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Wednesday, October 11, 2017
An Important New Step for Religious Freedom
Arguing for protection of religious freedom, the Trump administration has opened the door for employers to withdraw from the Affordable Care Act mandate requiring them to provide birth control coverage at no cost to employees.
Let Them Leave
The United States was born when the Founding Fathers seceded from England. So why do so many people now see secession as a terrible thing?
Weinstein Scandal Leaves a Trail of Hypocrisy
If hypocrisy were a greenhouse gas, the ice caps would be gone by now.
Columbus Day: A Celebration of Character
Columbus Day was originally established as a national holiday by FDR in 1937 to commemorate Christopher Columbus who discovered the New World on Oct. 12, 1492 when he made landfall on what is now known as San Salvador in the Bahama Islands.
Our Broken Moral Compasses
As George Orwell said, “Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.” Many stupid ideas originate with academics on college campuses.
New Regulations Maintain Obama’s Abortion-Inducing Drug Mandate
Question: Do the new conscience-protection regulations the administration released last week maintain or rescind President Barack Obama’s regulatory mandate that health insurance plans provide co-pay-free coverage for sterilizations and all Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptives — which include abortion-inducing drugs and devices?
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
The Gun Control Debate
Let’s start with the Democrats’ belief that the right to own firearms is subject to reasonable regulation.
Maybe Michigan State Students Should Wear Penny Loafers
A leather shoelace mistaken for a noose triggered a massive microaggression at Michigan State University leading to public denunciations by university officials and at least two investigations.
How to Speed the Rebuilding of Puerto Rico
To say that our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are suffering is a vast understatement. The combined punches of Hurricanes Irma and Maria have devastated the island territories.
Due Process Rights Under Assault at Two Universities
Parents, want to avoid having your kids unjustly accused of sexual assault?
The Great Regulatory Rollback
One by one, the artifacts of President Barack Obama’s rule by administrative fiat are tumbling.
SPLC: Pirates, Poverty and Wealth in the Caribbean
The Southern Poverty Law Center likes to boast about its mission to “destroy” the groups it labels as “hate groups” — groups that now include mainstream conservative and Judeo-Christian organizations.
Dogs, Strangers and God
How do we convince people to save a human being they do not know rather than the dog they do know and love?
Why Sports and Politics Do Not Mix
There’s a famous Woody Allen joke: “Those who can’t do teach, and those who can’t teach teach gym.” Well, here’s a modernized version of that old saw: Those who can’t do write, and those who can’t write write about sports.
Why Criticize Harvey Weinstein?
Ancient wisdom from a Higher Authority, which is available to anyone who takes the time to consider it, was provided to constrain people like Harvey Weinstein from acts he has been accused of committing.
10 Reasons to Stay Calm About Those Russia Facebook Ads
The latest excitement in the Trump-Russia investigation is a set of Facebook ads linked to Russia, about 3,000 in all, that some of the president’s adversaries hope will prove the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 election.
Monday, October 9, 2017
Partisanship Is Breaking Both Parties
Republicans fail again on health care, while Democrats refuse to get serious about taxes.
The Nashville Statement: Why I Signed It
The Nashville Statement is a recent document addressing contemporary issues of sexuality and affirming traditional Christian views.
Ending the Corruption in Washington
All rank-and-file members of the U.S. House and Senate get paid a base salary. The money for their salaries are paid for by the taxes collected from every American citizen who has a job and files a tax return.
Trump and Moore: Agents of Change
It wasn’t supposed to happen. But Donald Trump was elected president. Establishment politicians, Washington pundits, foreign governments, and just about everyone else was shocked, even horrified.