Great article regarding modern secularism. Mr Praeger hit the nail right on the head!

Pastor Jackson talks about divisions in our nation, yet, when discussing the role of Christians in our natiion, he almost dismisses Catholics out of hand, emphasizing only evangelical churches as having a role in revitalizing our great nation. If Pastor Jackson feels that way, he will alienate almost 1/3 of the nation's Christians--unless, of course, he is one of those radicals who believe Catholics are not Christians?

I am amazed at the vitriolic attacks in this thread against GEN Petraeus. Out of all the briefings he gives, this is the one these people use to attack him and his character? These people should be ashamed of themselves in publicly revealing their own ignorance.

Afghanistan is not Vietnam, GEN Petraeus is not building a post-doctoral experiment, etc, etc. We have drifted off course from the reason we are there in the first place---KILL TERRORISTS!! Nation-building is a secondary issue to our primary mission there. If nation-building supports the primary policy, then we should provide the resources to effect mission accomplishment. If it is throwing good money afte bad, then we should not. That sounds simplistic because it is. Are...