Dr. Tawfik Hamid knows the enemy of radical Islam firsthand. As a young man, he was a follower of Islamist ideology and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Ayman al-Zawahiri.
A native of Egypt, Dr. Hamid has since left the world of Islamism behind and is author of the book, Inside Jihad.
He is a leading authority on the Muslim Brotherhood, al Qaeda, and the global Islamist movement.
As I ate breakfast with my three-year-old son this morning, I could not help but be amused by the conversation. It was all about frogs. His childlike wonder for his favorite reptile gets him so riled up that he talks fast and excitedly about them. You can tell that he has some major passion for this amphibian. Because of the twinkle in his eyes and his excited voice I cannot help but grin as he talks. This is the beauty of having passion for something; it draws others in.
Everyone loves to see a couple who cares deeply and passionately for each other. The couple is filled with such eager anticipation of years together in emotional bliss. Feeling so attached to one another, neither expect there to be times of emotional crisis. Yet, in most relationships there will be emotional wounds, and sometimes worse, that must be dealt with effectively.
Maybe Todd Akin should run for president of the United States because he clearly has the power to bring liberals and conservatives together.
Todd Akin is staying in the Missouri Senate race…for now. You get the sense that the GOP drumbeat will be too much at some point to where he will have to get out. The money may dry up and his supporters may, too. His poll numbers may start to dip too low as well.
But for now, he’s staying in and getting some support from the Family Research Council. Here is the statement just put out by their president Tony Perkins:
Todd Akin has just entered the fray of the national political discussion…and not in the way he would have hoped.
The Missouri Senate candidate, who is trying to defeat Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill this fall, sure stepped in it when he was asked if abortion should still be illegal even in cases of rape.
Akin said the following:
“First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
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We're receiving more details about last week's Quran burning incident in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Apparently the accused is a young girl named Rimsha . Some activists say she is 11 years old. Police insist she is a teenager.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zadari wants officials to explain why they arrested her. Apparently Rimsha has Down's Syndrome, is illiterate, and would not understand the seriousness of her actions if she did burn pages of a Quran as alleged.
Paul Ryan is not a fan of Romneycare in Massachusetts. That’s not my opinion. Those are his words from a C-SPAN interview in 2010. Watch below along with the transcription.
Several leading Democrats from Joe Biden to Nancy Pelosi have predicted their party will win back the U.S. House this fall.
Mathematically speaking, Democrats would have to pick up more than two dozen seats for that to happen.
Impossible? No. But likely? That’s a different story.
Both parties know the battle will come down to toss up races. But this is a general election cycle which means congressional candidates will appear on the same ballot as the presidential nominees – and that may play a key factor in the composition of the next Congress.
The way of this world is to satisfy every whim without any thought of consequences and the effects on the lives of others. God’s way would be “good, pleasing and perfect.” We have to take captive every craving to make it obedient to Christ. When we want our own way, we make excuses and justify what we crave.
Here is the story of dueling tax return letters between the Obama and Romney campaigns. These people are a piece of work. The Obama campaign wants to keep this in the headlines. The Romney campaign wants to move on. The media wants to report on it so that’s all that matters.
I feel like I’m watching a couple kids play in a sandbox.
Read the letters below
Dear Matt: