Barack Obama Archives

October 9, 2016

Fear not: Another Look at Trump’s Pro-Life Views

Written by Amanda Read Posted in Politics, World Views Comments 0

After Governor Mike Pence’s clear defense of the sanctity of life in the vice presidential debate, I figured it would be timely to publish this (updated) article I wrote months ago explaining Donald Trump’s views on this subject. What are we to make of somebody

February 29, 2016

Why I Won’t Speak Against Trump In God’s Name

Written by Amanda Read Posted in Politics, World Views Comments 4

Americans were warned that not electing the 2012 Republican presidential candidate would have consequences, but probably didn’t expect the Donald Trump phenomenon to be one of them. Like begets like, but an extreme begets its opposite. Barack Obama was the anti-Bush, an airy highbrow of

October 31, 2012

Strain Out a Gnat and Swallow a Camel: How Reverse Statism Endangers the Republic

Written by Amanda Read Posted in Politics, Satire, The Washington Times Communities, World Views Comments 10

If you want to send a message to Washington, you must speak in its language. Washington only comprehends the electorate’s desires based upon the margin of victory between the winning candidate and the losing candidate from the opposing major party. If Obama wins, third party

April 20, 2012

War Over Women: Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney, and what American women want

Written by Amanda Read Posted in Politics, The Washington Times Communities Comments 0

So, here’s my latest column in the Communities at The Washington Times… Rosen vs. Romney: The equality of homemakers and the relate-ability of presidential candidates Who really has a “dark ages” viewpoint of stay-at-home motherhood, and what does relate-ability have to do with being qualified

July 6, 2011

Would You Vote For An Atheist?

Written by Amanda Read Posted in Latitude 821, Politics, World Views Comments 1

But the catch lies in another hypothetical that revealed to me how clever Miss Scanlan really is. I pondered for a moment – if Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson were running against Barack Obama, which candidate would I vote for? Obama professes to be a

April 7, 2011

Obama launches 2012 campaign; Robert Gibbs to be hired by Facebook?

Written by Amanda Read Posted in Comedy, Politics, The Washington Times Communities Comments 0

As President Obama announces his re-election bid, buzz surrounds his former press secretary’s talks with Facebook. President Obama officially launched his re-election campaign on Monday. This unsurprising news came after last week’s buzz that a particular 2012 campaign consultant might be hired by Facebook: Robert

January 16, 2011

Moral imaginations, blood libel and the meaning of words

Written by Amanda Read Posted in Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views Comments 1

“What is government if words have no meaning?” Such was the question that Jared Loughner asked Representative Gabrielle Giffords at an event in 2007. Unsatisfied by Giffords’ response (or warranted lack thereof), Loughner targeted her with an apparently vengeful fixation. The budding thought processes of

November 20, 2010

Alabama Policy Institute Dinner features Fred Barnes, Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Moore

Written by Amanda Read Posted in Interviews, Politics, The Washington Times Communities Comments 1

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., November 11, 2010 – The conservative outcome of the midterm elections was a reigning topic of the Alabama Policy Institute’s Annual Dinner, which took place at the Cahaba Grand Conference center. Established in 1989, the API is “a non-partisan, non-profit research and education

May 12, 2010

S.E. Cupp vs. “Christian Atheists”

Written by Amanda Read Posted in Politics, World Views Comments 14

Winning minds is one thing. Winning hearts is a totally different matter. I’ll explain later. She’s conservative. She loves and defends Christians. She believes America was founded on Judeo-Christian values. She says she would never vote for an atheist President. But S.E. Cupp herself is

October 29, 2008

Era Of The Supreme Court: What Is At Stake

Written by Amanda Read Posted in Politics, World Views Comments 2

Read the following, and please read my mother’s blog post, A Call To Prayer and visit Dutch Sheets’ website, www.dutchsheets.org. The real issue of this election is Justice: the issue of the Supreme Court. The following sheds brilliant light on the subject and gives you

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