Free Republic

A chill wind is blowing in this nation. A message is being sent through the White House and its allies… If you oppose this administration, there can and will be ramifications. And in the midst of all this madness, where is the political opposition?… We need leaders, not pragmatists that cower before the spin zones of former entertainment journalists. We need leaders who can understand the Constitution… The journalists in this country can battle back at those who would rewrite our Constitution… You have, whether you like it or not, an awesome responsibility and an awesome power: the fate of...

In civilized nations the lives of ambassadors and diplomats are held sacred. When Xerxes sent ambassadors throughout Greece in 491 BC asking for the ritual tokens of submission, earth and water, many Greek cities agreed to submit. Not so in Athens and Sparta. In Sparta the ambassadors were thrown down a well ("Madness? This is Sparta!" as the movie 300 would have it). The deeply religious Spartans were appalled at what was done in the heat of the moment and sent two Spartan citizen soldiers (Sperthia and Boulis) to Persia to offer up their lives to atone for the sin...

America is the Greatest Nation. It is our political philosophy that has shaped every Republic that followed. It is the words of our Founders, like Jefferson, that have inspired freedom in the Declaration of Independence. It is our Constitution that has been the model of many others, and is the longest current governing document in terms of years, and one of the shortest in words. It is the history of this great Republic, when twice in the last century we have given so much in the cause of freedom - and never asked more for it than the ground to...

"When I reached home (West Virginia) I found that the salt-furnaces where not running, and that the coal-mine was not being operated on account of the miners being out on a "strike". This was something which, it seemed,usually occurred whenever the men got two or three months ahead in their savings. During the strike, of course, they spent all that they had saved, and would often retrun to work in debt at the same wages, or would move to another mine at considerable expense. in either case, my observations convinced me that the miners were worse off at the end...

Atom Smasher Could Reveal "The Beginning" Physicists Laud Large Hadron Collider's Success; "Huge Step Toward Unraveling Genesis Chapter 1" Title only, as per the rules. Atom Smasher Could Reveal "The Beginning" Physicists Laud Large Hadron Collider's Success; "Huge Step Toward Unraveling Genesis Chapter 1" http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/31/tech/main6349508.shtml

In 633 A.D., a year after the Prophet's death, the general of the newly formed Muslim armies wrote a letter to the Persian emperor. "Submit to our authority," he declared, "and we shall leave you and your land and go against others. If not, you will be conquered against your will by men who love death as you love life." The general was Khalid ibn al-Walid, who had once opposed Muhammad but who upon becoming a Muslim tumbled dynasties with the convert's fiery zeal. To the emperor the letter must have seemed the ravings of a lunatic. How could the...

We need to face up to the facts of this upcomming election. It seems that electorally it is a bad time to be a Conservative. The Primary turnout was almost two to one for the Democrats, and the mood of the nation seems decidedly anti-Incumbent and anti-Republican. That being said, it might well be a good thing that the Republican nomination process didn't select a rock ribbed conservative; based upon my present assumtion that our nominee is doomed to electoral defeat no matter who we picked. I was thinking who I wanted McCain to pick as his Vice Presidential candidate;...

Here is a powerful and amazing statement on Al Jazeera television. > The woman is Wafa Sultan, an Arab-American psychologist from Los > Angeles. I would suggest watching it ASAP because I don't know how > long the link will be active. This film clip should be shown around > the world repeatedly! > >