Apparently you could not be bothered to read Mr. Norris' column, or perhaps your personal agenda does not allow facts to filter thru, or you would have rightly understood that our Founding Fathers were telling the government to "GTFO" religion NOT vice versa...

Palin did not "shove" those kids into the spotlight when she was picked as VP - the media savaged her & her family relentlessly. Not even her Down's syndrome baby was safe from their hate. Bristol chose to do the things she has - on her own as a legal adult & despite her mother's unhappiness with her choices - AFTER the media nationally exposed & humiliated her for the sheer destructive pleasure of it. Why was Chelsea Clinton allowed to make her mistakes privately - and omg, let's not forget those Natl Enquirer headline Kennedy kids - but the Bush girls were not? I have nothing but dislike for every single one of the politicians I have named in my post, but it is clear to anyone WILLING to see that the media does not treat all...

Change the topic? My first thought when I read this article was that it was too bad the media only respects Obama's children & thinks that Palin's are fair game - and I can't stand Palin almost as much as I can't stand Obama.

There is no such thing as "gay DNA". Cite your proof for this assertion please.

Your post is completely hyperbolic - where it's not just completely inaccurate. Why is it racist that some characterize Obama as Hitler, a chimp, etc, but was not so when the same was done to Bush? Why does a lunatic fringe get to define the entire group? It's not like the Dems disavowed this garbage when it came from theirs. Yes, Obama voted to allow babies to be left to die if their mother's wanted them aborted & they somehow managed to be born alive despite the efforts of the abortionist. He even stated that a woman's desire to have her baby killed was more important than that baby's desire to live. "Follows the teachings of Christ"? Only if you believe the Christ was someone other than Jesus.

I am totally with Susie Castillo on this - we should not have to choose between being irradiated or being molested to fly on a plane. And this is all the more unreasonable when this has been proven to be ineffective. I will not fly again until this garbage is stopped.

Before you embrace Trump as a True Conservative (TM), do a little research on the man. He has been all over the political map over the years from Democrat to Independent to Republican. Besides the fact that his over the top persona would be an embarrassment to the dignity of the office of POTUS, who could trust him?

Cicero,
The serious aggression apparently began after the UN apportioned the land (which actually seems reasonable after looking at your link). Are you going to claim that the UN was pro-Israeli & anti-Arab?

Your link says that the Arabs began to get aggressive as Israelis were acquiring more land - were the Israelis acting illegally in doing so? What wrong did they commit?

Wikipedia on Plan Dalet says, "According to Yoav Gelber and Benny Morris, it was a contingency plan for defending a nascent Jewish state from invasion. According to other historians such as Walid Khalidi and Ilan Pappe, its purpose was to conquer as much of Palestine, and to expel as many Palestinians, as possible."

You have yet to provide...

Cicero,
I am glad to hear you acknowledge that a true conservative would want to repatriate illegals & secure the border since Huckabee wants both & therefore fits your definition of a true conservative!

Now, you have yet to explain why the new historians have more credibility than the old? Are the new historians the only ones who read these mysterious declassified documents? Did Israel force or at least provoke the Arabs to attack instead of accepting the settlement offered to them?

I can't help but feel suspicious when someone tells me that the conventional understanding of something is wrong - but then gives some vague references, waving people off with a go look it up response, rather than offering at least an...

I know that there are, Cicero, but consider the sources. Why on earth would you choose to believe them? Look at the UN's track record of condemning Israel for defending itself while saying little to nothing about Palestine - it is bizarre that so few high profile people call them out for such blatant bias.

And your Avi Schlaim's motto is "[t]he job of the historian is to judge." I realize that it is humanly impossible to impartially record history, but I still firmly believe that the effort *should* be made - just as it should be done with news reporting (and we have seen the disastrous results of their decision that the job of the journalist 'is to judge'!)

I don't pretend that Israel is purely innocent or that...