The Taliban today undoubtedly has a stronger hold over how the US militarily plans to withdraw from the conflict in Afghanistan. This raises questions about the continuing challenges to security in South Asia in particular, the influence of IS Khorasan (IS-K), the group’s Afghanistan avatar, and its rise both as an ISIS-aligned entity and a big-tent brand for various jihadist groups in the country. As the ‘Khorasan’ project of ISIS gets more attention, and the US and the Taliban stand amidst a winded peace negotiation, this paper looks into how the IS-K is taking advantage of political uncertainty in Afghanistan to expand its footprint not only in the country but in the entire region.
By Julie Borowski
July 05, 2012
“The shocking verdict to uphold the entire ObamaCare law is one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in recent history. Chief Justice John Roberts joined Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor in the majority opinion stating that the individual mandate requiring all Americans to purchase health insurance is not valid under the Commerce Clause but it can survive as a tax.
This ruling officially turns ObamaCare into the largest tax hike in American history and sets a dangerous precedent of virtually unlimited federal power.”
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July 05, 2012
“A big reason for all the hypocrisies and paradoxes is that the 2,409-page health care act is a mess. Even its creators cannot agree whether it involves a mandate, tax or penalty. The public doesn’t like or want it at least the parts it must soon pay for. It was passed only on a strictly partisan vote and under shady means (remember th
The History and Harm of Anti-Abortion Terrorism
December 13, 2020
“Anti-abortion terrorism blatantly exemplifies the contradiction of claiming human rights for the unborn while denying them to women and clinic workers,” begins Carol Mason in an article titled “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Dare? Confronting Anti-Abortion Terrorism After 9/11
.” The article details the change in the pro-life movement from a mindset focused on “rescue” to one more concerned with the “End Times.”
Before the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Mason says the federal government largely ignored the killing and terrorizing of clinic workers and abortion seekers. However, in the new security focused world that was created after 9/11, the attacks on personnel at clinics was finally characterized as terrorism.