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civility

Doug Giles: WWJT, Who Would Jesus Torture?

A Christian radio show host asked me the other day how I could, as a believer, be cool with waterboarding terrorists for intel crucial to our national security—or, as I like to call it, the implementation of the Irrigation for Information Act. Irrigation sounds so much more pleasant than torture, oui? Oui. I told my […] Read More →

Southern GOP Rivals Criticize Chris Christie for ‘Bully Demeanor’

The New Jersey Governor has been criticized by two Southern competitors for his lack of civility. If there’s one thing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is not, it is a Southern gentleman. Two of Christie’s prospective rivals for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination—Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul—have been making that point over the […] Read More →

Prominent Democrat Hopes Children Die Painful Deaths

The lack of all civility among many leftists is palpable during the ongoing debate over ObamaCare. While there are certainly vocal advocates on both sides of the issue, Democrats continue to push the envelope into utterly unacceptable territory. As evidenced in a series of social media posts by Sacramento, Calif. Democrat Party Communications Chair Allan […] Read More →

Presidential Vacation: Naughty or Necessity?

Chuck Norris Well, it’s that traditional time of the year again when the president goes on vacation and the conservative world ridicules him for taking time off with his family because of the disarray of our country or the enormousness of expenditures in his doing so. But is there really nothing redeemable or commendable in […] Read More →

Social Justice And Societal Decline

by Allan Erickson “Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.”-Pope John Paul II What is ‘social justice,’ and what does it mean to demand it? Wrapped up in the idea of social justice is the notion of ‘fairness.’ Van Jones says that social justice means that the state […] Read More →