American Ideological Society

A minimal standard

"Should all candidates running for federal office be required to swear allegiance to the Constitution as a minimal standard"?

The fine line between politics, subversion
by Joseph Farah

Do you think a political party that seeks to dismantle, ignore or discard a nation's constitution should be permitted to participate in the electoral process? Continued...

They have no respect for the US

"Muslims want to build a 15-story mega-Mosque and Islamic community center a few hundred feet from Ground Zero, where extremist followers of their religion murdered thousands of innocent people. If this doesn’t tell us that they have no respect for the US, nothing will convince us."

Destroying America from within

by Bob Weir

There must be millions of people around the world who look at our country and wonder if we are experiencing the last gasps of an empire in decline. Continued...

Two historic presidents

"So we have two historic presidents. Both inherited bad economies. One cut spending and taxes, and then, 17 months later, the economy boomed. The other increased taxes and spending. It's now 17 months later. Mr. President, we're waiting."

Obama, Reagan, and the economy
By Frank Donatelli

It's easy to understand why President Barack Obama's friends don't want to acknowledge that July represents 17 months since Congress passed the $787 billion economic stimulus bill - the president's signature measure to jump-start the economy and fight unemployment. Continued...

Openly contesting extremist views

"Contesting the radical Islamist narrative does not mean arresting or banning despicable but protected speech; rather, it means openly contesting extremist views by offering alternatives and fostering deeper ideological debate."

Fighting the Ideological Battle: The Missing Link in
U.S. Strategy to Counter Violent Extremism
By Matthew Levitt

As nonaffiliate terrorist actors begin to take center stage and al-Qaeda's core strength diminishes, it has become clear that America is at war with a larger enemy: the extremist ideology that fuels and supports Islamist violence. Unfortunately, the United States is not well equipped to fight on this ideological battleground, and U.S. efforts to confront the ideology worldwide have not kept pace with more successful military targeting of high-level al-Qaeda leaders. Continued...

A worse moment in Muslim history

"Islam is a religion that is 1,400 years old, and there have been many different forms of it. There have been times and places when Islam was tolerant, at least in comparison to other civilizations at that time. Today, clearly, that's not the case. Indeed, speaking as a historian of Islam, I would say there has never been a worse moment in Muslim history." - Daniel Pipes

Elwood McQuaid

Interview with the Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry

EDITOR'S NOTE: Executive editor of Israel My Glory Magazine, Elwood McQuaid, spoke recently with Daniel Pipes, founder and director of the Middle East Forum and one of the world's leading experts on Islam and related issues. We are privileged to print edited excerpts from that interview. Continued...

Keeping with our nation's founding principles

"For a national government to refuse to exercise an authority -- in this case, enforcing the borders -- amounts to abandonment. Nature abhors such a vacuum, so the United States' abdication of naturalization enforcement must be filled. Enter Arizona's immigration enforcement law. In fact, Arizona's action is in keeping with our nation's founding principles."

Federal Failure and Arizona
By Anthony W. Hager

Now that the federal government has formally filed suit to block Arizona's efforts to identify illegal aliens, the emotional rhetoric that has controlled the debate should take a backseat to reality. The Justice Department claims that Arizona has usurped the federal government's authority over immigration and naturalization (U.S. Const., Art. I, Sect. 8) and the Constitution's supremacy clause (Art. VI). Continued...

Such dhimmitude is an enabler of jihad

"I will bet there is no program designed to investigate the historical, canonical goals of jihad movements: namely, the spread of Islamic law (Sharia), and the attendant condition of dhimmitude that Sharia imposes on Islamized and Islam-dominated populations, even as such dhimmitude is an enabler of jihad."

Monster Intelligence Machine Still
Won't Protect Us From the Real Threat
by Diana West

A clarifying bomblet drops in the final paragraph of the opening installment of the big Washington Post series on what is best described as National Intelligence Sprawl: "Soon, on the grounds of the former St. Elizabeth's mental hospital in Anacostia, a $3.4 billion showcase of security will rise from the crumbling brick wards. The new headquarters will be the largest government complex built since the Pentagon ..." Continued...

Made for a moral and religious people

"The framers of the Constitution of the United States understood the basic nature of human beings. They accordingly set forth a form of government and a written Constitution to greatly limit those who seek hegemony over the people. They acknowledged that the success and future of the Republic was dependent on the honor and integrity of its leaders and citizens. As John Adams wrote, "Our Constitution was made for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

John Adams

Character and the American Ruling Class
By Steve McCann

Angelo Codevilla, in a seminal article entitled "America's Ruling Class" published in the American Spectator, goes into great and accurate detail about the evolution of the current ruling class in the United States and its devastating impact on the country. Continued...

The foundation for a job-killing

"For President Obama, the years he spent studying and teaching the radicalism of Saul Alinsky laid the foundation for a job-killing, anti-business attitude. If you believe business is bad, you will convince it to go away. "

Job Killers versus Job Creators
By Newt Gingrich

The campaign this fall can be boiled down to a simple choice: job-killers versus job-creators. With so many Americans out of work, candidates will win decisive victories if they can show their opponent's policies will kill jobs and their policies will create jobs. Continued...

As expected, branded as racists

"...it seems that the current resistance to Obama’s healthcare plan, Cap and Trade, economic policies, etc., are being characterized by Democrats as racist in a cynical attempt to use color as a crowbar to pry open the wallets and bank accounts of every taxpayer in the country. When large segments of the voting public band together to struggle against an overreaching government, they are, as expected, branded as racists."

Political criticism should be colorblind
By Bob Weir

When the first African-American was elected to the presidency of the United States one would have thought that race would become a less serious issue for the country to deal with. Au contraire; after only about 18 months in office, accusations of racism rival those of a generation ago when the thought of a black president seemed as remote as a visitation from Mars. It was to be expected that blacks would vote in overwhelming numbers (97%) for the first Chief Executive of their race. Continued...