David N. Bass

Published December 24, 2003, on AmericanDaily.com

French President Jacques Chirac’s recent announcement banning Islamic headscarves, Jewish skullcaps and Christian crucifixes in his country’s public schools comes as no shock. Once again paving the way for socialist governments around the world, France is basically saying that religious belief and symbols are something dirty to be swept under society’s carpet. Additionally, Chirac is saying that public display of religious symbols should be strictly prohibited since such symbols might offend those who don’t subscribe to certain religious worldviews.

This is an increasing problem in many European nations. The trend is even obvious in America, where the government supposedly still affords religious freedom to the people. More and more our government is taking away the religious liberty so clearly protected in the Bill of Rights and replacing it with a false doctrine guaranteeing not freedom of religion, but freedom from offense.  Read the rest of this entry »

Published December 16, 2003, on AmericanDaily.com

Al Gore’s recent endorsement of Howard Dean for the 2004 Democratic nomination came as a shock to a number of Democrats, especially Joe Lieberman, Gore’s running mate in the 2000 presidential election.

Needless to say, the announcement raised the ire of the Lieberman campaign. Speaking on NBC’s “Today” show, Lieberman said that he was “caught completely off guard” by Gore’s surprise endorsement. A source close to Lieberman said that Gore didn’t even bother to inform Lieberman of his decision beforehand.  Read the rest of this entry »

Published December 6, 2003, on WorldNetDaily.com

Howard Dean is no longer the only Democrat presidential candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks, according to a recent article by CNN.com. Fortunately for Dean, the hubbub over his October remark has settled down, but apparently the Democrat’s quest to garner Southern religious voters hasn’t.

In the CNN article, the nine Democrat presidential contenders attempted to reassure Southerners that, contrary to what some might think, Democrats really do have religious faith. Wesley Clark is quoted by CNN as saying: “[T]he Republican Party does not have the monopoly on faith in this country.” Obviously so, since Clark has so many religious affiliations it’s difficult to keep them straight. He was raised a Baptist, married a Catholic and supposedly converted, but now goes to a Presbyterian church, although he’s never openly renounced Catholicism.  Read the rest of this entry »