After standing up at a health care town hall in August and challenging Republicrat Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, stay-at-home mom Katy Abram took a lot of heat from the Left (and even some left-leaning independents) questioning her motives.

As she continues to fight for her beliefs by speaking to various conservative organizations such as the Tea Party Express in Orlando, Fla., the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC, the 9/12 Rally in Lebanon, Pa. and others, Abram continues to provide inspiration for other conservative activists. She also continues to attract criticism from liberals.

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Let's not kid ourselves.

Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to return five 9/11 terror suspects to New York City to stand trial in civilian court, rather than in military commissions, was undoubtedly made with the blessing of President Barack Obama. By way of deduction, this decision has little to do with furthering the interests of justice. If that were the case, neither Holder nor Obama would have put the cases in such dire jeopardy.

Holder points to the success the Department of Justice has had in prosecuting previous terror cases in civilian courts. He points to the convictions of the so-called shoe bomber, Richard Reid, who attempted to light a bomb on board an airplane in 2001; the blind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, who conspired to bomb the World Trade Center in 1993; and Zacarias Moussaoui, who conspired to execute the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. While all three men are serving life sentences, their cases are dramatically different from the ones currently discussed in terms of both scope, magnitude and evidence collection.

For example, each of those cases were investigated by civilian authorities such as police officers and FBI agents. Additionally, most of the critical evidence was gathered on American soil. In each of those three cases, federal prosecutors had more than just the suspect's confession upon which to base their case.

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Sarah Palin is Going Rogue in a big way.

The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee is kicking off a whirlwind publicity tour today with an interview on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Surprised? Don't be. Despite the magnanimous talk show host's very public diss of Palin last year, the two have apparently teamed up to sell some books and raise some ratings.

Palin can't be blamed for seizing the opportunity to appear on Winfrey's wildly popular TV show, nor for allowing her book to be included as an official "Oprah's Book Club" selection. Such a stamp of approval will ensure the memoir flies off the shelves for years to come. As it is, Going Rogue: An American Life became a New York Times best seller more than a month before its scheduled release to book stores tomorrow.

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Late last month, President Barack Obama gleefully signed his name to a defense bill Congress passed because it had no choice. The bill contained an expansion of US hate crimes laws.

It's no secret that conservatives generally oppose hate crimes laws, holding the belief that all hate-motivated crimes should be punished equally, regardless of the victim's sexual identity, religious preference or nationality. Nevertheless, conservatives must abide by the law as it's written.

So, here's what I want to know: if is determined that Nidal Hasan allegedly committed his crimes out of hatred for any religion but Islam, will he be charged with 13 federal hate crimes, just as he was charged on Thursday with 13 counts of premeditated murder for last week's shooting at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas?

If ever a situation screamed out for it, this is it.

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