Like most sports controversies, the Tebow story is already yesterday’s news. Google his name and you will see how few stories there are out there over the last month. He was hot for a while: Denver had a nice little run with him back in the dark ages of two seasons ago, and then the New York Jets fans and team kicked him to the curb and said good riddance. Since the New York Jets released Tim Tebow, various voices have either relegated his name to that junkyard reserved for superior college athletes that could
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Immediately after 9/11, there was a groundswell of support for anything the government deemed necessary to make us safer. American flags flew on every car and new legislation passed at a dizzying rate as everyone wanted to do something, anything, to let the world know we weren’t going to just sit here and be a target for every two-bit terrorist that wanted to make a name for himself. There result, among other things, was the behemoth we now know as the Department of Homeland Security. The idea seemed right: ensure that all of our intelligence
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Under a mandate from the Obama administration, the Pentagon is rolling out new policies regarding religious tolerance in the military. The stated purpose of these policies is to eliminate bigotry in the military by bringing together people with opposing views to develop understanding. Unfortunately, the Pentagon’s choice for spearheading this effort is Mikey Weinstein. In a recent article in the Huffington Post, Wensein wrote: Ladies and Gentlemen, let me tell you of monsters and monstrous wrongs. And let me tell you what these bloody monsters thrive on… I founded the… Military Religious
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is seeking to create a massive online database that can pull up an individual’s personal information, connections, and associates. Currently called “Investigative System,” the ATF is asking private companies to provide bids to build it. The system is described as a “massive online data repository system that contains a wide variety of data sources both historically and current that can be utilized in support of investigations and backgrounds.” According to the ATF’s official web site, the system will be utilized by staff “to provide rapid searches on
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SPRING CITY, TN – A recent shooting at a nuclear power plant in Tennessee has renewed awareness of how little focus has been placed on ensuring that American nuclear power and chemical plants are safe from potential terrorist attacks. TVA spokesperson Jim Hopson confirmed that a security officer patrolling TVA Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring City recently was involved in a shootout with a suspect last Sunday around 2:00 a.m. The shooting occurred just a quarter mile from the reactor’s protected area.  The shooter approached the plant by boat and walked on to the
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“The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”  – Benjamin Franklin Unfortunately a growing number of Americans seem to be running away from true happiness rather than toward it. No generation has had greater access to health care or educational opportunities, yet depression and other emotional and mental signs of fatigue from daily living have never been more evident. One-third working adults report chronic debilitating stress, and more than half of all “millennials” (eighteen-to-thirty-three year olds) experience a level of stress that causes them to
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NASHVILLE, TN – Southern Baptist chaplains are reporting that SBC.net, the official web site of the Southern Baptist Convention has been blocked at military installations across the nation. The Southern Baptist Convention is the nation’s largest Protestant denomination and is known for its support of the pro-life movement and its strong belief in traditional marriage. The censorship became public after an Army officer attempted to log onto the denomination’s website but instead received a warning message. “The site you have requested has been blocked by Team CONUS (C-TNOSC/RCERT-CONUS) due to hostile content,” the message read.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the first time in years, Democrats and Republicans are in agreement about the effectiveness of the federal government. According to a recent Pew Research study, neither side has confidence in Washington. In the first years following 9/11, favorable ratings for the federal government rose dramatically, but they have been only a steady decline ever since. In November 2001, 82 percent had a favorable opinion of the government and in December 2002, 73 percent viewed the federal government in a positive light. Positive opinions of the federal government declined through the remainder
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Because there is too much money to be made and too many special interest groups that want them, drones are here to stay. Peter Singer of the Brookings Institution sees drones as a “game-changing technology, akin to gunpowder, the steam engine, the atomic bomb—opening up possibilities that were fiction a generation earlier but also opening up perils that were unknown a generation ago.” Before 2010 there was some small hope that the massive deployment of domestic drones could be avoided. That hope was lost when President Obama signed the FAA Reauthorization Act into law in
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The current push for same-sex marriage has created some strange bedfellows (no pun intended) with far-left liberals and hard-core Libertarians finding themselves on the same side of the argument. Even former governor of Mississippi and leader of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Ronnie Musgrove has joined the growing chorus calling for legalization of gay marriage across the county. On one level, the argument (in particular offered by many Libertarians) is correct. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was a mistake. Marriage has never before been a federal issue, nor should it be now. In fact, until
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