Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.

Idealism has devolved into madness.

The extremes to which Western elites will go to avoid blaming radical Islam for terrorism cripples our efforts to protect innocent Muslims. Terrified of offending butchers, we insist that we're the bigots, not them. We make excuses for monsters.

A nation that is Christian at its heart doesn't need to write it into law.

Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those around us.

I've been to many countries and watched a number of conflicts or their residue, and I've served in the military.

Jihad expands Islam's domain by any means available.