Free Republic

One of the most dangerous political considerations today is that of abortion; it is a most divisive subject. Many in this arena are motivated by religious beliefs. Just in case anyone has forgotten, we are not a theocracy – our founding fathers wanted religion left to the churches and the government left to the most qualified. Those who fanatically oppose the medical procedure of abortion refer to themselves as “pro-life”, implying that those who do not agree with them do not value life as much as they do (a most arrogant state of mind) . To believe so strongly in...

While one of the co-founders of Google admitted that censoring Google searches in China--blocking information from Chinese citizens that their communist government would find embarrassing-- turned out to be a bad business move, the other founder, Larry Page, gave no hint that there would be a reversal of their practices. He said, "I don't think we as a company should be making decisions based on too much perception." What Mr. Page doesn't understand is that free speech is not a matter of "perception". Maybe he would understand this better if every time someone did a search for "Google", he received...