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So-Called Journalism

Scott Bradford — Tue, 26 May 2015 06:22:26 +0000

Here on my tenth-anniversary cruise vacation to Alaska, I have spent relatively little time following the news. On port days where I have wireless Internet access, I am catching up on some of the major headlines, but other than that it’s just occasional ‘catch-up’ sessions with the news channels available on our stateroom television. There […]

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The War on Terror Continues, Like It or Not

Scott Bradford — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 14:31:25 +0000

For many years, I have warned of the threat of Islamic terrorism and the need for strong measures to combat it. Obviously there are limits to what we should do; I have stood against the National Security Agency’s nationwide surveillance efforts and the Transportation Security Administration’s nude scanners and water-bottle-seizures, along with other policies that […]

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Iraq’s Failure Isn’t Our Failure

Scott Bradford — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:42:17 +0000

Back in September 2011, as the U.S. military involvement in Iraq was beginning to wind down, I wrote an epic review of the Iraq war and the persistent popular misconceptions about it. Coming in at about 6,000 words, The War in Iraq: Ten Myths remains the most complete overview of what I believe about the […]

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U.S. Ambassador Killed in Libya

Scott Bradford — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:29:49 +0000

J. Christoper Stevens, the United States Ambassador to Libya, has been killed in a rocket attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Three other consulate officials were also killed. Angry protests have occurred over the last two days at the U.S. missions in Libya and Egypt, supposedly due to the content of an online […]

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The War in Iraq: Ten Myths

Scott Bradford — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:25:28 +0000

We need to take an honest, dispassionate, rational look back at the War in Iraq. During George W. Bush’s (R) presidency, no other issue incited the kind of vitriolic rage that Iraq did. It has since become “common knowledge” that our involvement there was, as the Eagles put it in the title track of their […]

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Osama bin Laden is Dead

Scott Bradford — Mon, 02 May 2011 03:53:42 +0000

Osama bin Laden, head of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, is dead and his body is in possession of the United States government. His death was confirmed late this evening by President Barack Obama (D) in a hastily organized press conference at the White House around 11:35pm EDT. According to […]

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Obama: Eligibility and Faith (Updated)

Scott Bradford — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:01:40 +0000

I’m not one of those radical right-wingers who thinks President Barack Obama (D) is a Kenyan-born Muslim bent on the destruction of America. No. It is possible that Obama is accelerating our national destruction, but he is doing so with failed Keynesian economic policies and his own apparent lack of historical knowledge. I do not […]

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Explosive Devices Found; Bound for U.S. Synagogues

Scott Bradford — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:26:44 +0000

President Barack Obama (D) announced this afternoon that the United States fell under a ‘credible terrorist threat’ over the last 24 hours and officials have intercepted at least two packages containing explosive material. The packages were sent from Yemen via U.S. shipping companies, and were addressed to Jewish synagogues in Chicago, IL. One package intercepted […]

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Remembering 9/11/2001

Scott Bradford — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 02:55:09 +0000

I watched the Pentagon burn. First, on the evening of September 11, 2001, I saw the column of smoke rising in the distance as I drove west on Braddock Rd. to visit Melissa in Burke. Then, on September 12, I skipped my classes at George Mason University (which should have been canceled anyway) to drive […]

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The Importance of a Fighting Chance

Scott Bradford — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:22:50 +0000

In 2006, I wrote a piece titled ‘Elephant Dung and Mohammed Cartoons.’ In the piece, I discussed two pieces of offensive artwork: First, Chris Ofili’s painting The Holy Virgin Mary which showed Our Blessed Lady covered in elephant dung—offending many millions of Christians. Second, twelve cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, founder of Islam, which were […]

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