In this new era of political correctness, the U.S. Army has published a special handbook for soldiers that appears to justify Islamic jihad by describing it as the “communal military defense of Islam and Muslims when they are threatened or under attack.” Because radical Muslim groups consider Islam to be perpetually under moral, spiritual, economic,

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The U.S. economy is in a crisis and the national debt continues growing but the federal government keeps funding questionable programs like a “scholarly study of gang violence” to help police analyze crime patterns. Of all the taxpayer-funded academic projects out there, this one ranks quite high in the area of creativity and innovation. A

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Overshadowed by the heated issue of illegal immigration is the equally serious national security challenge created by a growing number of Mexicans seeking political asylum in the United States to escape escalating drug-cartel violence in their country. The movement started in 2006, when Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared war on drug cartels and gangs. Tens

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In its quest to eradicate “food insecure households,” the Obama Administration is spending more than $2 million on a dubious “behavioral economics” research program that will help the government better serve those on public assistance. The goal is to maximize efficiency in the government’s food voucher system and enhance “nutrition program integrity and delivery” amid

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Comparing Occupy Wall Street demonstrations to the civil rights movement, the nation’s government-funded museum consortium is collecting materials from rallies across the United States in an effort to “document the spirit of American democracy and the American political process.” The national movement to “end economic segregation” and social injustice in the U.S. is receiving tons

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In the latest scandal to rock the perpetually inept Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a loaded gun slipped through “security” at a major U.S. airport and the agency claims there was no system breakdown because it was not its duty to intercept the weapon. This may lead Americans to wonder who is responsible for securing the

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To slash deportations and arrests for traffic offenses or lacking identification, law enforcement agencies in a major U.S. county are accepting Mexican consular cards—determined by the FBI to be unreliable and highly susceptible to fraud—as valid ID. The move comes just a few days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) union official told Congress

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In a case of public assistance gone mad, a United States congresswoman has introduced legislation to give “needy families” free diapers and diapering supplies for their babies in the name of economic development. The measure (Diaper Investment and Aid to Promote Economic Recovery Act) is necessary because, without an adequate supply of diapers, a child

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A public school district in the U.S. must pay a Muslim teacher tens of thousands of dollars and establish a religious accommodation training program for refusing to let the instructor take three weeks off to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. The settlement marks the conclusion of the first lawsuit filed by Obama’s Department of Justice

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Living in “high-poverty” neighborhoods causes serious health problems that can be corrected by relocating to more affluent areas, according to a government study that the Obama Administration is using to pave the way for yet another costly entitlement program. In fact, moving to “low-poverty neighborhoods” actually decreases the risk of obesity and diabetes for poor

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