Anytime you write about Jews and African Americans, you run the risk of being labeled anti-Semitic and racist. There’s no way getting around what will be inevitable criticism. But since Michael Medved, an observant Jew and a conservative, broached the subject in the November 21, 2011 issue of USA Today,

When the Pilgrim Dissenters sent by the Virginia Company to plant a colony in the “northern parts of Virginia” were blown off-course by a storm into the coast of Massachusetts. No longer under the jurisdiction of the Virginia Company or its governor, they realized that they needed a new governing

NASCAR has been a conservative Republican enclave for decades. It’s not that there aren’t Democrats among the fan base, but these Democrats are conscience stricken. Their roots are deep in the Democrat Party because of union affiliation and social programs like Social Security and Medicare. At the same time, they

A group of self-described “Patriotic Millionaires” wants to pay more taxes. Here’s their message to the President, Sen. Harry Reid, and Congressman John Boehner: We are writing to urge you to put our country ahead of politics. For the fiscal health of our nation and the well-being of our fellow

You’ve heard the story. General Electric (GE) didn’t pay any taxes in 2010. In order to get out of paying taxes legally, it filed a 57,000-page tax return. This shows how absolutely outrageous our tax code is and why so many are for scrapping the whole thing and going to

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) said Republicans had blocked the so-called Super Committee’s work by demanding an extension of Bush-era tax cuts and refusing to consider significant tax increases on wealthier people. “To have something on the table that does not ask the wealthiest people in the country to share

Liberty University has “enacted a policy allowing visitors, students and staff who have concealed weapons permits to carry guns on campus.” The policy replaces an earlier provision that is common to most colleges and universities of a complete ban of firearms on university grounds. Students can’t even keep a firearm

Ohio is said to be an election bellwether state. This means that how the people in Ohio vote is an indication of how the majority of the rest of the nation will vote. Ohio, like other bellwether states, is a microcosm of the nation. Ohio, with only two misses in

Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn were filming the movie Neighborhood Watch at my daughter-in-laws parents’ house a few weeks ago. As news would have it Vaughn leans to the Right of the political spectrum and Stiller to the Left. I knew that Vaughn was a libertarian and a supporter of

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, who is accused of firing an assault rifle at the White House, believes he is Jesus and President Obama is the Antichrist. If you do a search on the internet and check the anti-Obama comments on hundreds of websites, you will soon learn that there are

Everybody but those in the media knows that the economic policies of the Obama Administration are job killers. A managed economy is a stagnant economy. As a business owner, not knowing what the government is going to do in the future with regulations and taxes has a big impact on

John Wayne is a film icon. He still shows up on the list of best actors more than 30 years after his death. A Harris Poll, released January 2011, placed Wayne third among America’s favorite film stars, the only deceased star ever to appear on the list and the only

Businesses don’t want to offend their customers. I get that. But when a business owner decides not to offend some customers, he may end up offending more customers. A business owner should be able to do anything he wants with his business. It’s his business. I’m not for suing a

I’m always intrigued when I see an article on a liberal website deal with some biblical topic. I hope for the best, but I expect the worst. The latest article is written by Amy-Jill Levine and Douglas Knight for the Huffington Post. The title is simple enough: “The Bible and

A stunning 2010 e-mail exchange between Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan and Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Tribe has come to light. Prior to her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee in June 2010 for her nomination to the Supreme Court, Kagan let Mr. Tribe know that she was delighted

Liberals can’t leave well enough alone. They have to make a political issue out of everything. The latest bit of pettiness comes from the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords suffered a near fatal gunshot wound to the head. Her recovery has been slow, but she has a resolute fighting

Groupthink is a term coined by social psychologist Irving Janis (1918–1990). Janis served as a research psychologist at Yale University and was professor emeritus at the University of California. Groupthink “occurs when a group makes faulty decisions because group pressures lead to a deterioration of ‘mental efficiency, reality testing, and

You’ve heard about the sex scandal at Penn State, but nobody’s talking about the other scandal. It’s huge. Here’s the story. Brace yourselves; it could be big. There was public prayer before the Penn State/Nebraska game: During a week shrouded in controversy over charges of child sexual assault and cover-up