All Europeans have same genetic parents 1,000 years ago

So says this study http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/1803/20130507/europeans-related-genetic-footprint-dating-back-1-000-years-ago.htm Surprising was that there was just one common set of parents - and that it was only 1,000 years ago. Note the other study it mentions... that all world languages trace back to one ancient language from southern Europe. Let the naysaying begin that these were Christians doing these studies, with pre-conceived notions of Adam and Eve and the fall of the Tower of Babel.

Nidal Hasan case exposes fault line between neoliberals and paleoliberals

Nidal Hassan was the man who was in communication with al Qaeda's top leader before he killed 13 of his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood in the only act of jihadist-motivated terrorism on U.S. soil since 9/11... until the Boston bombings. Paleoliberals dance through twisted logic to classify this case as 'workplace violence' and not terrorism, resulting in no purple hearts for the victim families. Neoliberals are more pragmatic and call this for what it is, and let the chips fall where they may. They are the future of the Dem party

Where have the neocons gone?

McCain's and Romney's losses to Obama have thrown the neocons out of power for the time being. But these guys play long-ball, and they'll be back. I wish this article were kept up to date: http://thinkprogress.org/report/the-architects-where-are-they-now/?mobile=nc This is also a nice tracker. http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=douglas_feith

New York 'least free' state in U.S.

The Mercatus Center of George Mason University ranks states according to their taxes and business regulation and says that these are the worst states, in this order: New York, California, New Jersey, Hawaii, Rhode Island. The Dakotas and Oklahoma are the most free. They should either expand their criteria to add other freedoms, or change their title from 'freedom' to 'free market'. http://freedominthe50states.org/

Ultimate prize: forcing Catholic churches to marry gays

The Danish legislature today has passed a law that will compel all churches to perform gay weddings. If this violates a priest's conscience, his bishop has to find another priest to do it. But what about the bishop's conscience? I'm liberal by nature, but this doesn't respect the freedom of conscience or the diversity of opinion. The gay rights movement here is overplaying their hand and it will inevitably cause the pendulum of public sympathy to swing backwards.

Why we want to ban homeschooling in America

The Obama Admin is planning to deport a German homeschooling family who sought political asylum in the United States. In Germany, homeschooling has been banned since the years preceding the rise of Hitler. This puts liberals in a bind. On the one hand, we are for free choice in general, and natural local solutions instead of institutionalized corporate solutions. On the other hand, there are utopians among us who see compulsory schooling as the critical linchpin to ensure future generations believe as we do. With conservatives having babies at higher rates than liberals in general, they will overtake liberals in a democracy unless liberals can convert their children. This is why 'we' (liberals) want to ban homeschooling and why weren't squawking about this case, which would otherwise have gotten the attention of the ACLU.

Mark Steyn: After America (post Obama)

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Forget Jimmy Carter, LBJ’s Great Society, or the new New Deal. The new Administration is embarking on something far more radical and transformative: a full-scale Europeanization of American exceptionalism. In the eagerly anticipated After America, New York Times best-selling author Mark Steyn argues that Barack Obama is not the first African-American President but the first Scandinavian Prime Minister of the United States—a man who underneath his teleprompter cool, takes a profoundly continental view of big government. If you prefer nanny-state security to individual liberty, bureaucratic regulation to economic dynamism, and like the sound of countries that levy a flatulence tax per cow you own, you’re in for a treat. But for the rest of us, the U.S. is rapidly approaching a tipping point that will condemn its people to life in a post-prosperity America mired in the same arthritic torpor as the rest of the West and will also leave the world a far more dangerous place. If you thought America Alone was both horrifying and hilarious, After America will have you laughing through your tears as Steyn reveals the drastic—and disastrous— changes that are in store for America. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
About the Author
Steyn is a columnist for Britain's Daily Telegraph and Canada's National Post. He is theatre critic of The New Criterion, North American correspondent of The Spectator, and also contributes to The Wall Street Journal and The American Spectator. He is a Canadian citizen.