Can Books Be Burned Even Without Fire?
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times. An earlier version appeared in San Diego Rostra under a different name also written by Bob Siegel SAN DIEGO, April 7, 2011 —Well, he did it! He did…
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News Reactions To a Jewish Family Murdered: Has The Pen Become Mightier Than the Sword?
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO, March 24, 2011 —On March 13, a 12-year-old Israeli girl living in the West Bank settlement of Itamar returned home from a youth event only to…
Other Religions Claim The Same Thing
Central to the skeptic’s objection to Christianity is the audacity of Christians claiming not only that their own religion is true, but that all other religions are false. Although I believe Christians should generally be…
Free Speech Working Both Ways
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO, March 3, 2011 —Landmark court decisions often leave a peculiar fragrance behind, spawning a plethora of mixed feelings. Such emotional roller coasters may understandably look like…
Does Jesus Belong on the College Campus?
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO — February 25, 2011 — Religion is viewed by some as a non-intellectual exercise, but even apart from that, many assume for constitutional reasons that religion…
If You Feel Sharia Law Is Not Coming, Maybe You Should Lie Down Until The Feeling Goes Away
Who says we have to wait for Muslims to conquer the Western World to impose Sharia Law? A kind of Sharia law is already upon us. Now mind you, Muslims by themselves would not be…
The Constitution Protects My Ears, More Than It Protects Your Words
July 11, 2008 The Bible is accused of many things today, not the least of which is hateful and homophobic. For the record, the God of the Bible does not hate homosexuals, but His word…
Will the Real Nazis Please Stand Up?
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO — February 3, 2011 — Discussion about “toning down the rhetoric” continues, yet many still wait in vain for President Obama (a self professed champion of…
Change We Can’t Believe In
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO — January 26, 2011 — For the past two weeks, leading all the way up to last night’s State of the Union message, we’ve been inundated…
For Bill Maher, Tonight Was Not A Good Night
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO — January 14, 2011 — Although it has become fashionable for liberals to challenge right-wing “hate speech” with patronizing pleas to “tone down the rhetoric” and…
A Liberal Bargain: Silence A Whole Movement For The Price of One Man
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO — January 11, 2011 — It began with the words of Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, when he suggested that the wicked, lunatic, Jared Lee Loughner,…
A Bomber’s Scapegoat: Did You Hear the One About the Muslim, the Christian and the Jew?
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO — January 8, 2011 A car explosion in front of Saints Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria killed 21 and injured 96 parishioners whose only crime was…
2011: Get Ready For The Obamanet
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO — Dec. 28, 2010 —Well, it finally happened: After years of anticipation and speculation, the FCC voted 3-2 to start regulating the Internet. A new rule…
Can Israel Be Compared With Poor Charlie Brown?
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO, Ca. — Dec. 14, 2010 —Few conflicts in world news have experienced as much historical revision as the tension between Israel and the Palestinians. Because this…
A Christian Response To An Atheist Sign
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times SAN DIEGO, Ca. — Dec. 9, 2010 — In an attempt to duck the controversy of recent Christmas season displays at Washington State’s capital building in Olympia, Governor…
Openly Same-Sex Soldiers: Will The Tolerance Work Both Ways?
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times San Diego, Ca, Dec. 3, 2010 — As the discussion regarding voiding the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” continues in Washington D.C., some simple, but honest, questions seem in…
Time To Re-evaluate That Popular Moderate Position
Originally published by Communities @ Washington Times November 30, 2010-As I predicted in a previous column, President Obama, having lost the House of Representatives and much of the Senate to Republicans, uses the word “bi-partisan”…
A Good Simple Question And A Short Simple Answer
One of my radio show listeners sent me an interesting question last week: “Bob, Doesn’t the idea that God created the universe completely destroy scientific law?” RESPONSE: Which scientific law? There is no law in…
Oh How The Mighty Have Fallen
November 15, 2010 Poor President Obama. He just doesn’t look like a happy camper these days. Certainly he’s not the first president to loose the House of Representatives two years into office, but then, I…
We Are Pleased To Announce Good News To Our Customers
Originally published by San Diego Rostra, 11-19-10 “We are pleased to announce good news to our customers…” Such was the opening greeting from my credit card company’s automated phone service. I had called in to…