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

by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 31, 2012 | Politics, Satire, The Washington Times Communities, World Views

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...

Dissecting ‘Darwinocracy’ UPDATED – 10/30/2011

by Amanda Read Sheik | Sep 3, 2011 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views

This post is an appendix to my Washington Times Communities article, Darwinocracy: The evolution question in American politics. Does Darwin rule the electorate? Why does a stigma surround those who are skeptical of Darwinism, and how should candidates respond? Ah, the...

Weinergate, women and a secularized society

by Amanda Read Sheik | Jun 15, 2011 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views

OHATCHEE, Al. June 15, 2011 — Last week, I happened to be running errands on a military post when the nearest TV displayed Fox News Channel announcing that Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY) was about to make a statement concerning his rumored online affairs at any...

International Women’s Day and the post-feminist era

by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 12, 2011 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views

March 8th was International Women’s Day. In fact, this month marks the 100th anniversary of the international feminist celebration initiated by Clara Zetkin, a socialist German politician who took the last name of her Russian lover, eventually married a fellow...

Moral imaginations, blood libel and the meaning of words

by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 16, 2011 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views

“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...
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