Islam and Faith

Over and over it continues to happen where Islam adherents kill Jews and other “non-believers,” the most recent atrocity being on October 7, 2023, with Hamas killing over a thousand Israelis and foreign nationals. This, following August 2022, when Islam reared its ugly head in the attempted murder of author Salman Rushdie because he dared (over 30 years ago) to criticize Islam. And now Harry Potter author JK Rowling is receiving threats for her support of him. When is the world going to wake up to acknowledge that ISLAM IS EVIL! Evils committed in the name of Islam The continuing terrors conducted by Islamic jihadists are a major concern in …

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Maverick

Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell by Jason L. Riley Thomas Sowell, born in 1930, is perhaps the greatest economist and social theorist of our age. He is the author of more than 45 books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to political philosophy, race, migration, and culture. Jason L. Riley, the author, does a masterful job of describing Sowell’s mindset and integrity. Sowell doesn’t back down from empirical data, facts, and logic. Years ago, I read Sowell’s Culture trilogy: Race and Culture: A World View (1994), Migrations and Cultures: A World View (1996), and Conquests and Cultures: An International History (1998). I was very impressed by the …

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Critical Race Theory

WHAT??? Critical Race Theory activists say that America is a white supremacist society! … White racism is inevitable! … If you deny you are a racist, then you are a racist! … America is racist! … Individualism is racist! … Meritocracy is racist! We are hearing these slogans and others like them more and more from Critical Race Theory advocates and activists. What is Critical Race Theory? Is it a benign passing fad, or is it something we should really be concerned about? First, a definition of racism, so you know what I mean by the term. Racism is judging people on their race, and more generally on things over …

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Cause of Institutional Racism

The existence of institutional racism is a major point of Critical Race Theory (CRT), but the major cause of its existence has not been identified by CRT proponents. They only identified THAT the government was the cause, but not WHY the government was able to promote racism. The institutionalization of racism The institutionalization of racism was given a major boost by Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s explicitly racist New Deal policies, passed by a Democrat-controlled Congress and administered by a Democrat administration. These are described in uncomfortable detail in The Color of Law. [1] This government-sanctioned and government-enforced racism is a severe blot on American principles, and the history of the government’s …

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Context of America’s Founding

America is an achievement unequalled in history. We planted the seeds of freedom, individual rights, and individualism in 1776 that had not existed in the history of mankind to the degree that we have today.[1] Our tree of freedom is not yet mature. Some major branches of the tree are the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Although America has weathered many storms such as the Civil War, it is still struggling against the onslaughts of various forms of collectivism. Whether the tree of freedom reaches full maturity is still an open question. Introduction to the context of America’s …

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Individualism and Collectivism

Why individualism and collectivism Many current issues in America are concerned with or are a result of conflicts between individualism and collectivism, as the country is a mixture of both. So, it is important to have an understanding of the two concepts. A country’s politics and government follow from a country’s predominant ethics, or morality. If a country’s ethics are primarily oriented toward individualism, then the resulting government will also be primarily oriented toward individualism and the recognition and protection of individual rights. If a country’s ethics are primarily collectivist in nature, then so will be its government, which will override and violate individual rights in the name of the …

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