In the promotional materials for the new documentary Death of a Nation, conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza says the following: “Not since 1860 have the Democrats so fanatically refused to accept the result of a free election. That year, their target was Lincoln. They smeared him. They went to war to defeat him. In the end, […]
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Conservatives celebrate and liberals wail about Justice Anthony Kennedy’s upcoming Supreme Court retirement. Partisan publications feature over-the-top predictions about the court’s future. Hysterical leftists believe reproductive rights and Rowe v. Wade are under assault. They assert that a new Supreme Court will reduce all childbearing-age women to breeders and scullery maids. Right-wingers say that a
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In 2005, a landmark 5-4 Supreme Court ruling damaged individual property rights. Specifically, the Kelo v. City of New London case established an unfair eminent domain precedent. Little Pink House, an independent film released this year, speaks to this issue. It dramatizes the heartbreak of New London, Connecticut residents who lost their homes in this unfortunate court
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I hesitate to talk about the beauty of Tinian Island in the Central Pacific because I don’t want excessive tourism to ruin its charm. The remote island getaway has a population of under 3500 people and some of the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever seen. The least populous of the Northern Marianas Islands, Tinian is
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Earlier this week, our trip historian Don Farrell discussed the U.S. invasion of Saipan, one of the Northern Marianas Islands in the Central Pacific. Spain controlled Saipan until the Spanish-American War in 1898, when the United States captured Guam to provide a coaling station in the western Pacific. The U.S. took little interest in the
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Most anyone who thinks of December 7, 1941, will immediately recall seeing old black and white images of the burning wreckage of the USS Arizona or hearing recordings of President Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” speech. Fewer know much about what happened just a few miles away at Hickam Field and Wheeler Air Base as the
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