Peter J. Smith

Rep. Chris Smith: Lord Windsor’s article a “must read” for pro-life, human rights advocates

Lord Nicholas Windsor’s article in the ecumenical journal First Things calling for a new abolition movement to end legal abortion has now circulated into the official record of the U.S. Capitol. Pro-life and human rights advocate US Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) had Windsor’s article entered into the Congressional Record on Tuesday evening, calling it a “brilliant essay” and a “must read for those who treasure and promote human rights.” The great-grandson of King George V of England argues persuasively that legal abortion is a “mortal wound to the heart of Europe” that poses a far greater threat to civilization than […]
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Justice Willie Brennan, abortion, and the dereliction of Congress’s duty

Gregory J. Sullivan has written a valuable article for the Witherspoon Institute on the influence of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, jr. upon American jurisprudence – especially on abortion and the “right to privacy” that paved the way. Guided by the idea of a “living constitution,” Brennan made his own singular contributions to crafting a constitutional and cultural revolution in the United States from his bench on the nation’s highest court. Sullivan’s analysis of Brennan’s legacy is prompted by a new biography of Brennan, Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion, by Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel. The authors write that Brennan […]
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Col. Oliver North: We could lose 20 percent of military over ‘don’t ask’ repeal

The U.S. military could face enormous losses of troops in this ninth year of the “War on Terror” – and al-Qaida has nothing to do with it. But what’s stunning is the cavalier attitude Pentagon leaders have displayed at the prospect, because right now, nothing is more important to them than making sure homosexuals can serve in the U.S. military. Lt. Col. Oliver North, a retired Marine Corps officer, has written an illuminating piece for National Review Online, attacking the breathtaking hubris of Admiral Mike Mullen on “Don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal. Mullen is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of […]
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DADT repeal positive for US troops? Studies and troops say…no.

The cultural left is on the march to wreck the military, but hopefully the Senate’s impasse over tax cuts and the budget will run out the clock on “Don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal. Anyway, Family Research Council has done some great work exposing misinformation getting repeated throughout the mainstream media (MSM) – such as that the majority of troops have no problems with DADT repeal.  Consistently, the MSM has ignored the inconvenient truth about the 70 percent figure in the Pentagon’s Comprehensive Review Working Group (CRWG) study saying troops found repeal of DADT would have “positive, mixed, or no effect.” […]
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Ann Coulter and the real Wikileaks culprit: gay soldier Bradley Manning

Poor Julian Assange. The whole world now is going after him for exposing the secret world of U.S. diplomacy (which I expect is not that different from the way diplomacy is done in general), as if it were all his fault. But the white-haired Aussie would have little claim to fame were it not for the one petulant homosexual soldier who downloaded 260,000 cables of classified information before shuttling it off to Assange’s Wikileaks whistleblower site. Pfc. Bradley Manning is still in the brig at Quantico – I’m sure the Marines will take good care of him while the military […]
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GOP letter means DADT repeal is going nowhere, until Bush tax cuts fixed

The GOP has now sped up the clock running out in the U.S. Senate for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal: they say all legislation grinds to a halt until the Bush tax cuts are extended. Daniel Foster at National Review Online’s blog The Corner has posted the letter signed by all 42 Senate Republicans to Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid. The gist of the GOP’s message is this: we will filibuster every single piece of legislation until we’ve first prevented the tax hike Americans will feel when the Bush tax cuts expire at the end of this year. The letter […]
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