Thursday, March 30, 2017
What the Jim Webb Debacle in Annapolis Is Teaching the Military
Via Billy
Imagine you are a young midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy processing the news that Jim Webb—Annapolis class of '68, recipient of the Navy Cross, former senator and secretary of the Navy, former member of the Annapolis faculty, bestselling novelist and acclaimed journalist—has been forced by political pressure to decline an award for distinguished alumni at your school this week.
The most widely cited reason for his political toxicity is an article he wrote in 1979 (side note: almost forty years ago!) in Washingtonian Magazine entitled "Women Can't Fight."
Imagine you are a young midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy processing the news that Jim Webb—Annapolis class of '68, recipient of the Navy Cross, former senator and secretary of the Navy, former member of the Annapolis faculty, bestselling novelist and acclaimed journalist—has been forced by political pressure to decline an award for distinguished alumni at your school this week.
The most widely cited reason for his political toxicity is an article he wrote in 1979 (side note: almost forty years ago!) in Washingtonian Magazine entitled "Women Can't Fight."
More @ The Washington Free Beacon
Oh Boy: NC Republicans, governor have deal to end ‘bathroom’ bill standoff
Via Billy
North Carolina Republican lawmakers say they have an agreement with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on legislation to resolve a standoff over the state’s “bathroom bill.”
GOP leaders announced the new legislation would be debated and voted on Thursday. Details about the replacement weren’t immediately available, and House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger declined to take questions during a brief news conference.
North Carolina Republican lawmakers say they have an agreement with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on legislation to resolve a standoff over the state’s “bathroom bill.”
GOP leaders announced the new legislation would be debated and voted on Thursday. Details about the replacement weren’t immediately available, and House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger declined to take questions during a brief news conference.
More @ The Washington Times
Paul Ryan doesn't want Trump working with Democrats to fix Obamacare
Via Billy
"I don't want that to happen," Ryan replied. "You know why? I want a patient-centered system. I don't want government running healthcare. The government shouldn't tell you what you must do with your life, with your healthcare. We should give people choices."House Speaker Paul Ryan says he's concerned that President Trump might strike a deal with Democrats should Republican lawmakers fail to come up with a follow-up to the failed American Health Care Act.
More @ Washington Examiner
A Northern Arizona University student lost credit on an English paper for using the word “mankind" instead of a gender-neutral alternative.
Via Billy
Cailin Jeffers, an English major at NAU, told Campus Reform that she received an email from one of her professors, Dr. Anne Scott, informing her that she had been docked one point out of a possible 50 on a recent paper for “problems with diction (word choice)” related to her use of the word “mankind” as a synonym for “humanity.”
“She told me that ‘mankind’ does not refer to all people, only males. I refuted, stating that it DOES refer to all people......A Northern Arizona University student lost credit on an English paper for using the word “mankind" instead of a gender-neutral alternative.
Cailin Jeffers, an English major at NAU, told Campus Reform that she received an email from one of her professors, Dr. Anne Scott, informing her that she had been docked one point out of a possible 50 on a recent paper for “problems with diction (word choice)” related to her use of the word “mankind” as a synonym for “humanity.”
“The words we use matter very much, or else teachers would not be making an issue of this at all.”
“I would be negligent, as a professor who is running a class about
the human condition and the assumptions we make about being ‘human,’ if I
did not also raise this issue of gendered language and ask my students
to respect the need for gender-neutral language,” Scott explained. “The
words we use matter very much, or else teachers would not be making an
issue of this at all, and the MLA would not be making recommendations
for gender-neutral language at the national level.”
More @ Campus Reform
The Muslim Jesus According to the Koran and Sunna: Critical Differences from the New Testament Jesus
Via Mike
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who in 2011 claimed to read the Koran every day for spiritual guidance, once tried to calm British fears of growing Muslim population, influence and terrorism in Britain by mentioning that Jesus along with, Mary, Abraham, Moses, Aaron, David, Jonah and many other Old Testament prophets and kings are also spoken of in the Koran. Although this in itself is a true statement, the major problem is that the stories about them in the Koran are generally taken from heretical Jewish and Christian sources and are significantly different in theological overview and detail from Judeo-Christian canonical Scripture. They are often entertaining and sometimes inspiring but false or distorted in detail and often wide of the mark of traditional Jewish and Christian theology.
More recently, Blair seems to have opened his eyes a bit. May he and other European and American leaders open them much wider!
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who in 2011 claimed to read the Koran every day for spiritual guidance, once tried to calm British fears of growing Muslim population, influence and terrorism in Britain by mentioning that Jesus along with, Mary, Abraham, Moses, Aaron, David, Jonah and many other Old Testament prophets and kings are also spoken of in the Koran. Although this in itself is a true statement, the major problem is that the stories about them in the Koran are generally taken from heretical Jewish and Christian sources and are significantly different in theological overview and detail from Judeo-Christian canonical Scripture. They are often entertaining and sometimes inspiring but false or distorted in detail and often wide of the mark of traditional Jewish and Christian theology.
More recently, Blair seems to have opened his eyes a bit. May he and other European and American leaders open them much wider!
More @ The Tribune
Heavily armed left-wing group tries to intimidate liberal reporter filming them. It doesn’t work.
Via John
Amid an Arizona “Make America Great Again” march in support of Republican President Donald Trump on Saturday, a heavily armed left-wing group tried to intimidate a liberal reporter into not recording video of their actions.
Reporter Stephen Lemons spotted the group of “about 40 or so assorted anarchists, Brown Berets, and members of a group calling itself the Phoenix John Brown Gun Club across the street from the state Capitol, openly armed to the proverbial teeth,” he wrote in the Phoenix New Times.
Amid an Arizona “Make America Great Again” march in support of Republican President Donald Trump on Saturday, a heavily armed left-wing group tried to intimidate a liberal reporter into not recording video of their actions.
Reporter Stephen Lemons spotted the group of “about 40 or so assorted anarchists, Brown Berets, and members of a group calling itself the Phoenix John Brown Gun Club across the street from the state Capitol, openly armed to the proverbial teeth,” he wrote in the Phoenix New Times.
More @ The Blaze
Schumer in 2013 said Dems believe in 'up-or-down' votes, not 'obstruction' & Former Sen. Alan Simpson: Schumer has 'a harshness on him now that's ugly'
Via Billy
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is leading a filibuster against Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court arguing that recent high court nominees have all reached a 60-vote threshold, so Gorsuch should too.
At a 2013 press conference, however, Schumer was singing a different tune – saying that Democrats prefer up-or-down votes "no matter who's in power."
"We much prefer the risk of up-or-down votes in majority rule, then the risk of continued total obstruction," he said. "That is the bottom line, no matter who's in power," he said at a press conference.
But, but, but.........
At a 2013 press conference, however, Schumer was singing a different tune – saying that Democrats prefer up-or-down votes "no matter who's in power."
"We much prefer the risk of up-or-down votes in majority rule, then the risk of continued total obstruction," he said. "That is the bottom line, no matter who's in power," he said at a press conference.
More @ Washington Examiner
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