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- Opinion · Jun 12, 2020The First Steps to Fixing America
have benefitted from automation, trade and immigration, all of which bring societal benefits. The question we often ignore is what are the downsides that each brings as well, and what … take-home pay has not increased significantly in years. Our political leaders have not had any real, substantive debates about these issues. Washington is thoroughly dominated by large companies. There
- Opinion · Jun 4, 2020‘We’ve Got to Go Beyond Tolerance, to Love’
jaded by years of enjoying them that we can’t set aside our political suspicions long enough to see the remarkable contrast our America’s leaders make to their counterparts … core values is religious freedom.” By this order, the president is taking the debate over international religious liberty beyond rhetoric and into reality, where actual dollars hang in the balance
- Opinion · May 11, 2020State Lawmakers Need to Have More Say in a Crisis
Executive ... is essential to the protection of the community against foreign attacks.” Hamilton was speaking of the presidency and military attacks, but few would question the need for a governor … branch to 14 days, and requiring legislative approval for any extension. Louisiana lawmakers are debating a bill to prevent the state from punishing business owners who open their doors before
- Opinion · May 8, 2020Protect Americans With American Supplies
First, we are learning a lot about our top leaders. We live in a politically fractured time. By the time we have a vaccine or herd immunity … which of these will be looked on with reverence? It’s an open question right now. To date, we’ve seen some great behavior and some shabby behavior from each
- Opinion · May 1, 2020No, Science Can’t Tell Us How to Respond to the Coronavirus
inequality or dynamism? Is he Paul Krugman or Art Laffer? Science can indeed settle debates once and for all — we don’t argue about heliocentrism any more. But an extraordinary … prepare for a COVID-19 surge, and tanking its business. The people in our political debate who most volubly insist that they are simply following “the science” tend also
- Opinion · Apr 17, 2020The Election’s in the Mail?
huge risk. FRC Action’s Brent Keilen has been following the debate, especially on the state level, where several primaries have been affected. “It’s literally changing … things.” And while a lot of political experts agree that voter participation would go up with a mail-in ballot system, the question is: Who knows if they’re actually
- Opinion · Apr 15, 2020Clinical Confusion in a Crisis
thing they want is for the justices to rule that abortion isn’t an essential medical procedure — a decision that could haunt them on every case moving forward. “They … actual people. We’ve seen it in the adoption debate, the foster care debate, and now in the medical debate. If the choice is between a Christian organization helping someone
- Opinion · Mar 30, 2020Proxy Wars Over Religious Liberty
elite schools claim they can’t speak out on the substantive questions that underlie these public debates. And so today it’s very hard to find prominent public figures … even the debate over “gender identity” has been framed as one about religious liberty. But while religious liberty may be one matter at stake in these debates
- Opinion · Mar 30, 2020Usurpation of Power by the Courts
candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court … faiths hold a traditional view of marriage. This is a constitutional duty, not a political opinion. Our nation was founded on the human right of religious freedom, and our elected
- Opinion · Mar 27, 2020Behind Hospital Doors: The Outbreak
home state comes to grips with the news, a lot of people have questions. How did this happen, for starters? How did Louisiana go from an average number of cases … standards have been applied across the board to every organization, non-essential business, sanctuary, school, and other facility. Of course, there are other countries — like China — who are using
- Opinion · Mar 20, 2020A Useful Reminder
named Rick Wilson is one such example. Wilson has been a Republican political operative closely associated with John McCain. He’s now running something called the Lincoln Project, a gang … questions about Boeing’s enthusiasm for doing business with communist China knowing how China steals our technology. A top executive at the time rejected that criticism and embraced globalism, essentially
- Opinion · Mar 17, 2020Medicare for All Is Bad Medicine
Party presidential nomination, Medicare for All has again come to the forefront of political debate. But what exactly is the senator proposing? Is it simply the expansion of a generally … self-described “democratic socialist” to carry the banner of one of America’s major political parties, it’s important to understand exactly what Sanders’ cornerstone policy proposal means relative
- Opinion · Mar 5, 2020‘Our Side Has Science. Their Side Has Anecdotes.’
tremendous financial backing. “The LGBT community has embraced this, even when it’s essentially harmful to those who might end up being same-sex attracted instead of transgender … swing on the biggest abortion debate of the year. But it was out of an unlikely justice’s mouth that the most profound question may have been asked
- Opinion · Mar 3, 2020Nike Makes Uyghur Targeting a Team Sport
Uyghur crackdown. While companies like Abercrombie raced to cut ties with the suppliers in question, Nike, Gap, Apple, Samsung, and others stood pat, hoping the story would die down … state.” The Left is ridiculing him to get a political advantage, President Trump argued, “but this shouldn’t be a political thing.” He’s right. Nor, Rep. Greg Murphy
- Opinion · Feb 25, 2020Trump Visits India
strategy has been called into question since last week’s disastrous debate performance. Bloomberg will have an opportunity to redeem himself at tonight’s debate in Charleston, South Carolina … will be under enormous pressure to prove he’s not a worse debater than Joe Biden. But he’s not on South Carolina’s primary ballot. Meanwhile, Sanders has smashed
- Alexander's Column · Jan 31, 2020The ‘ChiCom Virus’ Pandemic: COVID Timeline, Response and Recovery 2020-2025
about vaccines, one way or another. “Getting vaccinated is a personal question,” says political analyst Timothy Carney, and it shouldn’t be determined by the federal government. 16 September: Masking … question to see what the evidence says, and China right now is not giving any evidence on that question at all. Of course, asking the question became difficult when
- Opinion · Jan 18, 2020‘I’m Afraid Too... but Aren’t We Supposed to Fix This?’
speak up for my father. I did not want to get into all the politics and all the other people, because I thought I wasn’t the best person … wants to have his 2012 records changed to match his preferred name. That question was essentially thrown out on a technicality. But the real debate – his insistence that the court
- Article · Jan 9, 2020Capitol Hill War Powers Dust-Up — Symbolism Over Substance
political accountability by passing its own responsibilities to the executive branch. Second, Wednesday’s briefing was not designed or intended as a forum for senators to carry on a debate … over the question of war powers. Its purpose, as Rubio cogently pointed out, was to inform members of Congress on the specifics surrounding the decision to take out Soleimani. Administration
- Opinion · Jan 6, 2020Obama’s True Legacy
enough, to Valerie Jarrett, who served as Obama’s consigliore. Nobody ever seemed to question why this black Socialist got to take up residency in the White House and spend … most mysterious people who has ever played an influential role in our national politics. She is the closest thing to Rasputin we’ve ever seen in the White House
- Opinion · Dec 19, 2019‘Say a Prayer’
president or a cabinet member to pray that God would provide wisdom as they debate the pressing issues facing our nation. I have a cherished photo of then-candidate Trump … FISA warrant process, Judge Collyer stated that the FBI’s deceit “calls into question whether information contained in other FBI applications is reliable.” She ordered the bureau to come