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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Pat Buchanan: What the War on Cops Has Wrought

By Patrick J. Buchanan

“NYPD, KKK, How many kids did you kill today?”

That was one of the chants of anti-police protesters in New York City. Another was, “What do we want? Dead cops! When do we want them? Now!”

Well, the marchers got their wish Saturday in Bedford-Stuyvesant when Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, firing into a patrol car, murdered NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.

President Reagan's 1981 Address to the Nation on Christmas and the Situation in Poland


A great, God-given leader.  Please, O Lord, send us another like this great man.


 

Sunday, December 21, 2014

New Churchill Museum Director Shares Vision

James Williams, formerly the director of the Albert Gore Research Center in Tennessee, was recently appointed as the director of the National Churchill Museum.
By Brittany Ruess

When asked his vision for the National Churchill Museum, newly-appointed Director James Williams couldn’t give a short answer. His long list of ideas all possessed a common theme — extending the words and lessons of Winston Churchill to as many people as possible.

“There are so many people out there who admire — even love — Winston Churchill and we need to find ways to connect with them,” Williams said.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen: The Meaning of Christmas



Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, the first televangelist, discussing the meaning of Christmas in a 1956 broadcast of his TV Show "Life is Worth Living."



"Veni, Veni Emmanuel"


Veni, Veni Emmanuel is a synthesis of the great "O Antiphons" that are used for Vespers during the octave before Christmas (Dec. 17-23). These antiphons are of ancient origin and date back to at least the ninth century.


Saturday, December 20, 2014

Epic Christmas Caroling


A random family is surprised by Christmas caroling with a 20-person brass orchestra and a 13-member choir.  

This is one of over 100 different missions Improv Everywhere has executed over the past ten years in New York City. Others include Frozen Grand Central, the Food Court Musical, and the famous No Pants Subway Ride, to name a few.  


Friday, December 19, 2014

Pat Buchanan: Obama Throws Fidel a Rope


By Patrick J. Buchanan

The celebrations in Havana and the sullen silence in Miami tell you all you need to know about who won this round with Castro’s Cuba.

In JFK’s metaphor, Obama traded a horse for a rabbit.