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Lawrence Summers, I feel your pain. The sad truth about a society that becomes increasingly politicized by the day is that the principal victim is integrity. Thoughtfulness and honesty count for less and less and appearances count for more and more. Summers, president of Harvard, speaking informally at an economics conference dealing with diversity, suggested that one possible reason for fewer women on science and engineering faculties may be less inherent ability in women to perform at the highest levels of these fields. Is this possible? Yes. Can you say this at a university? Apparently not. Summers' remarks provoked a...

The Millennium Challenge Act, a new foreign aid scheme I wrote about back in May, received its hoped-for $2.5 billion from Congress last week. Only 41 members of Congress supported an effort to strip the funding, demonstrating once again that the two parties are not serious about reducing federal spending. Considering all the rhetoric in Washington about runaway spending, one would think a new foreign welfare program would be among the easiest things to cut politically. Since American foreign aid programs began in earnest decades ago, tens of billions of US tax dollars have been given to nations around the...

Uncle Sam's Plantation Star Parker of Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute Heritage Foundation Ms. Parker talks about her book, Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America’s Poor and What We Can Do About It, published by WND Books. According to the author, the current welfare system fosters dependence and denies poor citizens control over their own lives and opportunities for economic empowerment. Ms. Parker advocates a number of changes to the social programs of the United States. See earlier thread on February 11

Twenty years ago, Star Parker was a single mother living on welfare. She had been through four abortions and had a history of drug abuse, promiscuity, and burglary. Today, Star Parker is the president and founder of the nonprofit Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education. She is a popular author and a committed Christian. In her latest book, UNCLE SAM'S PLANTATION: HOW BIG GOVERNMENT ENSLAVES AMERICA'S POOR AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, Parker recalls the words that helped turn her life around. Having gone to church at the invitation of some Christian friends, Parker heard the pastor challenge...

To meet Star Parker is to come face-to-face with hope. Her radiant smile and graceful manner make you feel as if you've known her all your life. She is kind and sincere, and an unmistakable twinkle in her eye gives you the impression she has a beautiful secret to share that could change your life forever. But Star's eyes didn't always twinkle. She used to be a slave to welfare and all the sadness that frequently occupies the lives of those who make it a profession. Star started young: As a child, she would steal money from her own mother...

Escaping the 'plantation' Posted: January 20, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com To meet Star Parker is to come face-to-face with hope. Her radiant smile and graceful manner make you feel as if you've known her all your life. She is kind and sincere, and an unmistakable twinkle in her eye gives you the impression she has a beautiful secret to share that could change your life forever. But Star's eyes didn't always twinkle. She used to be a slave to welfare and all the sadness that frequently occupies the lives of those who make it a profession. Star started young: As...

Things have never looked so good for gay activists. In November, the Supreme Court declared state anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional. And the Supreme Court of Massachusetts opened the door to gay marriage. It seems the entire gay political agenda is about to be signed, sealed, and delivered. Why then, as a black activist, deeply committed to the principles of freedom and equality under the law, do I see these developments as dangerous and destructive? The gay front would like to be viewed as the latest chapter of the civil rights movement. According to their reasoning, gays are America's newest oppressed minority,...

A former armed robber and drug user has become one of America's most prominent black activists. Damian Thompson meets herStar Parker is a Republican Party activist from Los Angeles who has made it her business to tell America's blacks to quit whining about racism, get off their butts and find work. She gets away with this because she is herself black, a single mother and a former user of some impressively heavy drugs. And she once held up a liquor store.She doesn't look like a member of the moral majority, that's for sure. Her slinky, ankle-length dresses show off a...

This week on RadioFR: (all times Eastern) Tuesday, December 2 8pm Special Edition: The Daly Report with Kay Daly Guest: Jeff Daybell, intern Frontiers of Freedom and public school victim. Jeff will discuss his high school english class assignment to repeat the phrase "F-You" 10,000 times, iin order to become desensitized to the phrase. His essay was published in OpinionEditorials, was written about in the Washington times, Rush Limbaugh, NBC, and American News Reel. Sign Jeff's petition HERE. Guest: Jonathan Stein, law student Hofstra University and Free Republic Network Executive Team Jonathan will discuss the constitutional issues surrounding the...

Politics of sex, politics of race Posted: November 20, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com The Supreme Court of Massachusetts has opened the door for homosexual marriage in that state. Let me explain why, specifically as a black conservative, this development deeply concerns me. Sean Hannity asked me a great question in an interview about my new book, "Uncle Sam's Plantation." Why, he asked me, have I made the issue of big government an issue of race? Isn't the problem of excessive government something that affects us all? The answer, of course, is yes. However, as a black American, my imperative is...