Victory for Academic Freedom: ‘Human Heredity’ Professor Receives $100,000 Settlement – FIRE

SAN JOSÉ, Calif., July 26, 2010—Nearly three years after terminating her over her protected classroom speech, the San José/Evergreen Community College District (SJCCD) has agreed to pay adjunct professor June Sheldon $100,000 in lost earnings in exchange for dismissal of her First Amendment lawsuit. In 2007, Sheldon had led a brief discussion about the nature/nurture [...]

July 26th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

New ICE Director Supports Sanctuary for Cop Killing Illegal Aliens

By now, the majority of Americans get it — Obama appoints his flunkies, the worst of the worst, to do his dirty work.
Harold Hurtt, former police chief of Phoenix and Houston, now director of U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE)- Office of State and Local Coordination, will open the borders to anybody.
Come on over and [...]

June 27th, 2010
Topic: NRB

Western Civilization Rising: “If Israel Goes Down, We All Go Down”

The World Jewish Congress website hosts a call to stand with Israel by the former Prime Minister of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar.  Jose Maria was Prime Minister from 1996 until the Spanish acquiesced to terrorists attacks in 2004 and replaced him with a politician who would pull the country out of the War on Terror.
Aznar’s is a [...]

June 18th, 2010
Topic: NRB

50 Viewing Choices for Memorial Day

In no particular order, here are 50 films and television events that are worth your time and which to one degree of realism or another, honor the sacrifice we remember today:
Saving Private Ryan
Besides bringing the sights and sounds of war to the screen like no other film, this movie asks the audience what they have [...]

May 31st, 2010
Topic: NRB

Texas: Misunderstander of Islam convicted of aiding Taliban, firearms training to “prepare for jihad”

Doesn’t Adnan Mirza know that Islam no longer teaches warfare against unbelievers, and that Islamic scholars tell Muslims that they should integrate happily into Western secular societies? What’s that? That’s only for Western consumption, and actually the jihad imperative and Islamic supremacism worldwide are more confident and assertive now than…

May 28th, 2010
Topic: JW

Obama’s OIC Envoy Didn’t Just Defend Al-Arian

Rashad Hussain’s disturbing stances on U.S. terrorist prosecutions.

February 22nd, 2010
Topic: FPM

Obama’s OIC Envoy Didn’t Just Defend Al-Arian

He condemned the United States for prosecuting just about everyone who was under indictment on terror charges at the time.
Obama’s newly-named Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Rashad Hussain, came under fire last week for statements he made in defense of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s leader in the US, Sami al-Arian, as well [...]

February 22nd, 2010
Topic: NRB