May 9, 2008
Government of the People or By the Faction?
Now comes news that George McGovern has called for Hillary Clinton to withdraw from the Democrat’s primary race. Pardon me for my raised eyebrow but how much of a fool would someone have to be to take campaign advice from the man who got slaughtered by Richard Nixon? Losing an election by a landslide really [...]
Comments (1) Filed under: American Life, Analysis, Conservatism, Current Events, Feminism, North America, OP/ED, Politics, Society, VOA Politics, VOA Social Issues, VOA United States, Vox Populi, contributors — Frank Salvato @ 6:31 amMay 2, 2008
Ceasefires in Islam: Not Always What They Seem to Be
It seems as though every other day we hear there is another “ceasefire” in the Middle East. This is chiefly because there is so much violent Islamofascist aggression throughout the Middle East but it is also because of something more. Just as there is no exact translation between the Arabic and English languages, we in [...]
Comments (1) Filed under: Afghanistan, Culture, Current Events, International Politics, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, OP/ED, Oppression, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, Philosophy of Mind, Politics, Religion, Society, Terrorism, VOA Iraq, VOA Middle East, VOA News Analysis, VOA Religion, VOA War and Conflict, Vox Populi, War, contributors — Frank Salvato @ 5:26 amApril 25, 2008
Barack Obama: It’s More About His Choices
Many of the more conservative talking heads – and even some on the Left side of the aisle who support Hillary Clinton – are espousing their concern about Barack Obama’s “associations.” They point to Obama’s spiritual advisor, Jeremiah Write, and note his “friendly” relationship with unrepentant domestic terrorists William Ayers and his partner Bernadine Dorhn [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Conservatism, Culture, Current Events, OP/ED, Politics, VOA Politics, Vox Populi — Frank Salvato @ 5:57 amApril 18, 2008
Change Doesn’t Come by Electing a President
We have heard during this presidential election cycle – ad nauseam – how our country is in dire need of “change.” We are promised by each of the candidates that they are the ones – the only ones – who can bring about this much needed change. Of course, this is all disingenuous politicking. The [...]
Comments (1) Filed under: Vox Populi — Frank Salvato @ 6:08 amApril 14, 2008
Swinging Like Monkeys from the Branches of the Liberty Tree
Recently, in a Chicago suburb, a village trustee was issued a citation for disorderly conduct when she informed two less than discerning parents that the trees of the village were to be respected as elements of nature, not utilized like playground equipment. The citation was issued after the parents mistook verbiage used as that of [...]
Comments (1) Filed under: Vox Populi — Frank Salvato @ 5:01 amApril 4, 2008
Women in Islam: Suffering the Barbary of an Ideology
News spread quickly that anti-Islamofascism activist Dr. Wafa Sultan has gone into hiding, along with her family. They are in hiding because of her participation in a recent debate on Al-Jazeera in which she challenged Egyptian Islamist Talat Rheim over Dutch cartoons of Mohammed and the ideology of Islam in general. For her truthful criticisms [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Vox Populi — Frank Salvato @ 5:49 amMarch 28, 2008
The Insolent Arrogance of the Progressive-Left
A recent event in Chicago illustrates the arrogance and narcissism of the Progressive-Left – and in particular the anti-war Progressive-Left. During Easter services at Holy Name Cathedral Catholic Church in Chicago, six anti-war protesters staged a political demonstration disrupting religious services. They shouted generic anti-war slogans and squirted fake blood on themselves and the parishioners [...]
Comments (1) Filed under: Vox Populi — Frank Salvato @ 5:38 amMarch 21, 2008
The Damaging Political Legacy of Addressing the Race Issue
Barack Obama recently issued another of his linguistic masterpieces in addressing the issues of racism, hate-speech and his spiritual mentor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. His speech was pretty. It was eloquent. It was impassioned. It attempted to approach the true issue in danger of being overshadowed by a sensationalistic mainstream news media; racism in the [...]
Comments (1) Filed under: Vox Populi — Frank Salvato @ 6:37 amMarch 14, 2008
Change Requires Going Beyond the Name on the Ballot
There has been a tremendous amount of talk about change this presidential election cycle. Many have pointed out that change for the sake of change is seldom if ever a good thing. Unless explicit details of what is to be changed, why it needs changing and just how it is to be changed [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Vox Populi — Frank Salvato @ 5:39 amFebruary 29, 2008
Barack Obama’s Word Games
Much is being made of Barack Obamas oratory skills. True, he is quite good when it comes to captivating a crowd of sycophants and this includes the lemmings in the mainstream media. But if words matter, as Obama (and surreptitiously Duval Patrick) claims they do, then we must acknowledge that in this case words do [...]
Comments (2) Filed under: Vox Populi — Frank Salvato @ 7:29 am