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A Baptist pastor was arrested and jailed on Saturday after refusing to move across the street from the Spokane, Washington Public Library while exercising his free speech against a “Drag Queen Story Hour.” The event had a significant militaristic police presence, including camouflaged snipers positioned atop the roof to oversee the large crowd that stood both for and against the men dressed like women reading stories to children.

Recently Sohrab Ahmari, op-ed editor of The New York Post, saw something online that left him shaken. “This is demonic,” he tweeted. “To hell with liberal order.” His moral indignation led him to write a much discussed essay in the religious journal First Things. Castigating conservatives who see a possibility of coexistence with the left, he called for a religious Reconquista of American politics. The right, he argued, should “fight the culture war with the aim of defeating the enemy and enjoying the spoils in the form of a public square reordered to the common good and ultimately the Highest...

Saturday, August 06, 2005 - The Daily Bulletin has managed to spark the attention of many with this series of articles on immigration. I've noticed a lot of angry backlash from citizens who think the newspaper is attempting to appeal to the bleeding hearts and stoke some compassion for our ";border brothers." I am going to hold out judgment, with the hope that your reporters will continue in the quest to seek the real impact these people have on our society, our economy and our future. As a law enforcement officer, statistically, more than 50 percent of all cases I...