February 29, 2008

FEBRUARY 29 is Leap Day. In 45 B.C., Julius Caesar replaced the calendars used throughout the Roman Empire based on the moon’s cycles with a calendar based on the sun, having 365 days and a “leap” day every 4th year. It was modified by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 to omit leap days in years [...]

by Phyllis Schlafly
Why are Republicans in Congress trying to help Barack Obama (D-IL)? Republicans allowed a bill that carries his name to pass the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by voice vote last week (without any hearings), which means there was no roll-call vote so we can hold any Member accountable. It passed the House by [...]

By Alan Caruba
I heard from Friends of the Earth, a huge environmental organization, who one would think would favor the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007 being advanced by Senate Democrats. It would impose a cap-and-trade program to force reductions of so-called greenhouse gas emissions.
FOE, however, was wailing about the way “it lavishes up [...]

February 28, 2008

His grandson, Robert, was the U.S. Navy Commodore who helped freed slaves found Liberia, West Africa, and in 1846 captured California-the city of Stockton named for him. His brother-in-law, Elias Boudinot, was a Continental Congress President and founder of the American Bible Society. His daughter married Declaration Signer Benjamin Rush. His name was Richard Stockton. [...]

by Steve Farrell
first published Feb. 21, 2003 in NewsMax.com
Every now and then a book comes along that is a must-read for its frank, fearless, no-nonsense approach to uncomfortable political questions, questions the mainstream media would rather you and I never ask – questions not only about the left, mind you, but about the left’s comrade [...]

by John F. McManus
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS:
After suffering from diabetes and emphysema according to his son Christopher, William F. Buckley, Jr. was found dead at his Connecticut home on February 27th.
Follow this link to the original source: “William F. Buckley, Leading Conservative, Dies at 82”
COMMENTARY:
The author of 45 books about sailing, fictitious spies, and political topics, William [...]

February 27, 2008

by John F. McManus
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS:
During his visit to Indonesia on February 25th, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pledged military support for the sprawling Southeast Asian nation. The United States has thereby furthered its self-appointed role to be Policeman of the World.
Follow this link to the original source: “Gates Promises Help For Indonesian Military”

COMMENTARY:
Right now, the [...]

by Alan Caruba
The Democrats are at it again. Both Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama have made “poverty” a central theme of their campaigns, promising to lift up the poor and put a chicken in every pot, a large screen TV on every wall, and a new car in every driveway.
Predictably, the government, i.e., taxpayers, will [...]

“Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere…Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch…One if by land, two if by sea…” These lines are from the poem, Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born FEBRUARY 27, 1807. An American poet and Harvard Professor, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote [...]

February 26, 2008

“God is behind everything, but everything hides God,” wrote Victor Hugo in his classic Les Miserables, Book 5, Chapter 4. Born FEBRUARY 26, 1802, Victor Marie Hugo was hailed as the greatest of the Romanticists poets. He is best know for writing Cromwell, 1827, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1831, and Les Miserables, 1862, an [...]

February 25, 2008

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February 25, 2008

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FIRE Launches Weekly Podcast Series: FIREside Chats

2.

Brandeis University Joins Red Alert List; FIRE Releases New Podcast on Case

3.

FIRE on the Continuing Situation at the University of Delaware

4.

Victory for Free Speech at the University of Utah

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Recent Media Coverage

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Recent Posts to The Torch

FIRE LAUNCHES WEEKLY PODCAST SERIES: FIRESIDE CHATS
 

On February 18, FIRE debuted [...]

Tell Your Senator to vote NO on Patent “Reform” (S. 1145)!!
Eagle Forum has been following the developments regarding the Patent Reform Act (S. 1145), sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT). This dangerous legislation could come up in the Senate for a vote in the next week when Congress returns from its recess. The House [...]

by Diane Alden
The conservative movement compromised the day Ronald Reagan appointed George H.W. Bush his VP.
That decision allowed the Rockefeller/Dole/Ford/Bush wing of the Republican establishment to steer the party towards the big government left. It was a decision based on pragmatism, compromise, and “unity” at any cost.
This was the same Ronald Reagan who was vilified, [...]

February 23, 2008

Stiff Right Jab
Demonstrating once again the danger of hate speech laws, the Michigan State University Student Assembly voted Thursday (Feb. 21) to ask the administration to define the difference between free speech and hate speech.
MSU President Lou Anna Simon has been adamant that free speech is “at the heart of academic freedom.”
He’s right.
The problem: a [...]

February 22, 2008

Nowadays, in order to justify each and every sin under the sun, each and every assault upon the moral fiber of a community or a nation – one approach fits all – the ne’er-do-well need only say the magic word “privacy,” then sit back, relax and smile while his or her “high and holy” foes [...]

George Washington was born FEBRUARY 22, 1732. He was unanimously chosen as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in 1775, unanimously chosen as President of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and unanimously chosen as the first President of the United States in 1789. After the Declaration of Independence was read to his troops, July 9, [...]

February 21, 2008

Democrats in the House of Representatives chose to let a temporary surveillance law expire on February 16, rather than make it permanent.
At issue was whether the permanent version should include retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies that were sued for invasion of privacy after helping U.S. intelligence agencies conduct warrantless surveillance.
Surveillance efforts will still continue against [...]

 
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February 20, 2007
UFI Addresses
United Nations General Assembly,
Calls Upon Commission to Address
Family Issues
Opportunity often presents itself to those who are observant, vigilant and prepared. Thomas Christensen, a longtime member of the Governing Board of United Families International, seized upon a golden opportunity last week while attending the Commission for Social Development (CSD) [...]

The Uniform Holiday Bill, signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968, moved the celebration of George Washington’s Birthday to the third Monday in FEBRUARY. Sometime after this, with Lincoln’s birthday also being in the month of February, people began referring to the holiday as “Presidents’ Day.” Of note is that Presidential tradition is to swear [...]

February 20, 2008

istockphoto/Mike Elliot

Those who stand up to protect marriage as the union of one woman and one man are sometimes slower to oppose civil unions. Isn’t the support of civil unions for same-sex couples just a comfortable, compromise? No. Civil unions are a slippery slope to same-sex marriage.
Yesterday’s report from the New Jersey [...]