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- Opinion · Sep 24, 2019UNCompromising: Trump Steals the Show With Religious Freedom
climate summit, but it was the one person organizers weren’t expecting who caused a stir. President Donald Trump surprised a lot of people by slipping into the environmental meeting … safeguarding of liberties. As part of this morning’s speech, the president also announced that the U.S. would dedicate another $25 million to the overall cause, which will also help
- Alexander's Column · Sep 18, 2019Alcohol, Guns, and Prohibition
fists than by a rifle of any type. “Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force … statistic that there were more than 88,000 deaths due to alcohol-related causes in 2018 — including 9,967 traffic fatalities. Many women and children are among the victims. There
- Opinion · Sep 18, 2019Constitution Day Is Not Just Another Tuesday – It’s a Teachable Moment, America
history of the world to an evil, self-serving nation that’s the cause of the world’s major problems. Of course, we know that our system of government … federal government to be limited in its authority, serving mostly to protect citizens’ life, liberty, and property without unduly restricting their freedom. As a conservative, I’ve often been asked
- Opinion · Sep 17, 2019Constitution Day: ‘A Republic, if You Can Keep It’
ratified it, and New Hampshire was in line to be the ninth, but disagreements caused it to stall. The Governor of New Hampshire declared a Day of Fasting. New Hampshire … government, founded on the most rational, equitable, and liberal principles, by which all that liberty is secured ... and you are impowered to make righteous laws for promoting public order
- Opinion · Sep 17, 2019Crucifying Kavanaugh
within five to six feet of where they had to detonate in order to cause maximum damage. Unless the Houthi tribesmen of Yemen are all recent graduates of MIT, there … asked me to take the lead on Communist China’s repression of religious liberty. Last week, I hosted a webinar that went into great detail about what the communist regime
- Opinion · Sep 13, 2019Free-Market Wokeness
advancing religious liberty legislation and protections for faith-based adoption agencies. Corporations have free speech rights, too, but when they reliably advance left-wing causes, even in conservative states
- Article · Sep 12, 2019Thursday Short Cuts
Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.” —Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca Upright … vaping will only drive more people towards precisely the kind of vaping that’s causing the problem in the first place. The government is once again solving a problem
- Opinion · Sep 11, 2019The New York Times Says Airplanes Caused 9/11
One of the greatest evils being perpetrated on the American people is
- Article · Sep 11, 2019A 9/11 Retrospective
America. It was an attack against the unalienable rights of all people to “ life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness .” Elsewhere in the United States we have suffered jihadist attacks … appeasement of jihadi terrorists under the last administration, under the current one there is cause for renewed hope of success against this lethal threat. From 9/11 to this date
- Opinion · Sep 9, 2019Fall of Rome & Lessons to Be Learned
cause of the agricultural decline was high taxation on the marginal land, driving it out of cultivation.” Wealth began to flee the Empire, and with it, the spirit of liberty … liberty had fled, and, avoiding the abodes of civilized man, had sought protection in the wilds of Scythia or Scandinavia; and so under the operation of the same causes
- Article · Sep 5, 2019Rebutting Revisionist History on Slavery
hence [Abraham] Lincoln and [Frederick] Douglass would invoke the founding documents to support abolitionist causes. Instead, he describes the real tension present at the convention, between a coterie of southern … never in the history of mankind has the arc been bent so far toward Liberty and away from tyranny. Leftists despise that Liberty, and that’s why they trot
- Opinion · Sep 3, 2019Labor Day, Railroad Strike, & Socialist Eugene Debs
TARIFF TAXES on imports. Tariffs made products imported from European factories more expensive, causing consumers to buy the less expensive products made in American factories. Most of America’s factories … learned the language and trade skills. President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in 1886. Immigrants were not a financial burden on the government, as there were no welfare
- Opinion · Sep 2, 2019Survival of Civilization
hope ... Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance; this great land of ordered liberty. For if we stumble and fall, freedom and CIVILIZATION everywhere will go down in ruin … believe that the next half century will determine if we will advance the cause of Christian CIVILIZATION or revert to the horrors of brutal paganism ... The choice between
- Opinion · Aug 30, 2019China’s Elite Apologists
president who has fought this hard for the sanctity of life and religious liberty as Trump has. And we know any future Democrat president will be a left-wing warrior … entire city of New York. Why aren’t these attacks on Orthodox Jews causing an uproar? If Muslims were being routinely assaulted it would be national news. Sadly, this appears
- Opinion · Aug 26, 2019Rediscovering the Wisdom in American History
lexicographer Samuel Johnson: “How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?” How, we wonder today, could such otherwise enlightened and exemplary … surrender of all others, and so it represented the end of the Confederate cause. It was a poignant scene, dignified and restrained and sad, as when a terrible storm that
- Article · Aug 21, 2019Dems Use Mass Shootings as Pretext for Gun Confiscation
during the period of the ban,” admitting, “It is pretty much impossible to prove cause and effect.” Duke University’s Philip Cook concurred, stating, “Violence rates were quite volatile during … defend the life of yourself and your family — and our very republic and Liberty itself from tyranny — is a God-given, constitutionally protected right that “shall not be infringed.” These
- Opinion · Aug 20, 2019Dems Improperly Play Politics With Supreme Court, Threatening Its Independence
that can “undermine the very credibility of the judiciary.” The ABA took up the cause, creating a commission on judicial independence that held hearings on the issue. Its report warned … independence, especially from political manipulation, remains “peculiarly essential” to the system that provides the liberty we all enjoy. It remains, as the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist said
- Opinion · Aug 20, 2019Teacher Removed From Classroom After Defending Pledge of Allegiance
perfect place to have insightful and thought-provoking discussions about patriotic expressions and civil liberty,” First Coast High Principal Justin Fluent said in a statement to the newspaper. “However, this … wait until the teacher is held responsible for their reckless banter cause it’s coming! I hope none of the students stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance in protest
- Opinion · Aug 19, 2019U.S. Military & Commanders-in-Chief: Role of Biblical Faith
Sovereign of the Universe, for the great work of leading the armies ... to liberty and independence ...” Stiles continued: “And while we render our supreme honors to the Most High … materialistic values. In the bitter and critical winter at Valley Forge, when the cause of liberty was so near defeat, his recourse was sincere and earnest prayer ... As religious faith
- Opinion · Aug 16, 2019Maybe Liberty Isn’t a Lost Cause in China
gone. Power-hungry experts love to tell us freedom has had its day, yet liberty keeps winning. The freedom fighters in 2019 Hong Kong may meet the same fate that … mean they’ll be remembered as victims of a lost cause. Rather, they might be remembered as proof that liberty can win in the long run, when people fight