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In last Wednesday’s National Review Online, Evans & Novak reporter David Freddoso hammers former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani as a man with a mean streak. Freddoso’s piece recalls some of Giuliani’s more colorful moments in office including his once saying, “If you tell me off, I tell you off -- that’s my personality.” Freddoso repeats the often-stated myth that Giuliani was hated by the end of his term, until the September 11 terrorist attack rehabilitated his supposedly tattered reputation and rocketed him to global fame and acclaim. On the contrary, a key survey showed that New Yorkers...

...he co-authored with theologian Jay W. Richards called "The Privileged Planet." The book claims that Earth is so unique, it must have been created by an "intelligent designer." One Iowa State professor, Hector Avalos, accused Gonzalez of having a hidden religious agenda...Gonzalez's academic archenemy at Iowa State is Hector Avalos, an associate professor of religious studies at Iowa State who is also the faculty adviser for the ISU Atheist and Agnostic Society. "I didn't expect this level of vitriol," he says after hanging up. "This level of intense hostility, just knee-jerk emotional response from people...."

Why are you yelling at me? All I said was that I was a Conservative and already you are screaming. Yes, my mother is African American. Yes, my father is Jewish. Yes, I am Atheist. Yes, I am in college. I know all stereotypes point to me being a Liberal, but I'm not. My Conservatism goes beyond the petty stereotypes. Yes, I am the son of a Black and a Jew and turned out to be an Atheist in college, but that doesn’t define me. First and foremost, I am a person, a human being like everyone else. When you...