Author Archive
David Brooks
- April 30, 2010
Network wrong to cater to terrorists
Following the airing of South Park’s 200th episode, which poked fun at the show’s inability to depict Prophet Muhammad, a veiled threat was made against creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker on a radical...
- April 21, 2010
Prosecution a case of hypocrisy
The Justice Department released a statement Thursday announcing that it had secured an indictment against former National Security Agency official Thomas Drake, who is accused of leaking classified information to a Baltimore newspaper reporter...
- April 14, 2010
Military wrong to cover up truth
WikiLeaks, a Web site dedicated to posting secret documents from governments around the world, released a video April 5 of a U.S. helicopter attack from 2007 that resulted in the deaths of numerous civilians...
- April 6, 2010
Church wrong to protect offenders
Countless members of the Catholic Church have clearly never heard the saying that it is better to keep one’s mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. Numerous...
- April 1, 2010
U.S. needs to sit down for punch and pie with other countries
Growing tensions between the U.S. and Israel were exacerbated Friday when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received the cold shoulder from President Barack Obama’s administration during a visit to Washington. A headline on the front...
- March 22, 2010
Bill would set dangerous precedent
On March 4, Sen. John McCain introduced a despotic bill that would give the president unprecedented and unacceptable powers over American citizens. The bill, which was co-sponsored by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, is called the Enemy...
- March 8, 2010
Christian group exceeding bounds
For a little more than one year now, a militant evangelical group has terrorized certain Amarillo citizens and businesses that the group deems to be immoral. The group goes by the name Repent Amarillo, and...
- March 3, 2010
Tort reform not a viable alternative
During a health care summit hosted by President Barack Obama on Thursday, Republicans in attendance were quick to propose their solution to all of the problems with the current system — tort reform. Their argument...
- February 24, 2010
Religion doesn’t belong in school
While President Barack Obama and Congress usually draw the nation’s political headlines, a campaign to destroy education standards in our country has been lurking in the shadows. This movement started in Texas, spawned from the...
- February 18, 2010
Time to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
The nation’s highest-ranking defense officials — Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen — testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Feb. 2 in support...