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- Opinion · Feb 9, 2016NASA Bans the Word ‘Jesus’
that “NASA would be censoring all future club announcements that featured the name, ‘Jesus,’” Liberty Institute alleged in its complaint letter. NASA’s legal department explained that including the name … announcement made that announcement “sectarian” or “denominational.” They also alleged such announcements would cause NASA to violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Opinion · Feb 9, 2016Fear Not, My Secular Friends
jihadists. He has also gone out of his way to promote the very secular cause of abortion-on-demand and to trample the conscience rights of faith-based institutions … concern, Jacoby has nothing to fear from Christians, who would not suppress secularists’ liberties. On the other hand, it is undeniable that militant secularists command that society extend tolerance toward
- Opinion · Feb 5, 2016Ted Cruz and the Body of Christ
mortal threat to the fundamentally transformed America they crave and the selective groups and causes they believe are entitled to protection under the Constitution. And as we’ve seen … from Christians than any other group of people. We will protect, not endanger, your liberties. We are the last group who would suppress your speech or any other liberties
- Alexander's Column · Feb 3, 2016If Trump Is the Answer...
case study in contradictions, with long-held and defended liberal positions averse to Liberty, including his support for state-run health care, gun control, enormous tax increases and executive unilateralism … mean with high-velocity projectiles, not derogatory words — so insults don’t cause me heartburn. But what I do find deeply troubling is that the vitriolic variety reflects a cultish
- Opinion · Jan 30, 2016GOP Rivals Faith-Off in Iowa
away from the issues did not. “[Jihadists] do not want us to exercise religious liberty. That’s why as commander in chief, I will take on ISIS, not only because … news that even the Olympic Committee is letting athletes decide their own gender, is causing many Americans to wonder what parallel universe we’re living in. Even people who wouldn
- Opinion · Jan 28, 2016Donald Trump, National Review, and the Battle for the Conservative Mind
violated virtually every pillar of conservatism. Some of his positions defy constitutionally limited, liberty-motivated government (e.g. his support of eminent domain); contradict traditional values (e.g., his sometimes support … conservative … the case is arguably closed. But if National Review editors’ intent was to cause Trump supporters to question their loyalties, such efforts are doomed to fail for one simple
- Alexander's Column · Jan 27, 2016The First Civil Right — To Keep and Bear Arms
other rights. What follows are a few key notes that all defenders of American Liberty and its foundational guarantor, the Second Amendment , should be prepared to articulate, in order … toss out their oft-repeated but erroneous claim that “gun violence is the leading cause of death for children.” If by “children” they mean gang and drug-associated murders
- Article · Jan 22, 2016What Ever Happened to the Tea Party?
Constitution, which sets forth a limited government of enumerated powers. Conservatism advances the cause of Liberty. By contrast, populism seeks to use whatever means necessary, including big government … unity or patriotism. We shouldn’t oblige them, because Liberty is colorblind. Or take government spending, the original Tea Party cause. When it comes right down to it, most Americans
- Article · Jan 21, 2016Stonewall Jackson
equally great faith who gave his life for the cause of Liberty and states’ rights. Jackson died of pneumonia after being wounded by a security detail in the dark
- Article · Jan 19, 2016The Wall Street Question Plagues Candidates
solution than the limited-government, Liberty-minded conservatives. Talk to a Sanders supporter, and he or she will likely say the 2008 meltdown was caused by too little regulation
- Article · Jan 19, 2016Democrats Want to Strip Immunity From Gun Companies
after lawsuit when guns are used for illegal acts, not just when manufacturing defects cause firearms to fail. This week, Sanders, who said he’s running “an issue-oriented campaign … someone’s free-speech rights, though the Left regularly attacks free speech and religious liberty. Clinton’s idea of stripping gun companies’ immunity and siccing lawyers upon them
- Article · Jan 19, 2016Robert E. Lee
also a great man of faith who gave his all for the cause of Liberty and states’ rights. There were many honorable men of the Confederate States of America, whose
- Opinion · Jan 15, 2016Yes, Partisanship Can Be Frustrating, but It’s Better Than the Alternative
about “the meaning of liberty.” This was the only time Obama mentioned the word “liberty” in his speech, and when he spoke about “freedom,” it was never in the context … productive or that Republicans have answers. But partisanship — as in prejudice toward a particular cause — allows us to avoid destructive national political “unity.” So as rancorous as partisanship
- Opinion · Jan 15, 2016Obama’s SOTU Versus Reality
abuse power to pick winners and losers. Though Obama boasts that Obamacare has caused 18 million more to be insured, it has been a complete disaster. The overwhelming number … political enemies. His multi-pronged assault on the Constitution. His assaults on religious liberty. His nightmarish concessions to Iran, which have emboldened its tyrannical regime to be even more defiant
- Article · Jan 14, 2016Wheaton College Moves to Terminate Embattled Professor
administration announced formal proceedings to end her employment with the school. The decision caused predictable backlash. Writing in National Review, David French explains why “ The Radical Left Will Never … education, and the Left is taking direct aim at Christian academic freedom and institutional liberty. In 2014, it launched an ill-fated attack on Gordon College’s accreditation, and last
- Article · Jan 14, 2016A Way to Slow Executive Overreach
size and shape of government, over commerce and foreign relations, over the meaning of liberty and the imperatives of security,” Barack Obama told us Tuesday night in a civics lesson … along get-along strategy on such matters should be over.” While this wouldn’t cause much trouble for judicial appointments — 91% of those seats are filled — there are more than
- Article · Jan 13, 2016Nikki Haley’s State of the GOP Address
build a broad consensus, a wide group of people united for the common cause of Liberty. If the Republican Party rejects that, then Haley’s speech will be another weak
- Alexander's Column · Jan 13, 20162016 SOTU: Obama’s State of Delusion
indoctrination is a case study in the advancement of statist tyranny and oppression of Liberty. BO: More and more wealth and income is concentrated at the very top. TP: Didn … statement that “ you didn’t build that “? BO: Food Stamp recipients did not cause the financial crisis... TP: Of course they didn’t, but the number of food stamp recipients
- Opinion · Jan 13, 2016Our Stake in the Union
great nation. But as far as the White House is concerned, that isn’t cause for concern — but celebration. It means that this president has accomplished exactly what he said … Poor will be sitting — symbols of defiance in the president’s war on religious liberty. And we see it in the speeches of the men and women vying to stand
- Opinion · Jan 11, 2016When Political Correctness Equals Political Cowardice
home. These assaults tend to be much smaller than 9/11, but still can cause tragic death and harm. Thankfully Officer Hartnett had a gun, unlike any of the San Bernardino … Philadelphia shooting should remind us that accepting PC nonsense risks more than our liberty. Not resisting PC also could cost us our lives