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- Alexander's Column · Sep 18, 2019Alcohol, Guns, and Prohibition
beer.) Now, I haven’t used alcohol in any form over my entire adult life. But despite the disproportionate number of those who die from alcohol versus those … support this columnist’s right to use the hard stuff if she chooses to do so — without an FBI background check. For the record, what I do not support
- Opinion · Sep 18, 2019The French-Ahmari Debate Poses False Dichotomies for Conservatism
putatively purely formal procedures of political liberalism. Either you support public morality, or you support civil liberties. These are false dichotomies. This discussion is best understood not as an “either … morally optional either. Certain rights and liberties are constitutive aspects of the political common good — the rights to life and religious liberty, for example — while other rights and liberties
- Article · Sep 18, 2019Dems Furious at Beto for Exposing Gun-Control Goals
backfire” [emphasis added]. The problem is that Beto, in a desperate attempt to breathe life into his failing campaign, was actually stupid enough to be honest and openly admit … support an “assault weapons” ban, 13 support universal background checks, and 10 support “ red flag “ laws (which can deprive citizens of their Second Amendment rights without due process). Half support
- Opinion · Sep 13, 2019Impeachment Process Begins
interior of the country while their legal proceedings drag on. Cases challenging the constitutionality of Trump’s order are still working their way through the courts and will eventually … Please call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to support Menashi’s confirmation. Must-See TV Former National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice appeared on the “Today Show
- Opinion · Sep 11, 2019U.S. Presence in Afghanistan Should Have Only 1 Goal
freedom takes hold, men and women turn to the peaceful pursuit of a better life. American values and American interests lead in the same direction: We stand for human liberty … Inaugural Address. “(I)t is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate
- Opinion · Sep 5, 2019The Assault on Normalcy
resolution passed unanimously. This absurd assault on an organization dedicated to defending our constitutional rights wasn’t seen as controversial at all. And San Francisco won’t be the last … from such families. It’s happening. The left is even trying to equate pro-life values with “white supremacy.” Somebody should tell that to Ryan Bomberger, Alveda King, Kay Cole
- Alexander's Column · Sep 4, 2019The Left’s Next Target: ‘Christian Nationalists’
life ); and who support such things as displaying the Ten Commandments on public property — as they are in the reliefs above the Supreme Court building. Christian Nationalists also support … defenders of the fundamental tenets of Liberty , especially religious Liberty, enshrined in our Constitution. In 2016, one of our analysts, Paul Albaugh, expressed his reservations about the rise
- Opinion · Sep 4, 2019White Liberals Have Moved to the Left of Black Voters
going to win the nomination for president of the United States without African American support. Nor should they,” Kate Bedingfield, Joe Biden’s deputy campaign manager, told MSNBC’s Andrea … Biden people say it is. But Bedingfield’s argument has a longer shelf life both for the Democratic primary and the country. Let’s start with the big picture
- Opinion · Aug 26, 2019Judge Learned Hand: ‘What Then Is the Spirit of Liberty?’
which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign … well received that it was reprinted in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Life Magazine and Readers Digest. In it, Judge Learned Hand stated: “We have gathered here
- Opinion · Aug 23, 2019More Anti-Semitism at the Times
side has a majority of judges who believe in the original intent of the Constitution. Every day that gets a little bit better for us, thanks to President Trump … issue really isn’t that compelling after all. New polling is breathing new life into the Sanders campaign. After Elizabeth Warren’s strong performance in the second Democrat debate
- Article · Aug 21, 2019Dems Use Mass Shootings as Pretext for Gun Confiscation
study of the NYU School of Medicine cited by Clinton doesn’t support Clinton’s claims . In the study, epidemiologist Charles DiMaggio focused on mass-shooting deaths. In raw numbers … bear arms, to 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
- Opinion · Aug 20, 2019The Big Lie
left unanswered. It is important for you to let young people in your life and friends at church know that the people pushing this hoax are lying to them, just … Creator. We are equal under the law. And we are equal under our Constitution. Those who spread violence in the name of bigotry strike at the very core of America
- Article · Aug 15, 2019‘Red Flag’ Laws Are a Scam
upon. A constitutional guarantee subject to future judges’ assessments of its usefulness is no constitutional guarantee at all.” —The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on the Second Amendment Following … flag law becomes nationalized, start to view any and all Trump supporters as ‘posing a danger’ based on their skin color, gender, religion, and opposition to open borders?” he asks
- Opinion · Aug 14, 2019Woodstock 50 Years Later: An Eyewitness Account
people and whose primary purpose was to protect people’s natural rights — life, liberty and property. Additionally, Locke made the essential economic argument that it was man’s labor … Founders at the Constitutional Convention largely designed and drafted the bulk of the legal blueprint for the new nation’s Constitution from the existing states’ constitutions and from William Blackstone
- Opinion · Aug 14, 2019Kamala Harris’ Hypocrisy on Guns
percent of which went to Democratic candidates or to organizations supporting them. The Center for Responsive Politics ranks Planned Parenthood No. 54 out of 19,225 making political contributions … Declaration of Independence declares our God-given right to life and liberty. Our Constitution protects these rights. Kamala Harris wants to use it to violate both. If we want
- Opinion · Aug 13, 2019A Sad Tale of a Wealthy Millennial’s Moral Confusion
past,” it’s “part of the Green New Deal,” and it’s “widely supported.” At the level of individual choices, he reports that he’s donated roughly a third … used sofa — or any sofa at all — if nobody buys a new one? What constitutes a modest first home — something typical of Corinth, Mississippi, where the median home value
- Opinion · Aug 12, 2019It Is Legal to Pray in School (Voluntarily!)
been a Democrat Senator and former K.K.K. member from Alabama. Justice Hugo Black also supported Democrat President Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of Japanese during World War II in his Korematsu … minister, and an author, writing about his atheist upbringing in the book My Life Without God (2012). In 1963, Democrat Congressman Albert S. Herlong, Jr., warned of the socialist-communist
- Opinion · Aug 9, 2019The Left Is on a Mission to Annihilate Conservatism
enough to try to affect your business or personal life, I will not support him anymore. Maybe Castro’s supporters should look over their shoulder. Frankly, I think the nasty … supremacist, who may not even be a Trump supporter, slaughtered people. Therefore, Trump incited the massacre. And those callous enough to support Trump must be white supremacists as well. Though
- Opinion · Aug 9, 2019The Smears Continue
There were many photos of people greeting the president and thanking him for his support. Of course, this drove the haters on the left insane. Beto O’Rourke stepped … brothers doubled down on their idea of shaming San Antonio residents who exercised their constitutional rights and donated to the Trump campaign. This fanatical hatred is not limited
- Opinion · Aug 6, 2019One Horrific Weekend
blaming her for the Dayton murders. He had a history of supporting Antifa. He called the man who was killed when he attempted to firebomb the Washington state ICE facility … have a national conversation, as President Trump urged, about creating a culture that celebrates life. We should have a national conversation about the message being taught to young people today