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Towards a New, and Quite Different, Tocqueville
Joseph R. Wood: We need shepherds to lead us from godless illusions about equality to the lost truths of dogma. In the early 19th century, Alexis de Tocqueville traveled the United States while the country was still spiritually and philosophically close to the founding, but changing and expanding rapidly. The Frenchman compiled his observations in Democracy […]
The Marks of Respect in the UK for the Duke of Edinburgh and Loss of Respect for Good Friday
These are my views as a woman living in England, on how the culture and spirit of my country has changed over 50 years. Why the country does not feel protected or strong any more, how it has lost, and is losing it values and decency, and how we are daily losing our free speech. […]
Leftists Try to Cancel Zionist Leader for Criticizing Tlaib and Omar and Noting that BLM Is Anti-Semitic
The Boston Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), a coalition of Jewish organizations, is set to meet on April 27 to decide whether or not to expel the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) over charges that it is “white supremacist.” Of course, everyone to the right of Pol Pot is a white supremacist these days, as […]
NYC: YouTube Prankster Tells Restaurant Patrons He Has Bomb, Will Kill Them for Allah
It was all a big joke, you see, and really, what’s funnier than a jihad bombing? Back in February, a young man named Malik Sanchez, who refers to himself by the spectacular misnomer of “Smooth Sanchez,” published a nearly three-and-a-half-hour-long video on his YouTube channel, which has 5,400 subscribers, featuring himself walking along the streets of […]
When did Palestine become Palestine?
The Palestinian-Arabs’ claim for sovereignty over what they now insist is their long yearned-for homeland arose only after 1967—i.e. when it came under Jewish administration. The Arabs didn’t provoke war with Israel in 1967 to achieve Palestinian independence…Arab rulers could have established a Palestinian state in those territories whenever they chose to do so. But […]
Turkey blasts Geert Wilders ‘anti-Islam’ tweet to start Ramadan
To highlight the jihad during Ramadan, Geert Wilders released a tweet which drew stinging attack from Turkey — illustrating yet again the validity of Geert Wilder’s warnings about Islam. Listen to clip HERE. Stop islam. Stop #Ramadan Freedom. No islam. pic.twitter.com/YU1IBXDlGu — Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) April 12, 2021 For many, Ramadan is the month of jihad: A month of […]
Arizona community college must pay $155,000 to professor it forced to apologize for criticizing Islam
A slight pause on American academia’s out-of-control-freight-train rush to submit to Sharia. But the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is still flogging this case in court, hoping to use it to destroy the freedom of speech and criminalize criticism of Islam. Arizona community college to pay $155K settlement for directing professor to apologize for […]
NPR: Hamas-linked CAIR covered up Florida chapter top dog Hassan Shibly’s serial abuse of women
When even NPR notices what is going on at Hamas-linked CAIR, you know it must be very bad. Of course, NPR’s Leila Fadel portrays this sinister organization has pure as the driven snow and fighting valiantly for civil rights against racist, redneck “Islamophobes”; there’s just this little problem of multiple claims of sexual harassment by […]
The American Church: Going, Going . . .
Russell Shaw: Mass attendance is one area of Catholic decline. Another is that two out of five “cradle Catholics” no longer identify with the Church. Time to do something. As Holy Week got underway this year, many people were surprised to learn of a new Gallup survey showing fewer than half of all Americans now identify […]
VIDEO: The Vortex — Thank You, Mr. Trump. You did us all a great service.
TRANSCRIPT Church Militant (a 501(c)4 corporation) is responsible for the content of this commentary. It’s extraordinarily clear that the planet is breaking into two distinct camps — two different worlds. And before we pursue this any further, let’s be clear: We have Donald Trump to thank for this. During his presidency, sides were chosen by practically […]
Exacerbating Racism in America
While America has unquestionably had deep racial problems and an agonizing history of oppressing Black people through slavery, Jim Crow, and other outrages, it seems that there are some among us who do not ever want to see the problems solved—or to admit progress in any form. There are those who make enormous profits, both […]
Deborah Lipstadt’s Distorted Antisemitism Definition
“Many Jews involved with progressive causes are increasingly feeling this tug, if not outright war, between their Jewish and political identities,” wrote antisemitism historian Deborah E. Lipstadt in her 2019 book Antisemitism: Here and Now. President Joe Biden’s decision to resume American aid to the terrorist-sponsoring Palestinian Authority (PA) on Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day only highlighted this ongoing conflict for Jewish Biden supporters […]
Anti-Free Speech Muslim Group Sues Facebook for Not Removing Sites Opposing Jihad Violence
The tech site Engadget reported Thursday that the far-left legal group Muslim Advocates has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Facebook for allowing “anti-Muslim hate to spread on the platform, leading to real-world harm.” The organization provided a list of what it claimed were 26 “anti-Muslim hate groups,” including organizations that are dedicated simply to opposing jihad violence and Sharia […]
Once Upon a Time, in America
Anthony Esolen: Sin makes the sinner a cripple. The principles of sin do more: they cripple a whole people. They cramp the spirit. Pictures come to mind when I think of the Lonely Revolution – that deterioration of the principles governing sexual behavior in the ruins of the Christian West. One is of my father and my mother, before they […]
Jordan’s ‘House of Cards’–The implications for Israel
Israel could face a situation, where along its lengthiest border, there would no longer be a conservative, pro-Western monarchy, but an extreme Muslim regime, with incandescent hostility towards the Jewish state There is nothing certain, but the uncertain. ~ Traditional Proverb. Incoming media reports from Jordan indicate that the clash within the royal family earlier […]
Photographic evidence shows Jerusalem Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini at Nazi concentration camp
As The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS details, for years before the establishment of the State of Israel, the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, fought strenuously against Jewish settlement in the Holy Land, which had accelerated after Britain’s 1917 Balfour Declaration calling for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in the Middle East. Beginning […]
Farrakhan: Capitol attacker ‘would have been a star in the mission of the resurrection of our people’
Farrakhan will never say anything like this, but in attacking Capitol police officers and murdering one of them, Noah Green did fulfill his potential as the Nation of Islam sees it. His action was a manifestation of the Nation’s hatred and bloodlust. “Nation of Islam Calls Supporter Who Assaulted U.S. Capitol ‘Brother With Such Great […]
The Sabbath—A Gift from God
One of the saddest things I saw on Easter Sunday was Amazon delivery trucks on the road. Having to work on Sunday is bad enough, but Easter? Amazon drivers face many other challenges as well. MSN.com reports (4/4/21) that the E-commerce giant finally acknowledged that some of their drivers are under stress where they can’t […]
“Biden” Moving Missile Defense Systems Out of Saudi Arabia, Trying to Blow Up Trump’s Middle East Peace
There is no “Biden” – he’s a corpse. The Democrat ruling cabal is blowing up the peace in the Middle East. Biden Moving Missile Defense Systems Out of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia must be feeling pretty naked right now against the Houthis and Iran. By: Jewish Press, April 2, 2021: The Wall Street Journal reports that President […]
Female Genital Mutilation: Sara’s Story
Sara’s story is brutal, emotional, and tears at the soul. Her bravery in telling it is a testament to her survivor spirit. A young woman from the United States shared her story with us. This is Sara’s journey out of Islam and her voice against FGM. I cannot stay silent anymore! “My name is Sara. […]
The Significance of the Empty Tomb
These times are uncertain. Many people struggle sleeping through the night. Many people have serious financial struggles because of the response to Covid-19. The news seems to be bad, and other times it’s worse. But Easter bursts in with the message that Jesus conquered death, and by faith in Him, we can be “more than […]
Take Down the Flag
Anthony Esolen: It’s not necessary to point at individuals, but that “rainbow” flag, which stands for the whole sexual revolution, must go. The Vatican recently declined to permit Catholic clergy to bless same-sex unions, averting an immediate and world-wide schism. No one should be surprised; relieved, perhaps, but not surprised. The Vatican has declined to overturn […]
Washington, DC: Black Teens Charged in Death of Muslim Uber Driver
I figure this is news you have already seen, but just now as I searched around I see that it took days for the disgusting story to spread. Why? My guess is that it doesn’t fit the mainstream media’s narrative when members of one minority group, in this case Blacks (girls), kill a member of […]
What Did FBI Know About Syrian Muslim Boulder Supermarket Shooter?
The media is running away from the Boulder supermarket shooting after the killer turned out to be a Syrian Muslim immigrant. It keeps trying to refocus on the details of the guns that he used. If the media really believes that guns, not Muslim terrorists, kill people, it should take a look at the weapons […]
USA Today fires ‘race and inclusion editor’ for claiming Boulder jihadi was ‘angry white man’
As a Syrian, Ahmad Al Issa is indeed “white,” but of course what Hemal Jhaveri meant was that he was a white, Christian, Trump-supporting Enemy of All That Is Good. It is extremely strange that USA Today fired her. In today’s “journalistic” culture, it would have been less surprising if she had been given an […]
Netflix Declares War on Jesus [and Gun Owners]
Not content with glorifying pedophilia in Cuties, Netflix in season three of the animated Paradise P.D. features an episode that, according to NewsBusters, is not only devoted to “attacking gun rights,” but was also “blasphemous against Christianity, featuring a video of a gun-wielding Jesus that turns into a porno.” Great, Netflix! Edgy! Courageous! Cutting edge! Stunning and brave! Now, […]
A Lenten Meditation on Cancel Culture
Every day seems to bring new examples in the news of our cancel culture. Cancel culture is a cancer to our culture. The examples border on the ridiculous: Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller “Psycho” is sexist. The Muppets require a disclaimer from Disney. Dr. Seuss, the famous children’s author, becomes radioactive for reportedly having engaged in racist […]
Biden Reportedly Briefed That Boulder Mass Murderer Had ISIS Sympathies
But as far as Biden’s handlers are concerned, the jihad massacre is just an opportunity to push for disarming Americans. “‘ISIS sympathies’: Boulder shooting suspect identified as Ahmad Al Issa,” by Art Moore, WND, March 23, 2021: The suspect in the deadly shooting at a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store on Monday has been identified as Ahmad […]
Covering Up Ahmad Al Issa’s Islamic Yearnings
Denying the Jihad in the Boulder Jihad. Editors’ note: As we witness U.S. authorities and the establishment media trying to de-Islamize the Jihad in Boulder and to obscure the fact that the Jihadist perpetrator, Ahmad Al Issa, is a Muslim migrant ISIS sympathizer, a vital question confronts us: why does the Left consistently engage in Jihad Denial? Why is it so invested in denying […]
Boulder Jihad Mass Murderer Had Planned to Hit Trump Rally, also Targeted Churches and Temples
Time to start calling for “jihad control” legislation like Trump’s jihad immigration ban. Or will the media disappear this news story after running article after article about “white supremacist” shooter? Apparently Democrats consider slaughter in the cause of Islamic supremacism to be righteous …….. Boulder jihad mass murderer had planned to hit Trump rally, also […]