Blog and guest posts, RSS Feed http://conservativecompass.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:25:48 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://conservativecompass.com/content/view/216/ As a Professor of History I can understand why most people dismiss History as boring. It is usually presented as a static jumble of dates, names and events that must be memorized, regurgitated and with luck forgotten. I have often marveled at the ability of students who can... Blogs - Guest Blog Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:42:52 +0100 http://conservativecompass.com/content/view/215/ While surfing my favorite Muslim propaganda website, Al-Jazeera, I came upon some comments from President Obama's newly appointed chief of NASA. Charles Bolden, in a recent interview with that “news” outlet, said the foremost mission he had been given by Obama was to find a way... Blogs - You\'re Joking, Right? Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:28:27 +0100 http://conservativecompass.com/content/view/214/ On this day each year, when we celebrate the self-evident truths delineated by our Founding Fathers, it is an excellent time to consider some other truths: Blogs - Compass Blog Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:37:38 +0100 http://conservativecompass.com/content/view/213/ The battles were over and the war won now the hardest task of all: how to secure the rights fought for while providing a government strong enough to endure. The Framers gathered in Philadelphia for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Articles of Confederation. Within days they... Blogs - Guest Blog Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:42:34 +0100 http://conservativecompass.com/content/view/212/ Free speech is only truly free, if it is contentious. It needs to be defended most when it is most indefensible. Regardless how much I may disagree, I do not want to silence others at the expense of liberty. I want to hear from those with whom... Blogs - Compass Blog Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:52:05 +0100 http://conservativecompass.com/content/view/211/ Here in Washington state and in seven others, we are seeing a television ad supposedly directed at our Senators. It is a slick presentation hustling the virtues of climate change legislation in DC. We see a National Guardsman whining about having to clean up tar balls from... Blogs - I Know It When I See It Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:35:22 +0100