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- Opinion · Jan 9, 2015Will the Speaker Do Some Listening?
that law, they should have gone back to the legislature or back to the Constitution and try to change it. I don’t agree we should be trying to make … nothing compared to the suffering overseas, where faith is literally a matter of life and death. The most dangerous place for Christians to be, according to Open Doors, is North
- Opinion · Jan 8, 2015The Grudge Report
Speaker used his first hours back in power to pummel members who didn’t support his reelection. After the biggest challenge to a Speaker since the Civil War, conservative rebels … constitutional, which this is. First, liberals wanted Americans to check our beliefs at the workplace door. Now they want us to check them at the door to our personal life
- Opinion · Jan 5, 2015Get off Steve Scalise’s Case
minority communities, the life in the womb they uniquely target for death is black life. Our president spoke for 12 minutes before this soulless group, never once mentioning the word … will not relent. Conservatives must stand firm and support leaders like Steve Scalise, who believe in America, in freedom, in our constitution, and in the traditional values that hold
- Opinion · Dec 28, 2014I Hate the Sins & the Sinners
attacking the police, refusing to green-light the Keystone pipeline or trashing the Constitution. On top of everything else, he sets a bad example for young people by being … Although on balance, you’d have to say it’s preferable to the overwhelming support they gave Roman Polanski when they petitioned the U.S. authorities to grant the fugitive from
- Opinion · Dec 18, 2014The High Cost of Cheap Labor
that I and millions of others hoped and prayed that other planets could support human life. The reason being that it would provide an opportunity to leave the one that … those two major ethnic groups? Instead of demanding that the President abide by his constitutional limitations, were Irish and Polish Americans supposed to say to themselves
- Opinion · Dec 17, 2014The Obama Rule: Can I Get Away With It?
babies the right to life, Obama was elected president and took an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” The Constitution, Obama knew then, requires … president, Obama told The Boston Globe: “The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping
- Opinion · Dec 16, 2014Don’t Look for Culture War Arguments in Campaign 2016
subsiding. It’s a different kind of issue. Abortion inevitably means extinguishing a human life. Same-sex marriage doesn’t. Hillary Clinton will have to explain to primary audiences … most of whom supported banning handguns in the 1950s, now seem to firmly support the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Then there is marijuana. Medical marijuana is allowed
- Opinion · Dec 15, 2014Let’s Get Government Out of the Charity Business
constituent farmer chastised him for supporting the bill and for “giving what is not yours to give.” The farmer told Crockett the constitution does not grant Congress the power … government, let’s put it back in its constitutional place and restore private decision-making and responsibility to American life
- Opinion · Dec 11, 2014It’s Beginning to Cost a Lot Like Christmas...
year-round to hold the line on appropriations bills, all of the existing pro-life language was protected. Unfortunately, conservatives did fall short on one of the biggest priorities … pennies compared to the Left’s radical sex-ed machine, the CRomnibus gives abstinence supporters some much-needed help. For now, the biggest guessing game isn’t how long
- Article · Dec 1, 2014The Power of the Purse
this is going. The House is absolutely within its constitutionally enumerated powers and is supported by the Supreme Court in its jurisdictional role to exercise all authority over appropriations, whether … Operate within constitutional powers. If the House passes an omnibus bill fully funding the government and, simultaneously, passes a CR with restrictions and a shorter shelf-life
- Opinion · Nov 20, 2014Congress Pulls Rank in Military Debate
front lines of the military religious freedom debate -- trying to restore the constitutional ground lost under this administration. Today, the House Armed Services Committee took a positive step toward resolving … clearer policy guidance on the subject. “Historically,” Rep. Wilson explained, “the Armed Forces have supported religiousfreedom and accommodated service member’s religious beliefsand practice when possible. I believe
- Opinion · Nov 19, 2014The Feminist Freakout Over the Scientist’s Gaudy Shirt
Andrew Dice Clay. Unlike Taylor, they set out to offend. But that was in support of feminism, so it was OK. (I’d like to see the parents of those … other good things in life, diversity comes at a cost. And a big part of the tab is a lost consensus about what constitutes good manners and propriety. So instead
- Opinion · Nov 18, 2014Two More Years of ‘By Any Means Necessary’
conventional wisdom speaks to Obama’s blatant narcissism and while there is substantial evidence supporting that allegation, one suspects there is something far more twisted in play here. Nothing speaks … encompassing, an entire Democrat Party is seemingly content to relinquish their own Constitutional imperatives and abet our descent into tyranny. And it is tyranny, as the approach to the three
- Opinion · Nov 17, 2014Fighting Pot a Joint Effort in D.C.
where the science is? This isn’t about the freedom to ruin your own life, but the potential to harm society. As FRC explained in a special brief … mental illness, psychosis, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and addiction. Forty years ago, pot supporters tried to get around these objections by suggesting that dying cancer patients could benefit from smoking
- Opinion · Nov 12, 2014Big Truthy Is Watching (Some of) You
speech-squelcher in chief whose administration snooped on reporters; vengefully audited tea party pro-life activists and conservative election watchdogs and slow-walked the probe into the IRS witch hunt … truthy.” And the Washington Free Beacon’s Elizabeth Harrington reports that Menczer “proclaims his support for numerous progressive advocacy groups, including President Barack Obama’s Organizing for Action, Moveon.org, Greenpeace
- Alexander's Column · Nov 11, 2014Veterans Day Profile of Valor: Chris Kyle
blood and life, and unlike those who have, too many among the political ranks do not honor their oaths “ to Support and Defend “ our Constitution and the Essential Liberty … Christian home. After suffering a severe injury as a rodeo rider, Chris pursued another life interest, serving our country. A textbook Type-A personality, he wanted to pursue SpecOps
- Article · Nov 11, 2014Veterans Day 2014
Coastguardsmen -- have for generations honored their oaths to “ support and defend “ Liberty, as “ endowed by our Creator “ and enshrined in our Constitution. Today, and every day, we formally honor them … Stuart Mill “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” --John 15:12-14 American Patriot: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
- Opinion · Nov 11, 2014America: For Americans
bargain” is an absolute necessity. Their hypocrisy is gargantuan. You can’t be pro-Constitution and favor the rule of law on one hand, even as you’re willing … dismiss the host of critical demands that must be met before Americans offer their support for anything resembling reform, most notably the aforementioned demands regarding the border and business crackdown
- Article · Nov 7, 2014How Democrats Lost the ‘War on Women’
whose core political ideology centers on the demand for government-provided contraception to support her sexual escapades. She gained national fame by testifying to Congress of the need for contraception … Post grew tired of Udall’s single-issue campaign and instead endorsed his pro-life Republican opponent, Corey Gardner. Udall lost his Senate seat, winning only 52% of women voters
- Opinion · Nov 6, 2014GOP Lands on Its Feat
Tuesday] night’s success is rooted in a common passion to restore the Constitution, the family, life, and faith to a place of honor in American … other states, North Carolina’s constitutional amendment was toppled by an activist judge, and Thom Tillis refused to stand by and watch. With the support of his party, the state