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Renewing the American Idea – Starting Today

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EDITORIAL - You might think it’s a little late to give an Independence Day address, but New York’s delegates to the Continental Congress didn’t vote to approve the Declaration of Independence until July 15. So I’d like to think I’m fashionably late—or as they’d say in New York, “right on time.” But the topic is always timely, because the Declaration of … [Read more...]

How Dissimulation About Islam is Fuelling Genocide

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EDITORIAL - In northern Iraq religious genocide is reaching end-game stage. Islamic State (IS) soldiers, reinforced with military equipment originally supplied by the US, are driving back Kurdish defenders who had been protecting Christians and other religious minorities. While hundreds of thousands of refugees have been fleeing into Kurdistan, around 40,000 … [Read more...]

Ford Fusion Suffers Power Loss – Texas Driver Complains

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FORT WORTH, Texas -  I own a 2013 Ford Fusion, I have had a very serious mechanical malfunction over the past 3 weeks. The vehicle will completely shut down while operating the vehicle causing the steering wheel to lock, brakes not to work, emergency brake not work and finally the air bags do not deploy. I have taken the vehicle back to the dealership where … [Read more...]

Do You Love Your City? Why I Moved Back to Dearborn

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DEARBORN, Michigan - Do you love your city? One of my all-time favorite classic movies is Frank Capra’s 1947 It’s a Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. Although this film is almost exclusively and religiously watched during the holidays, apart from the tear-jerking Christmas Eve ending scene, Wonderful Life isn’t really about Christmas … [Read more...]

Western Ignorance of the ‘Conditions of Omar’

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EDITORIAL -- A jihadi group occupying the Syrian town of Raqqa recently gave Christian minorities living there three choices: 1) convert to Islam, 2) remain Christian but pay tribute and accept third-class subject status, or 3) die by the sword. According to the BBC, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria issued a directive: citing the Islamic concept of … [Read more...]

Apology From the Boy Who Cried Wolf (an Editorial)

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Dear readers of the Dearborn Free Press, Do you remember the story about the boy who cried wolf? Teachers have often used the fable as "a cautionary tale about telling the truth". The old Aesops fable is about a boy in a village who tricked local villagers into thinking a wolf was loose in the village. The original story dates back prior to the 15th … [Read more...]

The Rising Sex Traffic in Forced Islamic Marriage

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EDITORIAL - In 2008, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and Nicholas Phillips, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, both suggested that the UK could consider, in Lord Phillips's words, "embracing Sharia law" because "there is no reason why Sharia Law, or any other religious code should not be the basis for mediation or other forms of … [Read more...]

Remembering 1963: Orville Hubbard and M.L. King

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LETTERS - During the summer of 1963, I was working for a landscaping firm which put in new or replacement lawns, for homes and businesses.  I had a friend, who also worked with me and we were invited to a Labor Day Weekend Party at Joyce Symons house on Hanfor Street in Allen Park, Michigan.  Joyce Symons was a State Representative for this voting district … [Read more...]

George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation

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Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789 By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and—Whereas … [Read more...]

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