http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/rick_santorum RSS Feed for Inq Col Rick Santorum en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:03:05 GMT http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/rick_santorum/20091119_The_Elephant_in_the_Room__Diversity__but_at_what_cost_.html Six U.S. Naval Academy students were to form the color guard at Game 2 of the World Series, played Oct. 29 at Yankee Stadium. Everything was going fine until the academy brass discovered something terribly amiss, and Capt. Matthew Klunder jumped into action. Klunder, the commandant of midshipmen, ordered that two members of the color guard be replaced. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/rick_santorum/20091105_The_Elephant_in_the_Room__A_war_of_ideas_within_Islam.html Three Muslim students approached me after I had finished a speech at Harvard University. I was there to talk about the threat of radical Islam across the globe, as part of the Ethics and Public Policy Center's Program to Protect America's Freedom. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/rick_santorum/20091022_The_Elephant_in_the_Room__Obama_s_failing_Iran_policy.html Who says campaigns are mere exercises in the politics of personal destruction? Take my last ad against Bob Casey in our 2006 Senate race. An Iraq war veteran spoke into the camera, demanding that the then-state treasurer stop investing state funds in corporations doing business with our enemies - enemies like Iran. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/rick_santorum/20091008_The_Elephant_in_the_Room__Christian_freedoms_at_risk.html What do liberal proposals in Congress and state legislatures on marriage, health care, welfare, and employment rights have in common? All will profoundly damage two of our country's most important rights: freedom of conscience and belief. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/rick_santorum/20090924_The_Elephant_in_the_Room__Promises_have_been_broken.html Nothing is more critical to the success of President Obama's health-care legislation than his promise that no American will have to give up his or her health plan. A related promise runs a close second: that the "government option" will create competition for the private sector, not replace it. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/rick_santorum/20090910_The_Elephant_in_the_Room__Who_will_collect_the_dots_.html Tomorrow is the eighth anniversary of 9/11. I remember the vast destruction that rained down from the heavens. I remember the thousands of innocents slaughtered and the bravery of average Americans on the ground in New York and Washington and in the skies above Pennsylvania. I remember, too, the anxiety about the next terror attack, and I remember the dots. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/rick_santorum/20090827_The_Elephant_in_the_Room__Ignoring_a_doomsday_scenario.html Congress created a commission to study it in 2001. The commission concluded in 2004 that it was "one of a small number of threats that has the potential to hold our society seriously at risk and might result in defeat of our military forces," and that a determined adversary could use the weapon against us without "a high level of sophistication." http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/rick_santorum/20080421_The_Elephant_in_the_Room__Why_conservatives_should_support_McCain.html Anyone who knows me knows that I don't shy away from offering my two-cents on the issues of the day, particularly in presidential races. And anyone who has heard me talk about the presidential race over the last few months knows that I've had, shall we say, some serious reservations about John McCain's candidacy. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/rick_santorum/20080410_The_Elephant_in_the_Room__Mandate_for_Catholic_colleges.html Is Pope Benedict XVI coming to America to drop the hammer on the president for the Iraq war? You might think so if your gospel comes courtesy of the mainstream media. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/rick_santorum/20080327_The_Elephant_in_the_Room__One-Day_Democrats__A_bad_idea.html The results are in. Democratic registration numbers have surged to a record four million, and an equally impressive record of an 800,000-vote advantage over Republicans in the state. Have things gotten so bad for the GOP in Pennsylvania that a stampede has begun?