Opinion Forum

Freedom Can Be Taken. When Inherited or Otherwise Given, Does It Last?

April 26th, 2013

By Dan Miller If taken at great cost, it often lasts for quite a while. If inherited, not that long. If given, it is even more readily perishable. The United States gained their freedom, by force and at great cost, from those who used military might to prevent them from having it. Even many in the […]

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Tags: Constitution, defense, freedom, Islam, liberty, Muslims, Obama, terrorism
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China and North Korea: A Tangled Partnership

April 16th, 2013

By Dan Miller Do we know what’s happening? Probably not. But historical context may help. The following article from Stratfor, republished with permission, provides useful historical context for the current situations in Korea and its usual (apparent) ally, China. It spans many centuries. The Chinese ruling powers are new. Kim Jong-un and his regency are also […]

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Tags: China, DPRK, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, nuclear, power, Stratfor
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Islam Is the Only True Religion of Peace, not Terror

March 26th, 2013

By Dan Miller This is a “guest post” by Sheik Mohamed ali-Baba, a well known Islamic scholar, “humanitarian,” redistributionist and spokesman for al Qaeda. My own comments follow his rant. I, Sheik Mohamed ali-Baba, graced these otherwise perverted and insignificant pages last year with my endorsement, on behalf of Al Qaeda, of President Obama for […]

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Tags: foreign policy, Iran, Islam, Israel, North Korea, religion, satire, terrorism, war
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Is Earth Becoming Purgatory or Hell?

March 20th, 2013

By Dan Miller Or is it already one or the other? I don’t know the answer, but the question is a basis for this article. I am not a student of religion and know little of Roman Catholic doctrine concerning Purgatory and Hell. Nor, as best I can remember, have I ever stayed at a […]

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Tags: America, culture, foreign policy, hell, Israel, purgatory, students, theology
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Iraq and Vietnam

March 20th, 2013

By Jan Barry Nearly 6 years ago, I shared these thoughts as part of a panel discussion at The New School university in New York City, on May 10, 2007… Much of it still applies as Americans mark the 10th anniversary of invading Iraq. They are two different countries in different parts of the world. […]

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Tags: critics, foreign policy, Iraq, lessons, strategy, veterans, Vietnam, war
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