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While abortion is perceived by our society as being an acceptable option to giving birth, most women, at some deep level of their being, realize that abortion is an act against nature, and must “shut down” any maternal instincts they may have in order to carry through with an abortion. After the abortion is over, […]

Asia | Europe and Russia | Middle East and Africa | The Americas The World Responds Column Archive Asia Egging on India-Pakistan Tensions The political and military standoff between Pakistan and India dominates the headlines again this week. Despite international pressure — including a joint statement from Russia and China, and admonishment from George W. […]

The motley marriage of convenience between serious intellectual critics of Islam (whatever you may think of them) and the Christian right (who’re just bashing a rival religion) continues. In the latest development, the Middle East Forum’s Daniel Pipes has appeared on Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network to discuss the “need to have a general understanding […]

According to The New York Times, the Department of Justice has denied FBI investigators access to gun ownership records of the 1,200 people detained in connection with the September 11 attacks. Justice Department spokeswoman Mindy Tucker clarified: [The] request was rejected after several senior officials decided that the law creating the background check system did […]

Asia | Europe and Russia | Middle East and Africa | The Americas The World Responds Column Archive Asia Heightened Tensions in Kashmir India and Pakistan are precariously close to the brink of war over the long-disputed Kashmiri region of India. The conflict heated up after a suicide attack on the Indian Parliament December 13 […]

We shouldn’t want to watch Temptation Island, Fox’s hypersexed answer to reality TV. The concept — let’s see if a bunch of alluring singles in an exotic locale can bust up a few established, if tenuous, relationships — is offensive; the couples claiming to test their love, shallow and vain. We shouldn’t, and we don’t. […]

Boston Herald columnist Don Feder spends a good chunk of his time penning anti-liberal screeds; recently he dubbed liberalism “America’s homegrown suicide cult and the real threat to our nation’s survival.” For a man who views those on the left as mere escapists, then, it’s simply stunning to read Feder’s recent adoration — political much […]

“It’s now nearly a million a year, five times the traditional numbers, mostly people from non-Western countries who don’t share our respect for the rule of law and don’t learn how to speak English.” — Phyllis Schlafly on the perils of legal immigration, November 14, 2001 See “Finding terrorists inside the U.S.” on Townhall.com.

Asia | Europe and Russia | Middle East and Africa | The Americas The World Responds Column Archive Asia Rebuilding on Splintered Foundations Although Hamid Karzai’s interim government has taken residence in Kandahar, few Afghani citizens have faith in its success; after two decades of chaos, many people in Afghanistan have no memory of an […]

In “No more jury trials for terrorists,” Townhall.com columnist Michelle Malkin argues for secret military trials to bring terrorism suspects to justice; here is what she had to say about those who favor due process: This is the kind of “justice” the American apologists for terrorism seek. They believe all will be right with the […]