Communism

Common sense should predicate the use of seat belts, not a law contrived by pencil pushers in Albany, to placate bleeding-heart liberals and insurance lobbyists. We have a right to self-determination with an end-of- life DNR, do not resuscitate.  

CIO — Are we harboring the last vestiges of Soviet-style communism at the heart of the enterprise? And is consumerization of IT the new Glasnost? In your daily life, you are inundated with choice—from the brands of clothing you wear to the television ...  

Man who hates public land and public wildlife gains heavy influence on Wisconsin deer management- A last minute controversy in the unpleasant battle in Wisconsin whether to remove governor Scott Walker from office is the revelation that he has hired Dr. James Kroll, who embodies the Texas tradition that hunting should be on game farms and an activity for those with money. Public wildlife, held in trust by the state and managed by a state...  

Wednesday marks the 166th birthday of the legendary jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé. From 1885 to about 1916, he and his army of craftsmen made thousands of Faberge eggs. These works of gold, jewels, and enamel came to symbolize Russian royalty. And, as ...  

I am responding to the column by Tom Cantlon in the May 16 Courier. I find that I must agree with Mr. Cantlon - at least his last paragraph (not the rest of his illogical rant). He states "The principle is simple: No one should pay a higher portion of ...  

While the radio show he said it on compared the new rule to Nazism. Just ignore the fact that communism and Nazism were deadly enemies, because that's a bit over these guys' heads. Oh, and he's a Republican and from North Carolina.  In case there were any doubt. The congressman's solution is to pass a law letting churches endorse political candidates, using their tax-free status to...  

USA --(Ammoland.com)- Having spent most of my life in the last century and the rest in the new one, it affords me the opportunity to look back at the blunders, the slaughters, and the triumphs of a considerable period of time. I often wonder why ...  

Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) appeared today on Truth that Transforms, the flagship radio program of Truth in Action Ministries, to push his Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act, which the Interfaith Alliance notes would allow houses of worship to engage “in partisan politicking,” such as endorsing candidates from the pulpit, “without losing their tax-exempt status.” Related articles: Send Pastor Terry Jones to Afghanistan to Burn a Quran...  

Donald Rumsfeld, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense, and Annette Lantos, Chairman of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, will headline a list of speakers and guests from Capitol Hill and Washington’s diplomatic corps at a June 12, 2012 10 ...  

The Arab Spring saw more than 300,000 protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square bring down Hosni Mubarak. But did these protesters represent the average Egyptians who stayed home? Writing about another equinox - the 1968 Prague Spring that introduced liberal ...  

Victory can bring the greatest challenges. Last week Tea Party Congressman Allen West accused much of the Democratic Congressional delegation of being Communist Party members.  He didn’t call them “fellow travelers” or “socialists” or ...  

The days of Soviet Communism are long gone but reminders of the era are all around Moscow, ensuring it will never be forgotten. Not even the thick morning fog that covers Moscow can hide the Stalinist spires of the Seven Sisters wedding-cake skyscrapers.  

At Volokh (HT Instapundit) Ilya Somin explains: May Day began as a holiday for socialists and labor union activists, not just communists. But over time, the date was taken over by the Soviet Union and other communist regimes and used as a propaganda tool to prop up their regimes. I suggest that we instead use [...]  

It may not be quite as famous as the Berlin Wall, but there is a small block of bricks on display in the Polish port city of Gdansk that also undeniably merits its place in the history books. It's referred to locally as the "Walesa Wall" in honour of the ...  

"If we were in the middle of the Cold War, it might be different. Communism isn't a threat to the United States or the people of New Haven." Yes, as international communism disintegrated with the fall of the Soviet Union and the liberation of ...