Opinion Forum

What’s the Alternative to Intrusive TSA Security?

November 17th, 2010

By Tom Carter The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is deploying more full body scanners at airports, and they’ve instituted new and aggressive pat-down procedures. If you opt-out of the full body scan for any reason, or if they pick you at random, you’re going to get petted, patted, groped, and stroked in all your private […]

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Tags: alternatives, body scan, islamic, Muslim, pat-down, security, terrorism, TSA
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The Psychic Toll of the Great Recession

October 4th, 2010

By Dr. Jim Taylor Of course I’m concerned about the financial well-being of our citizens. Every layoff and foreclosure hurts not only individuals and their families, but also the over-all health of our economy. But, given my Ph.D. in Psychology, I’m also deeply concerned about the impact of the Great Recession on the individual psyches […]

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Tags: emotions, families, jobs, psychology, PTSD, recession, security, stress
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Widening Gulf between Oil and Security

September 20th, 2010

By Jan Barry The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s drilling platform that exploded and killed 11 workers fouled key fishing areas, befouled wildlife and relentlessly threatened to ruin the region’s beaches and tourism industry. But perhaps the biggest shock was the out-of-control oil plume’s jolt to Americans’ sense of national […]

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Tags: alternative, BP, energy, foreign policy, oil, oil spill, renewable, security
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Let ’em Eat Cake

August 8th, 2010

By Larry Ennis The President’s wife has gone on vacation in Spain. Total cost for her little getaway? How about $375,000? The good news is that we taxpayers aren’t paying for all of it. According to the White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, the First Lady is traveling just like any other private citizen. According […]

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Tags: cost, First Lady, Michelle, press coverage, security, Spain, vacation
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bin Laden Is Laughing

July 19th, 2010

By Nancy Morgan Terrorists the world over are laughing into their turbans and praising Allah five times a day for the naive Americans who were responsible for electing Barack Hussein Obama as president of the U.S. And they’re giving a special thanks to the American media, specifically, the Washington Post, for giving them all the […]

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Tags: 9/11, Afghanistan, bin Laden, Iraq, islamic, Muslim, security, terrorism, war
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