Do you have a favorable opinion of Benjamin Netanyahu?

Ed Vasicek

Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech resonated with many political conservatives, but perhaps even more so with those of us who believe that God will still keep the promises he made to literal ethnic Israel. Of course many people respect Netanyahu and do not believe those promises are still valid. So this is about our opinion of Netanyahu, no matter how we got to that opinion.

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Do you have a favorable opinion of Benjamin Netanyahu?

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What’s Wrong with Capitalism?

Christopher Cone

Nothing is easier than to give Christian asceticism a socialist tinge. Has not Christianity declaimed against private property, against marriage, against the State? Has it not preached in place of these, charity and poverty, celibacy and mortification of the flesh, monastic life and Mother Church? Christian socialism is but the holy water with which the priest consecrates the heart-burnings of the aristocrat.

These words of Marx and Engels (Communist Manifesto, 3:I:a) suggest that Christianity may be initially quite useful for the socialist cause. Even though the abolition of all religion is ultimately a necessity in their suggested system, Marx and Engels recognize the practicality of incremental progress toward their goals. Hence, they welcome a slight retasking of Christian ideas in order to facilitate societal drift toward socialism, and ultimately toward communism.

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Is President Obama wise to refuse to refer to Islamic Terrorists as "Islamic?"

Ed Vasicek

The President has been criticized for only praising Islam and never referring to terrorists as Islamic Terrorists. The President has the responsibility of protecting all Americans, and he is obviously concerned that Non-Muslim Americans do not start perpetrating acts of violence on Muslim Americans in retaliation for what is happening elsewhere. George W. Bush had similar concerns.

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