Linda Chavez

The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target.

From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.

Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence.

Since January 2002, when the United States began detaining at Guantanamo Bay enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other fronts in the war on terror, critics have complained of human rights abuses.

Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials, the U.S. military and Republican politicians.

Britons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism.

Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies.

Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

Choosing one's leaders is an affirmation that the person making the choice has inherent worth.

One of the techniques terrorists employ is to allege torture and mistreatment when they are captured, regardless of whether it is true.

Some 43 percent of voters in union households voted for President Bush in 2004, according to exit poll data.

In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us.