broadway show, a remake of "Enter the Dragon" and the creation of a theme park. And news about these events is stirring the pot of inquiry and controversy about him once again ...

Updated: Tue Apr 01, 2008

On Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas and Aging Well for 04/08/2008

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

In March, I passed another birthday. Some approach like a Carnival cruise. Others go by like kidney stones. A friend gave me a card with several funny, light-hearted aging quips, completions to the adage, "You know you're getting older when ..."

— You feel like the night after, and you haven't been anywhere.

— Those issues of Reader's Digest just can't come f ...

Updated: Tue Apr 08, 2008

Terminating Teenage Violent Crime for 04/15/2008

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Who wasn't disgusted this past week by the senseless beating of a Florida teenage girl by six other teenage girls? Or disgusted by a polygamist compound's mistreatment of young girls in western Texas? And dismayed by the Baltimore teacher who was knocked to the ground and beaten by a student while a fellow classmate videotaped the episode on her cell phone and others cheered?

Just as I w ...

Updated: Tue Apr 15, 2008

Win Ben Stein's Monkey for 04/22/2008

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Evolution. Intelligent design. These are terms that can cause great consternation in the minds and hearts of many, particularly opponents of each view. Now, that anxiety and debate have resurfaced in theaters everywhere with Ben Stein's new documentary, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed." The press kit says, "('Expelled') exposes the widespread persecution of scientists and educ ...

Updated: Tue Apr 22, 2008

Border Fence Fiasco for 04/29/2008

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

This past week, Customs and Border Protection officials reported that two months after Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff approved a $20 million virtual fence along a 28-mile stretch in Arizona (called Project 28), the fence was scrapped as impractical and ineffective.

Is anyone really shocked by this security fence fiasco? Another government solution bites the dust.

Whi ...

Updated: Tue Apr 29, 2008

Thomas Jefferson's Financial Advice for 05/06/2008

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

This past week, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates yet again in hopes of easing the strain in the credit markets and jump-starting the economy. The government is also doling out billions of dollars to taxpayers through economic stimulus checks, coming soon to a home near you. What both of these stimuli hope to gain is: your money. In other words, the Fed hopes you'll start spending again &m ...

Updated: Tue May 06, 2008

Has the US Run Amuck Constitutionally? for 05/13/2008

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Who decides whether war continues or not in Iraq? Some might answer Gen. David Petraeus. Others might say Congress. But most probably believe the president has oversight of foreign and war policies. After all, he is the commander in chief, correct?

But to whom did our Founders point? They believed the president's duty is to carry out policy, not make it — something that is the duty ...

Updated: Tue May 13, 2008