Proverbial Catch 22: Freedom

America is founded on freedom and equality, including the freedom of unmoderated opinion and open public debate.

I pray this will not be the source of her failure.

September 11: A Day of Unity

September 11 should be a Day of Unity in America, as well as a day of solemn remembrance.

I worry, though, that as our collective grief fades, and as we are pummelled with political rants and divisive discourse... the unity we felt in the days following September 11, 2001 will fade as well.

Is Osama Dead?

To refresh your memory, Curt Weldon is the Congressman who broke the 'Able Danger' story last year by revealing that military intelligence had identified Mohamed Atta as a terrorist before the 9/11 attacks.

And Weldon now says that Osama bin Laden has died in Iran.

Weldon made this stunning claim during an interview Wednesday with the Philadelphia Inquirer, which reported that a high-level source has told Weldon that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden has died, in hiding, in Iran. Weldon cited as his source an Iranian exile code-named Ali.