Yes, Joe , Anwar Al-Awlaki has committed treason, and treason is a crime punishable by death. As you note, the constitution is explicit in this regard. But in the chunk of Article 3, Section 3 that you cite, something else is also quite explicit: No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on . . . . Continue Reading »
This is what is known in the trade as a “two fer.” We have been told for years that to SAVE THE PLANET, we have to give up meat, because all those cows emit gasses that cause global warming. Meanwhile, the animal rights activists, who want to eliminate cows and domesticated . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week, I worried a little , like a puppy with a bone too big for him, at the indictments that followed the horrifying Massachusetts suicide and bullying incident . That dismayed some of our readers, who pointed out—quite rightly—that there will real crimes committed before the . . . . Continue Reading »
So fearing that Adolf Hitler would steal the Shroud of Turin, the purported burial cloth of Jesus, both “the Vatican and the Italian royal family, the Savoys, who were the guardians and owners of the shroud,” had it secretly transported south, to Campania, lest the little Fuhrer add it to . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday Ryan posted an excerpt from Kevin D. Williamson at NRO on the legitimacy of targeting American citizens because of their terrorist activities: Surely there has to be some operational constraint on the executive when it comes to the killing of U.S. citizens. It is not impossible to imagine . . . . Continue Reading »
Gelineau psalmody is better known in Roman Catholic than in protestant circles. Here is a description of this genre of psalm-singing from my Reformed Worship article, Straight from Scripture:One of the more interesting ways of singing the psalms was developed by Joseph Gelineau of France. Of all the . . . . Continue Reading »
A taping of the Glenn Beck show last night was my first view inside the media-maligned but popularly acclaimed Fox News Network, as I joined thirty or so college-age conservatives in a feature titled “Time to be Heard: Young Conservatives.” Held as a town hall-style discussion, . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at NRO, Kevin D. Williamson is asking important questions about the Obama administration’s most recent foray in the war on terror, permitting the killing of American citizens targeted for their terrorist activities: I hate to play the squish, but am I the only one who is just a little bit . . . . Continue Reading »
I have embedded the trailer for the upcoming puff HBO bio of the murderer Jack Kevorkian, entitled, You Don’t Know Jack , at the bottom of this post. Before viewing it, take a look at a few of the key aspects of Kevorkian’s “career” that I have listed below. Anyone want to . . . . Continue Reading »
Ernest Hemingway once wrote a short one act play about Jesus. Very few people know about it. The title is Today is Friday.The play opens with three Roman soldiers are in a bar drinking away the stresses of a long, brutal day of crucifixion.The third soldier is sick and rueful. He complains about . . . . Continue Reading »
Subscribe
Latest Issue
Support First Things
