Entries by Dr. Rich Swier

Muslim tells Muslims: “If you feel you are uncomfortable here — then leave the country”

Rachael Hanna, Associate World Editor for the Harvard Political Review interviewed Hanif Qadir, Founder of the Active Change Foundation (ACF). According to the ACF website, “Hanif is recognised as one of the UK’s leading specialists in positively transforming violent extremists. He is actively involved in advising and assisting senior policy makers in reforming key aspects of the […]

Queer happenings: Mozilla CEO forced to resign because he supported traditional marriage?

Rob Bluey reports, “The chief executive of Mozilla resigned yesterday amid protests over his $1,000 donation in support of California’s Proposition 8, which defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman.  Brendan Eich’s 2008 donation was first revealed two years ago while he was serving in a senior role at Mozilla. But it was […]

CAIR Fails to Silence Free Speech in California

The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) attempted to silence a speech by Richard Thompson to the Greater Oakland Republican Club on the internal threat posed to America by Radical Islam by using their customary name-calling intimidation tactics, which have proven successful in the past.  This time their tactics did not work. […]

Profiting Off of the Children by CATHY REISENWITZ

Writing at Salon, David Sirota is horrified that capitalists are supposedly making money off school choice initiatives. Amazon and Microsoft prompted the horror by contributing to a recent campaign to expand school choice in Seattle. Sirota is convinced that the companies are giving because “lucrative education technology contracts” are “much easier to land in privately run charter schools […]

Sarasota County, FL Public School District: Allegations of fraud, waste and abuse answered

I received a letter from a Sarasota County School District employee. The letter contained a number of concerns/allegations in it. I asked Sarasota Superintendent Lori White to respond to three of those concerns/allegations directed specifically at district activities. Here are the specific Sarasota County school district allegations (bolded) verbatim and the RESPONSES from Scott Ferguson, Communications […]

Libertarian Party of Texas Poised for Largest State Convention in its History

AUSTIN, Texas, April 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — With Generation Liberty! as its theme, the Libertarian Party of Texas will host its 2014 state convention April 11-13 at the Frank W. Mayborn Civic and Convention Center in Temple. The party will nominate candidates for statewide office and elect new state party officers. The convention will feature an exciting lineup of speakers and events […]

Family Policy Council Moves to Protect Marriage in Florida

Florida Family Policy filed a Motion to Intervene in Brenner v. Scott and the case of Grimsley v. Scott, both lawsuits initiated by homosexual activists seeking to declare Florida’s state constitutional and statutory marriage laws unconstitutional.  Liberty Counsel filed the intervention on behalf of Florida Family Action, which actively organized a statewide grassroots effort to pass the Florida Marriage Protection […]

Fort Hood Deadly Shooting

Watch Lt. Gen. Mark Milley III Corps Commander at Fort Hood, Texas issue a press summary and answer questions at this first Press Conference regarding today’s tragic shooting at Fort Hood by a 34 year old enlisted man identified as Ivan Lopez who was undergoing behavioral and mental health issues. [youtube]http://youtu.be/QANBaP8mGx8[/youtube] The shooter took his own […]

Florida: 5,000 Legal Students To Lose Their Dream

In a report released by Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) the impact of providing College Tuition Subsidy for Illegal Aliens (HB851/SB1400, a.k.a. in-state tuition) will be that approximately 5,000 legal students will be displaced in Florida higher level institutions by illegal alien students.  These legislators are unwilling to raise taxes for the additional illegal […]

Senator Ted Cruz: A “Classical Liberal” at Liberty University

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) gave the keynote address at Liberty University’s Convocation on April 2nd, 2014. This is classical liberalism at its best. [youtube]http://youtu.be/Mijtx5W7130[/youtube]   What Is Classical Liberalism? Published on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 by the National Center For Policy Analysis‘ John C. Goodman View in PDF Prior to the 20th century, classical liberalism was the dominant […]

Russia: The Ukraine, Venezuela Connection

Florida Governor Rick Scott met this week with Venezuelan activists who are seeking US action against the “government’s crackdown on protestors in their South American country.” “Mr. president, you’ve got to declare economic sanctions. You’ve got to show up,” Scott told a group of Venezuelan exiles at a Florida restaurant, according to the Tampa Bay Times. “He […]