A recent column by Leonard Pitts was scurrilous to say the least. Objecting to a slew of blogs on the Internet he asks, "What about Muslim-Americans who fight for us?" "At this writing" he says of the Fort Hood massacre, "we know next to nothing." ...more

November 20, 2009

In George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation, he suggested we obey and be grateful to the "great Lord and Ruler of Nations." He also asked God "to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best." ...more

November 20, 2009

Yes, Ted Rall, American lives are worth a lot. In fact, we as a nation honor those brave Americans who died guaranteeing our freedom and liberty on July 4, Veterans Day and Memorial Day. ...more

November 19, 2009

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tapped a former senior defense official to lead a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

November 18, 2009

The column I submitted last week was a mistake. My apology goes to my editor for sending an un-publishable column expecting it to be used. ...more

November 18, 2009

The Pentagon will investigate its procedures in light of the Fort Hood shooting rampage, looking at how all the military services keep a watch on potential problems in their ranks, officials said Tuesday. ...more

November 17, 2009

Political correctness The price for being politically correct is killing us. You know you just might be a redneck if you have rebel flag waving from the back of your pickup truck and a bumper sticker proclaiming, "The South Will Rise Again. ...more

November 15, 2009

The hundreds of people who lined the main street of a small Indiana city today fell solemnly silent as a white hearse passed by on its way to the church. Mourners streamed into a Wisconsin gymnasium to remember a soldier who once promised to take down Osama bin Laden. ...more

November 14, 2009

The Fort Hood massacre was a real shocker, but the greater shock was the fact that the powers that be, as it has been disclosed, were aware of this individual, his Islamic connections and his pronouncements against America. Yet nothing was done because "he didn't look like a terrorist." What a ridiculous statement. ...more

November 14, 2009

The White House pushed forward Thursday with a review to determine whether U.S. intelligence agencies adequately shared information about Maj. Nidal Hasan, and military prosecutors charged the Army psychiatrist with 13 counts of premeditated murder in last week's rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. ...more

November 13, 2009