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- Opinion · May 10, 2013Bad Faith and Benghazi
just stand on the beach and do nothing as the child struggles for life, saying, “Well, there’s just no way I can get to her in time,” it doesn … First Amendment was the problem. Clinton and Obama both swore oaths to support and defend the Constitution. But after failing to support and defend Americans left to die, they blamed
- Opinion · May 6, 2013Planned Parenthood Targets Black Women
fruit of which he should not eat, upon pain of certain death.” Our constitution, conveyed by the nation’s founders 65 years before Lincoln spoke those words, circumvented the question … accident. Analysis of 2010 census data by an initiative called Protecting Black Life shows that 79 percent of Planned Parenthood abortion clinics are located in walking distance of minority neighborhoods
- Opinion · Apr 29, 2013How Abortion Has Changed America
child is born. In 2007, shortly after the US Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, which banned a brutal abortion procedure most commonly used … life itself is gone. Life has become a commodity and people use each other as cavalierly as they destroy innocent young life. As our reverence for life has diminished
- Opinion · Apr 21, 2013One to Watch From Michigan
bills. When an eight-term Republican incumbent retired from Congress in 2010, Amash, supported by the free market Club for Growth, handily won the primary and the general election because … because it addresses “subjects over which the federal government has no general jurisdiction.” The Constitution “explicitly authorizes Congress to criminalize only a few activities, which relate to matters that
- Alexander's Column · Apr 18, 2013Patriots’ Day 2013 — Liberty in the Balance
spectators. This deadly assault on our citizenry, this Second Boston Massacre, reminds us that life is both precious and fragile, and that Liberty is always the target of barbarians … heroic,” I would smack them down. Giving aid no more constitutes heroics than civilians fleeing the area constitutes cowardice. I have known men who have done truly heroic things
- Opinion · Apr 12, 2013High Noon Over Guns
somewhere else. Despite such concessions, the National Rifle Association (NRA) and other Second Amendment supporters remain leery, saying the proposal is still too restrictive. “While the overwhelming rejection of President … that “would allow the federal government to surveil law-abiding citizens who exercise their Constitutional rights,” further noting that the government has no business monitoring any exercise of those rights
- Opinion · Apr 10, 2013In Defense of Religious Liberty
there can be no comparison between the fight for racial equality and the movement supporting same-sex marriage. To begin with, race occupies a singular place in our country … others for reasons grounded in history, philosophy, and our country’s Constitution. What traditional marriage supporters generally want, is to uphold a centuries-old definition of marriage as between
- Opinion · Apr 3, 2013Defending Marriage, Fighting Democracy
promote democratic self-governance.” Clement, a former U.S. solicitor general representing DOMA’s supporters in the House of Representatives, said Congress worried that a Hawaiian Supreme Court decision requiring … state to recognize same-sex unions (a ruling that was later overturned by a constitutional amendment) could ultimately “change the definition of marriage” throughout the country. How so? Gay couples
- Opinion · Mar 28, 2013Brennan’s Spooky Swearing-In
about the Brennan Oath: How can you take an oath on the Constitution to defend the Constitution? Normally, one takes an oath with his hand on a Bible … holds sacred. Taking an oath to defend the Constitution by putting your hand on the Constitution is a skyhook. It is supported by nothing else. It neatly avoids the central
- Opinion · Mar 20, 2013Fusion Power on the Right
right is over what the Constitution says, not what liberals think it should say. When Jim DeMint resigned from the Senate, the pro-life libertarian journalist Timothy Carney wrote … introducing the “Life at Conception Act.” On gay marriage, Paul’s position is that it should be left to the states. And on immigration, Paul’s newfound support
- Opinion · Mar 20, 2013To Save Traditional Marriage, End State Involvement in Marriage
Constitution of the United States. The ruling will offend both common sense and Constitutional law. But it will nonetheless become the law of the land. With it, states will … American life changed in the 1950s and 1960s; the left used that cultural shift in order to legitimize no-fault divorce laws, legal custody and child support arrangements that incentivized
- Opinion · Mar 19, 2013Trouble Brewing in GOP
enforcement of the social compact between government and the people enshrined in the Constitution, which imposes limitations on government in order to maximize our liberties. If we reject these ideas … because they support the rule of law, because they oppose a runaway entitlement state and because they adhere to traditional values, including the protection of innocent life. But my personal
- Alexander's Column · Mar 14, 2013A Bronze Star Power Point? Actually, not...
other rear-echelon warriors, most certainly deserve recognition for their dedication and skill in support of combat troops, but those awards should not have an order of precedence over awards … served our country with integrity and has honored his oath “ to Support and Defend “ our Constitution -- is inexcusable. Image Moving forward, conservatives should vigorously protest the degradation of our Armed
- Opinion · Mar 8, 2013Rand Paul Fights for Conservative Principles -- and Wins
fuss for,” said Stewart. Liberal actor John Cusack also supported Paul, even as he tweeted about the lack of support from Senate Democrats. Radical leftist and former Obama administration Green … sticking up for civil liberties.” Even the rabidly leftist group Code Pink supported the Senator, offering supportive tweets during his filibuster, and following up with a visit to his office
- Opinion · Mar 8, 2013Conservatives and Citizenship
legalization are claiming. It is an idea that has been floated by others who support legalization, including scholar Peter Skerry of Boston College. As Skerry points out in a recent … which substantial numbers of those who reside here will eschew participating in the civic life of the country, with its obligations as well as its rights. Living here and enjoying
- Opinion · Mar 8, 2013Why We Give Foreign Aid
intent on getting the release of Omar Abdel-Rahman (the Blind Sheik), serving a life sentence for masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center attack that killed six and wounded more … should not cut off aid to Egypt. It’s not that we must blindly support unfriendly regimes. It is perfectly reasonable to cut off aid to governments that are intrinsically
- Opinion · Mar 7, 2013Reign of Evil: A Look Back at the Vicious Rule of Hugo Chavez
cards on the table. “I have been very Maoist all of my life,” he declared at the time. He was also successful in getting OPEC to pump up oil prices … military officers, emulating the juntas that ruled Peru and Panama in the 1970s. The constitution became increasingly irrelevant, a reality most recently emphasized when Chavez’s absence still allowed
- Alexander's Column · Feb 28, 2013Obama’s ‘Republican Sequester’ Setup
political strategy is nothing more than spin and blame shifting, now that the shelf life for blaming George Bush has expired. So, how does Obama’s ploy play out between … Executive and Legislative branches, and most of the Judicial branch, effectively rendering the constitutional pretense of checks and balances null and void. That one-party control is a necessary component
- Opinion · Feb 26, 2013CUNY Welcomes Jew-Hating Gay Activists
violations of Palestinians’ human rights behind an image of modernity signified by Israeli gay life.” In other words, despite the reality Israel is one of the most gay-friendly nations … religious officials accused the United States Embassy of inciting “cultural terrorism” for its support of gay rights in that country. “[Homosexuals] are the curse of society and social garbage,” said
- Alexander's Column · Feb 21, 2013The Next Sunrise — The Light of Liberty
with the hearts and minds of men. This week, we observe the life of another sunrise president, George Washington , whose birthday (February 22, 1732) was spontaneously celebrated nationally from … right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic