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Texas Justice

June 19th, 2012

By Tom Carter I’ve been closely following the legal case of a man who owns a ranch in a small Texas town. As reported here, Hearing his 5-year-old daughter crying from behind a barn, a father ran and discovered the unthinkable: A man molesting her. The father pulled the man off his daughter, authorities say, […]

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Tags: daughter, father, girl, grand jury, indictment, killed, molester, Texas
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Vietnam and Afghanistan

March 1st, 2012

By Tom Carter This article was originally published in September 2009 — two and a half years ago. Unfortunately, it’s as relevant today as it was then. In late 1965, I was in Kontum, Vietnam as a pilot in a helicopter crew sent there for a few days to support U.S. Special Forces operations. I […]

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Tags: Afghanistan, Bernard Fall, failure, Islam, Taliban, terrorism, Vietnam
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Why Can’t Muhammad Be as Funny as the Pope?

February 28th, 2012

By Tom Carter The media are loath to write or depict anything that might inflame Muslims to come looking for them with knives, guns, bombs, or airplanes. Part of the reason is fear, and who can blame them — no one wants to be murdered. Another part is their antipathy toward Jews and Israel and […]

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Tags: Catholic, fear, freedom, Islam, murder, Muslim, religion, speech, terrorism
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Will Republicans Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory?

February 15th, 2012

By Tom Carter Roger Simon has an article at Pajamas Media that I wish every Republican would take a couple of minutes to read. In Simon’s words, “What seemed even weeks ago as potentially a banner year for Republicans now appears a potential debacle. Not only is the continued loss of the presidency … and […]

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Tags: candidate, convention, defeat, election, Obama, Republican, victory
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Truth about the War in Afghanistan

February 8th, 2012

By Tom Carter If you haven’t seen it yet, you should read “Truth, lies and Afghanistan” by Lieutenant Colonel Daniel L. Davis, published by Armed Forces Journal. As LTC Davis puts it, “The American people deserve better than what they’ve gotten from their senior uniformed leaders over the last number of years. Simply telling the […]

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Tags: Afghanistan, Davis, failure, lies, report, success, truth
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