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- Opinion · Mar 1, 2016Exploring Trumpism
toast.” Me: “Now we’re really on to something. So is this why the supporters are not worried about his alleged dishonesty, his vagueness and vacillation on policy and even … power and implement leftist policies. He’s been liberal more than conservative throughout his life, and we have no evidence of any dramatic conversion. As suspicious
- Opinion · Feb 29, 2016If the Supreme Court Had Term Limits, Confirmations Wouldn’t Be So Bloody
American life than it used to. Justices also live longer. When the Constitution was written, the life expectancy of the average American was less than half of what … fixed terms, a bipartisan majority — 66 percent — opted for term limits. Only 17 percent supported life tenure. A 2012 CBS News poll reached a similar finding: 60 percent of American
- Opinion · Feb 26, 2016Kasich Pushes Christians to the Baking Point
police, views this issue through the lens of political correctness — not the Constitution, which protects the expression of personal views, even in the marketplace. (That’s why they call … campaign with a feature on a radical Equal Rights Amendment proponent and known abortion supporter. “This profile on Gloria Steinem — conducted by Lands’ End CEO Federica Marchionni, no less
- Opinion · Feb 26, 2016A Respectful Appeal to Trump Supporters
most favorable light — a stunningly ambivalent political history. Meaning no offense, to support Donald Trump for the GOP nomination is a crapshoot — a blind wager based on nothing more than … choose the real deal in Ted Cruz — a man whose genuine patriotism and constitutional conservatism seep from his very pores, a man who is off-the-charts brilliant
- Alexander's Column · Feb 24, 2016The Trump Freight Train
result of the infighting is that Cruz’s supporters think Rubio is “establishment,” and Rubio’s supporters think Cruz is a liar. Image 3. Media Propulsion and the Pollaganda Effect … provide clear insight into the organizations he has supported over the decade , and that would create “shock and awe” among his supporters. If Trump sews up the Republican nomination
- Opinion · Feb 22, 2016Politics for Dummies
want or need, including contraceptive pills and abortions, the belt and suspenders of sexual life in America. When decades ago, Gloria Steinem declared, in the name of feminism, that women … That means I want a federal government limited to those powers enumerated in the Constitution, with all other matters left to the states and the individual. It also means that
- Opinion · Feb 18, 2016Facts Trump Spin on Planned Parenthood
deserve — to see that change manifested in concrete policies that advance the culture of life. In February, Donald Trump declined to name any. “I just don’t want to talk … with a pair of pro-life, pro-faith bills. By a comfortable margin (64-35), delegates passed a measure defunding Planned Parenthood, which supporters say would open the door
- Opinion · Feb 17, 2016Election 2016: The Most Critical One of Your Lifetime?
Cruz. And secondly, to encourage others who might be supporting a different candidate to at least reconsider their choice. The Constitution If there is one document that separates us from … Constitution on matters that are foremost to conservatives including the 2nd Amendment, U.S. sovereignty and religious liberty. Life & Marriage In an era when the biblical values of life and marriage
- Alexander's Column · Feb 17, 2016SCOTUS — Better Obstruction Than Destruction
they are about the institution to which Justice Scalia dedicated his professional life in making sure it continues to function as the beacon of justice that our Founders envisioned … amused when I hear people who claim to be strict interpreters of the Constitution suddenly reading into it a whole series of provisions that are not there.” However, McConnell
- Opinion · Feb 17, 2016National Treasure
life, freedom, and marriage. At a time when the bench seems overrun with wannabe legislators, Justice Scalia stood in stark contrast to the liberal ideology that distorts the Constitution … year tradition of leaving an election-year vacancy to the next president. Invoking the Constitution he has selective use for, President Obama told reporters it was his “duty” to submit
- Opinion · Feb 15, 2016The President Without a Party
bank — he didn’t — but because he was outraged by Jackson’s disregard of constitutional limits. In 1836, Tyler broke with the Democrats, and joined Clay’s new Whig Party … that Clay and his Whigs would come to regret. Tyler had been expected to support Whig priorities, and high on the party’s agenda was the reestablishment of a national
- Opinion · Feb 11, 2016Donald Trump, Hugh Hefner, Playboy and Evangelicals
credentials. I find it very curious that so many folks have enthusiastically thrown their support behind Donald Trump in 2016. But I’m particularly amazed at evangelicals who have fallen … candidate’s positions on other issues matter? What about his personal behavior and life — is that fair game? Or should we simply remain focused on fiscal issues, as if strengthening
- Opinion · Feb 10, 2016GOP Plan a Rough Draft for America’s Daughters
agree that it’s one thing to let our daughters choose this kind of life — and quite another to force it on them. Unfortunately, this is the natural consequence … emerge.” If Rubio, Bush and Christie want to strengthen the military, why would they support a policy that undermines it? “Part of the problem, no doubt, is ... that they
- Opinion · Feb 7, 2016Muslims Don’t Belong Here
were dominant, and not in a country where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, with their emphasis on Judeo-Christian values, were the foundation of our government? I know … masses, because it asks that people concentrate on a higher and deeper meaning to life than the redistribution of wealth. There is nothing in Marx’s own demented religion that
- Opinion · Feb 5, 2016The Man Behind the Mosque
commend the Pittsburg community for rejecting this decision, and I stand with them. The constitution guarantees ... freedom of religion, not freedom from religion... Expressions of patriotism, faith, and community should … about protecting women, Texas actually did! A few years ago, thanks to the pro-life leadership in the state legislature, the Lone Star state passed a commonsense measure that puts
- Article · Feb 1, 2016Underwriting Terror
Zionist regime” even as Khamenei impugns “western powers — headed by America” for supporting the Jewish state. While Khamenei was perfecting the art of denialism by commission, Obama embraced the denialism … equally troubled with acknowledging the Holocaust. Rouhani has stated that “taking the human life is something our religion rejects but this doesn’t mean that on the other hand
- Article · Jan 28, 2016Civil Disobedience Only Works for Liberals?
Gulf Coast facility targeted by Daleiden. And despite Operation Rescue and other pro-life groups that asked last August for a special prosecutor, Anderson declined, assuring the public that Reeder … effective tool for cracking the consensual climate hallucination,” even as they dedicate themselves to “supporting those who hold allegiance to a higher moral law through the legal process and consequences
- Alexander's Column · Jan 27, 2016The First Civil Right — To Keep and Bear Arms
50th anniversary, James Madison (our Constitution’s principal author) wrote to Thomas Jefferson (our Declaration’s principal author), affirming that the Constitution was subordinate to the Rights enshrined … years after the ratification of our Constitution in 1789, a Bill of Rights consisting of Ten Articles was attached to the new Constitution — but only after great disagreement on whether
- Opinion · Jan 26, 2016No Trump!
Trump has shown no interest in limiting government, in reforming entitlements, or in the Constitution. He floats the idea of massive new taxes on imported goods and threatens to retaliate … liberal background and poor explanations of why he now believes differently, how do his supporters know he will govern conservatively should he win the White House? He once said
- Article · Jan 22, 2016What Ever Happened to the Tea Party?
they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among … Congress, we are continually being taxed for purposes not expressly authorized by our Constitution. That tax burden is levied to satiate contemporaneous political constituencies, but at an ever-increasing cost