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- Opinion · Feb 6, 2015Obama’s Morally Confused Prayer Breakfast Lecture
believe that Obama is a Christian, who were using government power to restrict religious liberties of others. Obama, however, has conspicuously infringed on the conscience rights of Christians in supporting … about the Islamists’ grievances over poverty or injustice or any of the other pet causes with which Obama can identify but about conquering the world for a global caliphate
- Opinion · Feb 5, 2015Personal Liberty and Measles
might experience in the coming primaries. Ostensibly a mild outbreak in measles is the cause of the journalists’ alarm. Governor Chris Christie, speaking in the United Kingdom, and Senator Rand … hand, to force vaccination upon everyone curtails a principle that enriches us all, personal liberty. Christie and Paul are doing precisely what they, as elected officials, should do: safeguard
- Article · Feb 4, 2015Politicizing Vaccination
change is likely happening, but the science is not at all clear on its cause or extent or what we can do about it. Whether eating eggs or too much … mandate). Most of the time it’s not actually an issue of personal liberty; it’s one of public health and individual responsibility. As 19th-century physician Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Opinion · Jan 28, 2015‘No One Has Right to Decide Who Can Live and Who Can Die’
right to life, as we know, is the foundation of every other right and liberty and the true foundation of justice and peace in society,” he said. “If the child … enforcement. Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina led the small insurgency that caused the leaders to surrender their planned vote. Ellmers was against a rape exception before
- Opinion · Jan 26, 2015Collins Defends Military Mettle
that the complaint be withdrawn from the Chaplain’s file, a goal the Liberty Institute will pursue in court if Army leadership refuses. Meanwhile, FRC and members of the Military … Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), is being blamed by conservative colleagues for aiding Ellmers’s cause behind the scenes. For pro-life members, many of whom were thrilled at the idea
- Article · Jan 24, 2015Gun Rights Should Cross State Lines
training, background check); a handful make it more difficult, requiring applicants to show “good cause” for a gun permit, and giving officials broad discretion in deciding which applications to approve … command that “the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Constitutional liberties don’t evaporate at state borders. If your driver’s license is valid everywhere
- Opinion · Jan 22, 2015Gun Rights Should Cross State Lines
training, background check); a handful make it more difficult, requiring applicants to show “good cause” for a gun permit, and giving officials broad discretion in deciding which applications to approve … command that “the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Constitutional liberties don’t evaporate at state borders. If your driver’s license is valid everywhere
- Opinion · Jan 21, 2015Wedding Planner Groomed for Marriage Fight
courtesy of Jacksonville’s radical LGBT community. Obviously when she saw the Statue of Liberty, ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your yearning to violate your conscience’ wasn’t what … take this personally. I am really sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.” That enraged the couple, who took familiar revenge: launching a full-scale social media assault against
- Article · Jan 21, 2015Stonewall 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, 2015Robert 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 13, 2015The West Wakes Up -- Maybe
funded outrages against liberty and the Christian religion. In truth, Christianity’s recent recession to the margins of European life is likely the No. 1 cause of the continent
- Opinion · Jan 8, 2015Climate Change’s Instructive Past
climate change not produced by human activity? Before wagering vast wealth and curtailments of liberty on correcting the climate, two recent books should be considered. In “The Third Horseman: Climate … parents ate children. Corpses hanging from gallows were devoured. Human behavior did not cause this climate change. Instead, climate warming caused behavioral change (10 million mouths to feed became
- Article · Jan 4, 2015A Good Year for Gun Rights
teachers to carry firearms and the Ninth Circuit Court struck down California’s “just cause” concealed carry requirement. All this while more and more Americans are buying guns. Clearly … anti-gun treaty as an example), but there is reason for optimism as Liberty advances
- Article · Dec 19, 2014North Korea Censors Hollywood
movie? It’s likely Sony can only guess at the amount of economic damage caused by the data breach, but the bigger problem is whether other rogue nations and groups … content of Sony’s movie one way or the other, but we do think Liberty is worth defending
- Article · Dec 18, 2014Obama’s Bay of Pigs
problem with the people of Cuba; it’s the communist government with which our Liberty-loving nation has taken issue. But casting principle -- not to mention law -- aside, Obama extended … beginnings of changes in Cuba and because of the impediment this was causing for our regional policy.” Translation: Not to worry, Castro brothers, we forgive you. Care for some
- Article · Dec 18, 2014Pouring Cold Water on ‘Hottest Year Ever’
Morales delivered an accurate description of the UN’s core motivating philosophy. “The deep causes of global warming,” he complained, “are not being dealt with here. The origin of global … levels; it’s against the free-market enterprise that springs from the foundation of Liberty. The ones who declare the debate over because Science™ says so are the same ones
- Article · Dec 15, 2014Painting the Picture of Male Unemployment
working was documented as “Idle.” Further, this “idleness” was categorized “by causes.” Drunkenness, accident, strike, unable to get work, slack work, and bad weather were among 64 identifiers that captured … completed by the individual, not by the nanny state. It’s a picture of Liberty. Now, you pick your palette: pale pastels or bold colors
- Opinion · Dec 14, 2014The Cheerfulness of Tax Reform
knowledge that he advanced the cause of reform, and hence of American revival, and that, as Jefferson said, “The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches
- Opinion · Dec 11, 2014The Plague of Overcriminalization
good that we call progress often comes spasmodically, in lurches propelled by tragedies caused by callousness, folly or ignorance. With the grand jury’s as yet inexplicable and probably inexcusable … fully participate in humanity’s flaws, to make mistakes. Harvey Silverglate, a civil liberties attorney, titled his 2009 book “Three Felonies a Day” to indicate how easily we can fall
- Opinion · Dec 4, 2014Mistletoeing the Line on Amnesty?
other words, the same city that houses the Bill of Rights protecting these liberties is strong-arming colleges and schools into ignoring them! For an encore act, the District also … goes on, there’s “no scientific research demonstrating that sexual orientation change efforts cause harm to minors-none. States and jurisdictions should respect the privacy of the therapist-client relationship