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Giving thanks

Jeff Lukens Thanksgiving is a chance to gather with loved ones and share in a time-honored American tradition. For some, it is an excuse to stuff themselves with turkey and football. For others, it is a special time of "giving thanks" for blessings in ...

From JEFF LUKENS, Renew America,  23 Nov 2009

Obama and the end of white guilt

Jeff Lukens Barack Obama portrayed himself as America's first "post-racial" president, yet he and his supporters continue to play the race card against ordinary Americans who oppose him. Despite a big election victory, Obama is unable to understand ...

From JEFF LUKENS, Renew America,  11 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Maureen Dowd,  New York Times Company,  Newsweek,  U.S. Democratic Party

Slouching Toward Orwell’s 1984

George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” tells of an advanced world where there are no individual freedoms, and the state uses fear to manipulate and control people to conform to a prescribed belief. In the book, the Party maintains absolute power, and ...

From JEFF LUKENS, NewsByUs,  24 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George Orwell,  U.S. Democratic Party,  White House

Survivor Uganda team returns home

Jeff Lukens This summer, Bay Life Church in Brandon, Florida is supporting the Village of Hope in Uganda. Scott Ranck led the "Survivor Uganda" team of 13 men who visited the village, helped build shelters, lay foundations and encourage the workers in ...

From JEFF LUKENS, Renew America,  5 Jul 2009

When the Obama backlash comes

Jeff Lukens Public opinion can be very fickle. Barack Obama has ridden a positive wave of opinion all the way to the White House. The public has welcomed him into office in that same spirit of hope in which he ran. Since the inauguration, however, the ...

From JEFF LUKENS, Renew America,  29 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Ronald Reagan,  Margaret Thatcher

A crisis too great to waste

Jeff Lukens So Barack Obama proposes massive government spending like we have never seen before as our way back to economic prosperity. Yet wasn't it a mountain of unpayable debt that got us into this financial crisis in the first place? The rivers of ...

From JEFF LUKENS, Renew America,  21 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Saul Alinsky,  U.S. Republican Party,  Rahm Emanuel

The Price of Political Correctness

“Silence is the virtue of fools,” Sir Francis Bacon once said. Instead of silence, today Bacon would be referring to a mindless politeness on what can and cannot be spoken in the public arena. We call it political correctness. Yet silence and political ...

From JEFF LUKENS, NewsByUs,  15 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Fannie Mae,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Congress,  Francis Bacon

No More Vietnams

The war in Iraq may be ending in much the same way the war in Vietnam appeared to be ending in 1973 with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. We had finally won in Vietnam, but then lost the peace two years later. The outcome of the 2008 ...

From JEFF LUKENS, NewsByUs,  10 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Lyndon B. Johnson,  George W. Bush,  Barry Goldwater,  Saddam Hussein,  Khmer Rouge

‘Was the Iraq War Worth It?’

They say if it bleeds, it leads on the nightly news. The recent silence from the mainstream news media on Iraq, however, is speaking volumes. While the war remains unpopular, our success there has been unmistakable. The Iraqi people, with the help of ...

From JEFF LUKENS, NewsByUs,  4 Jun 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Saddam Hussein,  Nouri al-Maliki,  Robert E. Lee,  Muqtada al-Sadr

Global pressures outpace military funding

Jeff Lukens April 22, 2008 As the leader of the free world, the United States has a responsibility to lead. This has been our reality as a nation since the 1940s. As such, we need a well-funded military. Today, however, our military forces are ...

From JEFF LUKENS, Renew America,  22 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  The Pentagon

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