continued from “History 101: Thomas Jefferson and The First U.S. War On Terrorism”
Islam, and what its Barbary pirate followers justified doing in the name of their prophet and their god, disturbed Thomas Jefferson quite deeply. America had a tradition of religious tolerance, and in fact Jefferson had co-authored the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom; but fundamentalist Islam was like no other religion the world had ever seen. A religion based upon supremacism whose holy book not only condoned but mandated violence against unbelievers was unacceptable to him. [As a side note, the …

And this weak point usually ends in a miscarriage of justice for American victims
There are numerous reports of illegal immigrants committing crimes; they can be found nearly on a daily basis. But, to shut up the pro-illegal immigrant crowd before they start flapping their gums, I’m not referring to the drug runners, the gang members, or the human traffickers. I’m referring to the run-of-the-mill miscreants and scumbags the news is filled with (well, if you know where to look where the media has hidden the stories, anyway). These are the …

Welcome to Maywood, Mexico…….er, California
 
First, my thanks to Roger Hedgecock for bringing this to my attention and supplying some of the data; if you’ve never heard his radio show or read his stuff, make it a point to do so. He is so on the ball it’s scary.
We’ve all heard of “Sanctuary Cities” that have sprung up around the country over the past few years. Los Angeles…… San Francisco…… Denver…… Virginia Beach, VA…… Seattle…… Chicago…… Maywood, CA……wait. Maywood, California? Where the heck is Maywood, California?
Maywood is southeast of Los Angeles; a …

The morass created by the No Child Left Behind policy continues to be a thorn in the side of American students, their parents, and the education system in this country. Albeit well-intentioned, the NCLB Act actually ties teacher’s hands with largely unachievable mandates and creates the types of problems outlined in the article linked beow.
We not only have teachers, but administrators – ADMINISTRATORS, The ones who should know better! – openly cheating on these standardized tests throughout the country in state after state after state. And for what? Concern for the student’s …