Tammy Swofford

In the Book of Joshua, Chapter IV, the Holy Bible says, “Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things — the kings in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, […]

From the days of the Boston Tea Party to what is observed on our streets today, anchorage for the American experience is found in one document — The Bill of Rights. It was penned by men who deployed a collective intellect and temperament to craft a deceptively simple appearing work which gave a prescient nod […]

Like the sound of thunder quarrelling with the storm that spawned it, like a lightning strike delivered by God himself, Donald J Trump accomplished a political feat that denies the well-ordered models of statistical probability their secure domain. No more! Never again! America will never be the same. Trump is like rolling thunder. And the […]

It was perhaps the third generation after the flood that God began to be weary of the counsel of men. The rainbow had been placed across the sky sill as a sign of covenant. The earth would never again suffer a deluge of annihilating proportions. He was bound by His Word. It was no less […]

Cast of characters: Council on American-Islamic Relations Pamela Geller and the American Freedom Defence Initiative Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2013 Robert Spencer: Jihad Watch   If you own the language you control the dialogue. If you control the dialogue you have the ability to censor thought. If you censor thought you can infiltrate culture. […]

Last week I received the press kit for the film The Invisible War, a documentary film addressing rape within US military ranks. After viewing the film, I conducted a telephonic interview with a retired army officer who is an advocate for veterans. I grabbed my car keys and headed to a second interview, this one […]

Last week I received the press kit for the film The Invisible War, a documentary film addressing rape within US military ranks. After viewing the film, I conducted a telephonic interview with a retired army officer who is an advocate for veterans. I grabbed my car keys and headed to a second interview, this one […]

When I was a small child, I received a beautiful set of Russian nesting dolls. As I opened each doll to reveal the smaller replica, a process of conceptualisation began. Things are not always as they seem. What is apparent is not as important as what is hidden from view. The spoken word is not […]

Talisman governance. It is the business model used by the political leadership of many nations. This talisman, the use of a powerful military to cordon the civilian population, the magical powers of wealth and cronyism, is in a weakened state. The charm no longer works. There is smoke coming out of the keyhole. Do you […]

Syed Abul Qassem al-Khoei made it clear to Saddam Hussein that whilst he had no intention of seeking a confrontation with him, because as he had said in one of his speeches, enough Shi’a blood had been shed already, he was never going to endorse his rule either. This riled Saddam more than anything else. […]