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Democrats vs. Christians? By Don FederFrontPageMagazine.com | June 10, 2005 It’s easy to dismiss Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean as a hard-core ideologue, a loose-lipped lightening-rod for the Democratic Party, and a man who’s perfected a form of yoga which involves opening his mouth and inserting his foot to the knee.It’s always a mistake to underestimate the opposition. Dean’s seemingly casual remark that the GOP is "pretty much a white Christian party," was in fact a calculated appeal to his party’s Christian-hating base. It’s red-meat intentionally tossed to those who view Christians as public enemy #1 – a clear...

If you approve of the above, read no further. You are hopeless, and deserve the fate which awaits you. On the other hand, if you hate what we’ve become in the past four decades, let me show you the not-so-distant past. Let me tell you what my America was like. For those of you under 40, it may come as a revelation.

'Real men moisturize' Mona Charen (back to web version) | Send June 3, 2005 "Real Men Moisturize." So begins an article on "Sharp Dressed Men" that appeared in a State Department funded magazine aimed at youth in the Arab world. The magazine, called "Hi" is published in Arabic and English. A State Department website explains that Hi is published "with the hope of building bridges of greater understanding among our cultures." The article continues: "In fact, some of them, like Michael Gustman, a 25-year-old public relations account executive from Boca Raton, Fla., even have separate moisturizers for the face and...

It’s times like these that I miss my country most. Holidays like Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving remind me that once upon a time (long ago, in a galaxy far, far away), I had a country. It was called America. Perfect? Absolutely not. Nothing is in this world. But it represented something noble, brave and fine. Even if they couldn’t quite articulate it, Americans understood what America meant – and cherished it. Once, we knew our nation’s history. Once we spoke a national language. Once we controlled our borders. Once we knew what treason was and how...

Democrats lost the evangelical vote decades ago. As the last election showed, they are now in danger of permanently losing Catholics. But the left has devised an ingenious technique for winning back disaffected Catholics – insult their Church and its leader. And they thought of this all by themselves? As part of the campaign to defeat the Republican push to end the judicial filibuster, on May 17, 2005, MoveOn.org, PAC ran an ad appealing to anti-Catholic paranoia. The broadside was an altered photo that showed Pope Benedict XVI standing outside the Supreme Court’s chambers. The pontiff appears to be holding...

Is Islam a religion of peace? Is there an Easter Bunny? Can pigs fly? These are rhetorical questions. Ordinarily, one wouldn’t expect political correctness to rear its inclusive head at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) -- the largest conservative gathering of the year. At this year’s CPAC, which concluded on February 19, I was on a panel titled, PROTECTING THE HOMELAND AGAINST ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. The other panelists were Rich Miniter (author of “Losing Bin Laden’) and Phil Giraldi, an ex-spook -- excuse me, “former CIA counterterrorism specialist” -- who writes for Pat Buchanan’s publication. I hadn’t...

If you want to know what’s wrong with the West Coast drivel factory where our popular culture is manufactured, look no further than the 77th Annual Academy Award nominations. The Oscars are Hollywood’s way of celebrating its values – the agenda of a gang of celebrity cretins who need a teleprompter to think. The Academy Awards ceremony on February 27th will be another orgy of political correctness – this time paying homage to a culture of death. Garnering 12 nominations among them were “Million Dollar Baby,” “Vera Drake” and “Kinsey” – movies (respectively) promoting euthanasia, abortion and perversion. Two were...

Why A Jew Supports Christian America By Don Feder FrontPageMagazine.com December 24, 2004 ((( THANK YOU! and MERRY CHRISTMAS & GOD BLESS ISRAEL'S CHRISTIAN SUPPORTERS .. abu afak )))) In America today, Christians have many enemies and few friends. I would like to be counted among the latter. It might appear odd that, as a Jew, I would support Christians and the concept of Christian America. Once upon a time, it would have seemed equally strange for a Christian to call himself a Zionist. But the world is forever and relentlessly changing. As a member of one of the most...

Secretary of State Colin Powell stepped in it once again – this time instructing the Taiwanese that their goal in life should be “reunification” with a murderous, police state. For nearly four years, Powell has been the weak link in Bush’s foreign policy. Of all the administration’s top officials, he was the last to come on board in support of military intervention in Iraq. Powell perfectly reflects the State Department mindset. In almost any situation, he favors appeasement over confrontation -- sacrificing U.S. allies (Israel, Taiwan) to win brownie points with thugs (Arab regimes, the People’s Republic of China). But...

Don Feder Begins Boston Talk Show 4/2/2003 By Robert Knight Longtime newspaper columnist takes to the airwaves Don Feder, a syndicated conservative columnist and former editorial writer for the Boston Herald, is starting his own talk radio show this week on WROL 950 AM in Boston from 3 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. WROL is a Salem Communications station. "I'll be doing a straight conservative talk show, hitting local, national and international issues. I intend to do lots of interviews," Feder said. "I'll be hitting a broad range –terrorism, the Middle East, taxes and education — including some of...