tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:41:35 +0000Pro Deo et Patria: News and thought on political, social, and moral issues.http://www.nixatron.com/noreply@blogger.com (nixatron)Blogger5000125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-3378644636298728621Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:40:00 +00002010-02-28T22:41:35.789-07:00Saving the Soul of the Religious Left by Joseph C. Phillips ...here ultimately is the greatest question the religious left must be prepared to answer. Do we walk by faith in the administrative state? Or do we believe in man's capacity to change his life through the grace and mercy of God?http://www.nixatron.com/2010/02/saving-soul-of-religious-left-by-joseph.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-5443356430468470317Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:53:00 +00002010-02-18T12:55:30.559-07:00Napolitano Meets with Muslim Brotherhood Leadersby Richard Pollock...Although there is no evidence of an exchange of classified information, this meeting was the beginning of an Obama administration program aimed at devising a new information-sharing framework with the Muslim organizations — some of them regarded as extremist because of their ties to the Muslim Brotherhood...http://www.nixatron.com/2010/02/napolitano-meets-with-muslim.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-6706387680282141029Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:23:00 +00002010-02-15T10:57:53.490-07:00Remembering President Washington's and Lincoln's Birthdayshttp://www.nixatron.com/2010/02/remembering-president-washingtons-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-1397251631251544265Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:22:00 +00002010-02-10T10:22:00.465-07:00Germany's Choice by Marko Papic and Peter ZeihanThe situation in Europe is dire. After years of profligate spending, Greece is becoming overwhelmed...the rest of the eurozone is watching and waiting nervously while casting occasional glances in the direction of Berlin in hopes the eurozone’s leader and economy-in-chief will do something to make it all go away...http://www.nixatron.com/2010/02/germanys-choice-by-marko-papic-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-6451518327301774993Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:20:00 +00002010-02-09T22:22:17.109-07:00Frank Rich and the State of Liberal Commentary by Dennis Prager ...No well-known leftist columnist better exemplifies the worst aspects of today's left. Virtually every piece is filled with anger, filled with ad hominem responses to arguments, filled with insults of opponents and at the same time devoid of intellectual arguments. A Frank Rich column is essentially a weekly tantrum meant to make http://www.nixatron.com/2010/02/frank-rich-and-state-of-liberal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-7053085193868051364Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:12:00 +00002010-02-03T21:15:06.473-07:00A Defensive Buildup in the Gulfby George Friedman...In the end, Obama has followed the Bush strategy on Iran — make vague threats, try to build a coalition, hold Israel off with vague promises, protect the Arabian Peninsula, and wait — to the letter. But along with this announcement, we would expect to begin to see a series of articles on the offensive deployment of U.S. forces, as good defensivehttp://www.nixatron.com/2010/02/defensive-buildup-in-gulf-by-george.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-478568363846106992Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:09:00 +00002010-01-30T23:15:18.667-07:00UN Climate Change Panel Based Claims on Student Thesis and Magazine ArticleThe revelation will cause fresh embarrassment for the The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which had to issue a humiliating apology earlier this month over inaccurate statements about global warming...Related: Climate Chief was Told of False Glacier Claims Before CopenhagenDouble Standard: Climate Guru http://www.nixatron.com/2010/01/un-climate-change-panel-based-claims-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-7853699927528475600Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:32:00 +00002010-01-19T23:36:23.412-07:00Is America Still Making Men?by Dennis Prager...There are any number of reasons American women suffer from depression more than ever before and more than men. It is difficult to believe that one of those reasons is not the very emasculation of men that the movement working in their name helped to bring about. And so, a vicious cycle has commenced -- men stop being men; women become man-like; men http://www.nixatron.com/2010/01/is-america-still-making-men-by-dennis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-6534458860779725989Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:21:00 +00002010-01-08T01:34:08.520-07:00Obama Reneges on Health Care Transparencyby Chip Reid..."The negotiations are obviously being done in secret and the American people really just want to know what they are trying to hide," said Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga...Video: Eight Clips of Obama Promising Televised Healthcare Negotiationshttp://www.nixatron.com/2010/01/obama-reneges-on-health-care.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-8201741729876448097Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:17:00 +00002010-01-05T01:23:34.834-07:00The Christmas Day Airliner Attack and the Intelligence Processby George Friedman...A process that says that in a war against radical Islamists, an elderly visitor from Iceland is as big of a potential threat as a twentysomething from Yemen might satisfy some ideological imperative, but it violates the principle of common sense and blocks the authority and the motivation to act decisively...http://www.nixatron.com/2010/01/christmas-day-airliner-attack-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-9043420088394401556Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:08:00 +00002010-01-02T00:11:36.438-07:00The Dimming of a Beaconby Mark WhitehouseThe 2000s could be termed a lost decade for the U.S. economy. The average American's annual income stood at $39,446 as of October 2009, up only 5.3% in inflation-adjusted terms from the end of the 1990s.That's the slowest growth registered in at least six decades. The average person's net worth fell 13% through September 2009 as stock and home prices http://www.nixatron.com/2010/01/dimming-of-beacon-by-mark-whitehouse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-2145909264657895010Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:01:00 +00002010-01-02T00:07:32.934-07:00Flying Highby Christopher Hitchens...Why do we fail to detect or defeat the guilty, and why do we do so well at collective punishment of the innocent? The answer to the first question is: Because we can't—or won't. The answer to the second question is: Because we can. The fault here is not just with our endlessly incompetent security services, who give the benefit of the doubt to people who http://www.nixatron.com/2010/01/flying-high-by-christopher-hitchens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-5313587408003855182Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:57:00 +00002010-01-01T23:59:09.581-07:00Happy New Yearhttp://www.nixatron.com/2010/01/happy-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-1124772465136889372Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:08:00 +00002009-12-31T00:08:00.430-07:00A Decade of Self-Delusionby Pat Buchanan...At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the question is not whether we will preside over the creation of a New World Order, but whether America's decline is irreversible.http://www.nixatron.com/2009/12/decade-of-self-delusion-by-pat-buchanan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-2557674006888890943Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:05:00 +00002009-12-29T00:07:03.283-07:00Obama Gives Foreign Police New Powers in U.S.by Bob UnruhA little-discussed executive order from President Obama giving foreign cops new police powers in the United States by exempting them from such drudgery as compliance with the Freedom of Information Act is raising alarm among commentators who say INTERPOL already had most of the same privileges as diplomats...http://www.nixatron.com/2009/12/obama-gives-foreign-police-new-powers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-1014169235189986409Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:30:00 +00002009-12-25T00:30:00.500-07:00Merry ChristmasPope's Christmas Message...We live our lives by philosophies, amid worldly affairs and occupations that totally absorb us and are a great distance from the manger. In all kinds of ways, God has to prod us and reach out to us again and again, so that we can manage to escape from the muddle of our thoughts and activities and discover the way that leads to Him...http://www.nixatron.com/2009/12/merry-christ-mas-popes-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-8280785329657511152Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:05:00 +00002009-12-24T01:05:00.280-07:00Heaven and Natureby Ross Douthat...“Avatar” is Cameron’s long apologia for pantheism — a faith that equates God with Nature, and calls humanity into religious communion with the natural world...As the Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski noted, attributing divinity to the natural world helps “bring God closer to human experience,” while “depriving him of recognizable personal traits.” For anyone http://www.nixatron.com/2009/12/heaven-and-nature-by-ross-douthat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-1462759893524318927Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:29:00 +00002009-12-23T01:29:00.143-07:00Away With the Manger by Chuck Norris ...Gone are the days when presidents and most politicians publicly rejoiced in the birth of Christ. Like many of you, I still remember a day -- even in Washington -- when Christ was central to Christmas. It was an America that was far less politically correct, an America that wasn't afraid to stand up for its belief in the babe who was born in Bethlehem...http://www.nixatron.com/2009/12/away-with-manger-by-chuck-norris_23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-4090342022836398559Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:59:00 +00002009-12-22T13:05:29.952-07:00Democrats Ensure America Will No Longer Be the Last Best Hope of Earthby Dennis Prager...America's uniqueness and greatness has come from a number of sources, two of which are its moral and social value system, which is a unique combination of Enlightenment and Judeo-Christian values, and its emphasis on individual liberty and responsibility...Related: Obamacare Hazardous to America's Healthhttp://www.nixatron.com/2009/12/democrats-ensure-america-will-no-longer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-3267178666627493281Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:11:00 +00002009-12-07T23:12:11.428-07:00Remembering Pearl Harborhttp://www.nixatron.com/2009/12/remembering-pearl-harbor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-3969184903484060884Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:37:00 +00002009-12-06T00:37:00.235-07:00Hero SEALS Face Rap for Fiend's Bloody Lipby Ed RobinsonThree Navy SEALs involved in nabbing one of Iraq's most wanted terrorists are reportedly facing criminal charges related to his capture -- all because he claimed he had a bloody lip...http://www.nixatron.com/2009/12/hero-seals-face-rap-for-fiends-bloody.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-7162035342747036818Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:25:00 +00002009-12-05T00:25:00.559-07:00Searching in Vain for the Obama MagicBy Gabor Steingart...In his speech on America's new Afghanistan strategy, Obama tried to speak to both places. It was two speeches in one. That is why it felt so false. Both dreamers and realists were left feeling distraught. The American president doesn't need any opponents at the moment. He's already got himself.http://www.nixatron.com/2009/12/searching-in-vain-for-obama-magic-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-5216860253233813479Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:23:00 +00002009-12-04T00:24:54.028-07:00Researcher: NASA Hiding Climate Databy Stephen Dinan...NASA has refused for two years to provide information under the Freedom of Information Act that would show how the agency has shaped its climate data and would explain why the agency has repeatedly had to correct its data going as far back as the 1930s...http://www.nixatron.com/2009/12/researcher-nasa-hiding-climate-data-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-4412783115210094080Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:31:00 +00002009-12-03T00:31:00.165-07:00Climategate: Why it Mattersby Andrew Orlowski...The scandal is that science has advanced through anecdote and poorly founded conjecture - and on this slender basis, politicians and institutions lacking vision and confidence (and given the lack of popular support, legitimacy too) have found a cause...More-- Climategate: The White House Stonewalls with Stupidityhttp://www.nixatron.com/2009/12/climategate-why-it-matters-by-andrew_03.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-1391125179623423947Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:13:00 +00002009-12-02T08:29:59.540-07:00Setting Up Our Military to Failby Ralph PetersPresident Obama will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan -- but he'll "begin the transfer of our forces out of Afghanistan in July of 2011." Then why send them? If you're going to tell the Taliban to be patient because we're leaving, what's the point in upping the blood ante? For what will come down to a single year by the time the troops hit the http://www.nixatron.com/2009/12/setting-up-our-military-to-fail-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)