Politics and Government Articles (Sorted by date)
The Gun Control Debate
The gun control debate in America is a battle between personal freedom and public safety. For nearly 160 years, there were no limits to the Second Amendment, which guarantees "the right of the people to keep and bear arms." In 1934,...
Kenny DuAugust 14, 2005
OK! Now I Am Ready To Close Gitmo!
A friend of mine and I were talking about the horrible claims of abuse by our soldiers in the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Gitmo has been the source of many complaints over the way we have been treating those captured waging a war against the...
J.J. JacksonAugust 14, 2005
Democratic Globalism
(Note: This article was written as a response to Charles Krauthammer's presentation on "Democratic Globalism" in 2004 . . . its immediate reflections are all the more significant, given the on-going geopolitic realities we face nearly...
Doug KriegerAugust 14, 2005
Dangerous Ideas?
A three judge Israeli panel permitted certain women to have services at the Western Wall, noting they "have the right to pray according to their custom...It is unacceptable that concern about a violent reaction by any sector of the public will...
David Ben-ArielAugust 14, 2005
Edward Abington: Political Prostitute
"The American Diplomat in Arafat's Corner," published in The Jerusalem Report, came as no surprise to me. It was referring to Edward Abington, Jr., the United States' former consul general in Jerusalem who is now "guiding...
David Ben-ArielAugust 14, 2005
American detained in the Russian Compound
Nobody arrested me. I was DETAINED when I faithfully reported to the police office at 9 a.m. Monday morning, January 9, 1996 (day before my birthday) the day after The Jerusalem Post published on their front page an article shedding light on what...
David Ben-ArielAugust 14, 2005
Peres Came To Power Over Rabin's Dead Body
I met Yitzhak Rabin in the Israeli Parliament in 1982 during Hanukkah. I was able to talk with him briefly and mention I was associated with Ambassador College in Pasadena, California.
David Ben-ArielAugust 14, 2005
Don't Expel Jews from Gaza!
The following photos and words are shared with us from Israeli Yuval Zaliouk (who is from Haifa but also has a home near Toledo, Ohio). See for yourself how the Israelis, by the grace of God, have made the desert blossom as a rose, and how Sharon...
David Ben-ArielAugust 14, 2005
Reflections on Representative Government
For a great amount of time, perhaps for the greater part of the civilization of the world, mankind has been under authority. And, when it came to the origin of the rights of this authority, it had always been force.
Andy CarloffAugust 14, 2005
Top 10 - Proven Oil Reserve Countries
This is a list of countries with proven reachable oil reserves in billions of barrels, and is a rough estimate based on the ability to recover the oil by current technological and economical means.Saudi Arabia - 262Saudi Arabia is the largest...
Austin CulleyAugust 14, 2005
