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Is America Only for White People?

By BCNN1 on August 30, 2010 6:09 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips
August 30, 2010
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Is America only for white people? The question stuck in my mind following yet another e-mail exchange with a friend of mine, regarding my conservatism. For this particular gentleman, being black in America is at odds with conservatism. As he put it:

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Americans are Simply Tired of Talking About Race

By BCNN1 on August 23, 2010 7:30 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips
August 23, 2010
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According to the website CNN.com, some of the criticism of first lady Michelle Obama is driven by partisan politics. However, "others say the attacks are rooted in white resentment of the "uppity Negro." Two things quickly come to mind. The first is that no one other than Harry Reid uses the word "Negro" anymore. Second, that it is the 21st century and yet there are those who continue to talk about race as if it were 1955.

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Tolerance and the Ground Zero Mosque

By BCNN1 on August 16, 2010 4:24 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips
August 16, 2010
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I am fascinated that the same people who have been able to find a Constitutional right to government control of education, healthcare, and the energy industry are unable to divine from that same document any rational basis for the government to prevent a mosque from being built on Ground Zero.

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Clarity and the New Black Panther Party

By BCNN1 on July 19, 2010 6:09 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips
July 19, 2010
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In its coverage of the Philadelphia voter intimidation case, conservative media has unfortunately chosen sensationalism over clarity. There are layers to this case to be explored that might highlight the idealism of the right and expose the pessimism of the left. Unfortunately, those layers of exploration are not as sexy as the continuous video loop depicting New Black Panther Party member King Samir Shabazz screaming about killing crackers.

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Who Is John Locke?

By BCNN1 on July 12, 2010 7:38 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips
July 12, 2010
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I am willing to wager my house that not one of my son's seventh-grade classmates could identify John Locke in a photo. I am then willing to let that wager ride on another gamble that less than one percent of the seventh or eighth-graders in the Los Angeles Unified School District would be able to identify Locke in a photo array of historical figures.

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Independence and the Right to Private Property

By BCNN1 on July 5, 2010 7:41 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips
July 5, 2010
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The right to private property was one of the central issues involved in the American Revolution. The colonists' cries of "taxation without representation" were but protests of what they saw as an unjust taking of private property.

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Assessing the True Cost of Liberty

By BCNN1 on June 28, 2010 3:33 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips
June 28, 2010
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My eldest son has decided that he wants to be a marine. His plan is to enter the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and then serve his country as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.

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The Leadership Deficit

By BCNN1 on June 21, 2010 7:10 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips
June 21, 2010
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Appearing on CNN with Anderson Cooper, film director Spike Lee implored President Obama to infuse his handling of the Gulf oil spill with more emotion. Demonstrating the astute analysis we have come to expect from the director, Lee implored Obama to "one time, go off."

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Dads and Coaching

By BCNN1 on June 14, 2010 7:50 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips
June 14, 2010
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I am an assistant coach on my middle son's youth football team. Football practice begins in August and I have spent the last two weeks reading up on defensive alignments, surfing coaching websites, and sending e-mail to some of the high school coaches in the area begging for coaching tips. If I watch one more video of conditioning exercises for defensive linemen my head is going to explode. I have begun dreaming in "X's" and "O's."

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The Sestak Affair Will Not Go Quietly

By BCNN1 on June 7, 2010 4:54 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

by Joseph C. Phillips
June 7, 2010
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If the Obama White House believes the controversy surrounding the administrations engagement with Congressman Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) will "go gently into that goodnight," they are sorely mistaken. The more we Americans learn of the affair, the more questions we have.

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