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- Opinion · Dec 29, 2012Happy New Year 2013
firearms than deterring our adversaries from acquiring nuclear weapons? Did anyone anticipate that our constitutionally protected freedoms would fall under the purview of the United Nations? A year … hagiocracy ruling in Tehran. Though the Obama administration lacks the will to support a second “Green Revolution” in Iran, others will do so. It will be the last chance
- Alexander's Column · Dec 26, 2012Gender Disorientation — A Faithful Response to the ‘LGBT?’ Agenda
their children,” notes family researcher David Blankenhorn. “[The absence of fathers] from family life is surely the most socially consequential family trend of our era.” This certainly … Indeed, in many cases where fathers have abdicated their responsibility for proper love, discipline, support and protection of their children, mothers and extended family members have been able to largely
- Opinion · Dec 25, 2012Lessons From the Bork Debacle
touch. Supporters of Roe vs. Wade feared he would vote to overturn the decision. What if he’d demanded (as he might have) to be shown where the Constitution entitled … constitutional, to get whatever it wants, devil take the hindmost. The framers of the Constitution had hoped for better outcomes. Little notion they can have had concerning life in Teddy
- Alexander's Column · Dec 20, 2012Christmas 2012: Always Faithful — and Grateful!
light. Life itself can, at times, seem shrouded in fog and darkness. That is especially true if, like me, you bear a lifelong burden to support and defend our heritage … loyal, first and foremost, to our revered oath to “ support and defend “ our authentic Constitution, not the so-called “ living constitution “ espoused by cadres of statists . We are grassroots leaders
- Alexander's Column · Dec 13, 2012Democrat Party Socialists and Their Legions of Useful Idiots
support Rule of Law , and comport with the Left’s rule of men tyranny by judicial diktat. Fortunately Congress reined in his effort ensure his extra-constitutional government programs would … these rights....”, or by Mao Zedong’s collectivist “Great Leap Forward.” Either case would constitute a political distinction without a difference. And a prophetic footnote: FDR also wrote
- Opinion · Dec 10, 2012Nine Thousand Years of Turmoil
planet. You know that we, meaning you and I, are huge monetary supporters of Egypt. We pay them upwards of $1.3 billion a year largely to keep their military … virtually unlimited powers out of reach of judicial review. The group writing a new constitution for Egypt has drafted a document very closely aligned with shira law which, according
- Historic Document · Dec 7, 20122012 Republican Platform
cite the provision of the Constitution which permits its introduction. Their adherence to the Constitution stands in stark contrast to the antipathy toward the Constitution demonstrated by the current Administration … fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections
- Opinion · Dec 7, 2012It’s Time To Turn the Tables on this Presidential Bully
close call, and reasonable people, if they understood the facts, would not support Obama. The problem is that so many people who trust him, inexplicably, look no further than … while refusing to make significant reductions in discretionary spending or to restructure entitlements. His life’s ambition is to fundamentally transform the nation, which depends on keeping the federal spigot
- Alexander's Column · Nov 29, 2012American Patriots and Guns
spirit of Liberty that has motivated Patriots since 1776, must be prepared to support and defend both individual and corporate Liberty, to secure the Rule of Law over the rule … enterprises of ambition.” (Federalist No. 46) To ensure that advantage, our Founders enumerated a constitutional prohibition on government interference with that barrier, the Second Amendment , affirming, “the right
- Historic Document · Nov 15, 20122012 Democratic Platform
Freedom to Marry . We support the right of all families to have equal respect, responsibilities, and protections under the law. We support marriage equality and support the movement to secure … support our police, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians. Republicans and Mitt Romney have opposed and even ridiculed these proposals, but we believe we should support our first responders. We support
- Opinion · Nov 15, 2012A Casket Cartel’s Comeuppance?
trees that the monks of Saint Joseph Abbey near Covington, La., harvested to support their religious life. So they decided to market the sort of simple caskets in which … effectively expunged the phrase “privileges or immunities,” construing it so narrowly it disappeared from constitutional law. Since then, courts have retreated from protection of economic rights -- the right to earn
- Opinion · Nov 14, 2012Legal Pot Could Be Contagious
deposits from pot businesses with money laundering charges. The Internal Revenue Service can make life difficult for pot sellers by disallowing their business expenses. The one thing federal drug warriors … wisdom, if not the constitutional imperative, of letting Colorado and Washington go their own way. Last year a Gallup poll put national support for marijuana legalization at 50 percent
- Article · Nov 11, 2012Veterans Day 2012
American Patriots . “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:12-14) “Mighty men of valor, men trained … Marines and Coastguardsmen -- have, for generations honored their oath to “support and defend” our the Liberty enshrined in our Constitution. Today, we formally honor them. We remain the proud
- Opinion · Nov 10, 2012Another Day of Infamy
radical who pretended that birth control pills were more important than an economy on life support, a nuclear Iran, national security leaks to the NY Times and a massacre … envision America ever again electing someone who, like Romney, champions America’s traditions, the Constitution, free enterprise, religion, a strong military and individual responsibility. Because the majority of Americans have
- Opinion · Nov 6, 2012Do You Want Revenge Against America or Loving Restoration?
ascendancy was the first time she’d been proud of America in her adult life, she wasn’t just throwing out words. She was telling … regulation in this country. But he made it in 2008, after all those constitutional and legislative changes had long since occurred and a few days before a clear majority
- Alexander's Column · Nov 1, 2012Approaching the Tipping Point
rights of man.” Those rights are codified in our Constitution, which many of us have sworn to “ support and defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” This eternal bearing … support) are primarily urbanites, whose allegiance has been co-opted by the state in return for redistributed wealth. Another 10 percent of voters (20 percent of Obama’s support
- Article · Oct 15, 2012Memo to Mitt From Grassroots Americans
Obama -- not because you don’t genuinely care about Americans from all walks of life, but because your staff is top-heavy with politicos who, themselves, have little … create jobs, government impedes job growth. He will insist that the latest jobs numbers support his economic plan -- “We found out the unemployment rate fell to its lowest rate since
- Alexander's Column · Oct 15, 2012Memo to Mitt From Grassroots Americans
Obama -- not because you don’t genuinely care about Americans from all walks of life, but because your staff is top-heavy with politicos who, themselves, have little … create jobs, government impedes job growth. He will insist that the latest jobs numbers support his economic plan -- “We found out the unemployment rate fell to its lowest rate since
- Alexander's Column · Oct 4, 2012Who Inherited What From Whom?
largest conservative grassroots movement in history and enlist the support of American Patriots from all walks of life. They must alert our countrymen that we are on the downside … that the only way to circumvent the certainty of tyranny is to restore constitutional integrity . Image Romney-Ryan must cast their campaign in the mold of Ronald Reagan and offer
- Opinion · Sep 28, 2012Obama’s ‘Change From the Outside’ Means Community Organizing
some outside, grass-roots-driven legislative achievement. Obama could never persuade Americans to support his bill or lobby Congress to pass it. He cobbled together his majority in the most … their constituents’ wishes. He didn’t persuade congressmen through reasoned arguments. His entire adult life, from what we can best determine, Obama has always been animated by some big cause