Seeing through a Glass Darkly: Interpreting Intelligence on Iran and other “Rogue Nations”

May 1, 2008 | Brian Melton

The only time we will ever have a “smoking gun” is after it has been fired, and the crime has been committed.

Social Suicide by Government: Conservatives & Social Policy

April 23, 2008 | Brian Melton

Government programs won’t fix the marriage crisis any more than they have fixed abstinence, education, politics, or crime. They can never get at the underlying problems because they rarely treat people as individual moral agents who must make individual decisions and be held accountable.

A Nuclear Fait Accompli: Taking the Nazi Road to War

April 16, 2008 | Brian Melton

Ahmadinejad and his cronies in Iran appear to be literally following a path blazed in the Twentieth Century by Hitler.

Pushing Atheism in the Name of Tolerance: The Myth of the Religion-Neutral Classroom

April 4, 2008 | Brian Melton

Most Americans presume that public schools strive to provide a neutral arena in which multiple religions can be exercised equally.

Howard Dean and the 1850s: Convenient Racial Revisionism

March 17, 2008 | Brian Melton

Someone should remind Howard Dean that his Party is the party is segregation, slavery, and Jim Crow. 

It Takes a Village to Raise an Idiot: California and Parental Rights

March 10, 2008 | Brian Melton

For teachers unions and education bureaucrats, compulsory school attendance is a tool of social control.

Sanctifying Murder: Who Would Jesus Kill

November 17, 2005 | Brian Melton

Planned Parenthood's chaplain, Ignacio Castuera, says he is only doing what Jesus would want him to do.

The Pot Calling the Kettle Racist: New Orleans, Cannibalism, and Racial Watersheds

September 9, 2005 | Brian Melton

Katrina is only a “watershed” in racial affairs for people who are looking for a convenient one to exploit.

Strolling Down Diagon Alley: What Should We Think of Harry Potter?

August 2, 2005 | Brian Melton

Christians and conservatives don’t seem to know what to do with the Harry Potter phenomenon.

Do Conservatives Contradict Themselves When They Talk About Freedom?

July 27, 2005 | Brian Melton

The liberal approach to freedom, well intentioned though it may be, does not reflect reality.

The Fugitive “Fetus” Act: Some Historical Perspectives on a Recent Abortion Controversy

July 6, 2005 | Brian Melton

If the idea that millions of children are being killed in this country doesn’t bother someone, perhaps the idea that he or she may be “legally” forced to participate will.

Loopholes and Health Threats: The Deus ex Machina of American Abortion

May 26, 2005 | Brian Melton

Pro-lifers on all levels of the fight must demand a clear, medical definition of what constitutes a threat to a mother’s life.

A New Dawn of Conservatism: Rethinking “Conservative” and “Liberal”

May 18, 2005 | Brian Melton

Decades have passed since the “liberal” agenda became the status quo for most of the country.

Explaining the Passion for Death: A Friendly Response to Peggy Noonan

March 29, 2005 | Brian Melton

Terri Schiavo’s death represents a leap forward towards a long established, desperately desired goal: humankind making themselves the measure of all things.