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- Opinion · Jul 29, 2014Congress: The Good, Bad, and Ugly
People for the American Way. Any nominee should support the fundamental principle that religious liberty is not confined to one’s house of worship or for only some people. More … citizen-led referendum to overturn it. The “Fairness Ordinance” would create a new cause of action in District Court for allegations of discrimination on the basis of various categories, including
- Opinion · Jul 25, 2014UN a Club in Need of Higher Standards
them. I understand that abolishing or quitting the U.N. is a lost cause. The idea of a world without a club that any nation can join is too horrifying … standards would be simple: democracy, the rule of law and respect for individual liberty. A formal consensus among such countries would actually have the moral authority the U.N. only pretends
- Alexander's Column · Jul 23, 2014A Clinton-Warren Ticket?
Warren Ticket. “Be not intimidated ... nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used … tolerated only for the graft they dispense to all manner of liberal causes and campaigns . Though they imagine themselves held in high esteem by the recipients of their largess, they
- Opinion · Jul 18, 2014Reid’s Dem-agogues Lose Phony War for Votes
protect women’s health -- and it does much to undermine the bulwarks of liberty enshrined in our Constitution that have made America the most religiously diverse and tolerant nation … Democrats say they’re championing women’s health care when they backed a bill causing millions to lose theirs? Good question. One more voters ought to be asking. ##GOP Suits
- Alexander's Column · Jul 9, 2014Proud to Be an American?
last week, American Apparel, a company that supports a plethora of left-wing causes, posted a patriotic fireworks image to its social media feed. Unfortunately, the image was a retouched … that reason, and because they don’t understand the fundamental context of Essential Liberty , they have little patriotic pride in America. Further, according to a recent Gallup survey on Liberty
- Opinion · Jul 3, 2014Mr. President: Keep Your Promises to Camp Liberty!
pledges must not be “a scrap of paper.” We have a situation at Camp Liberty in Iraq where some 3,000 refugees from Iran, all of whom are opponents … these Iranian dissidents to sacrifice their very lives. It is this commitment that has caused the Iraqi government of Nouri al-Maliki to repeatedly attack these disarmed Iranian resistance fighters
- Alexander's Column · Jul 2, 2014Tyranny Is Transient — Liberty Is Eternal
Patriots start anew every day -- we do all that we can in support of Liberty, and we rest secure in that knowledge. We leave nothing on the field … decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” Our Founders understood that proposing such dissolution would be considered
- Article · Jul 2, 2014Civil Rights Act Turns 50
resulted in the near total breakdown of the black family. That in turn has caused outsized incarceration rates for young black men. And the cycle continues. Yet 95% of blacks … endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Let it be true for red and yellow, black and white
- Opinion · Jul 2, 2014The Hobbled Hobby Lobby Decision
seem as if the Supreme Court struck a mighty blow in defense of religious liberty in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, which it decided this week … others who believe that life begins at conception regard these four methods as causing abortions, but federal regulations, which define pregnancy as beginning at implantation ... do not so classify them
- Opinion · Jul 2, 2014A God-Given Right to Break the Law
arresting people for sacramental use of peyote or ayahuasca advances the cause of liberty. Still, there is something undeniably troubling about making criminal or civil liability hinge on a person
- Opinion · Jul 2, 2014Economic Freedom
freest nations and 61.6 years in the least free. Political and civil liberties are considerably greater in the economically free nations than in un-free nations. Leftists might argue that … Americans should recognize that unfettered government and crony capitalism, not unfettered markets, are the cause of our current economic problems and why the U.S. has sunk to the rank
- Opinion · Jul 1, 2014Businesses Get a Second Opinion on Health Care
when the U.S. Supreme Court delivered one of its most significant rulings upholding religious liberty in a generation. Almost two years to the day of leaving the President’s health … imagine paying for health care coverage that could end a pregnancy. “These abortion-causing drugs go against our faith, and our family is now being forced to choose between following
- Article · Jun 30, 2014The Troubling Militarization of Police
Justice. In its press release, the ACLU added, “The report documents multiple tragedies caused by police carrying out needless SWAT raids, including a 26-year-old mother shot with … like view of civilian law enforcement is troubling for those who love Liberty
- Opinion · Jun 28, 2014Temptation of Wishful Thinking on Iran
encouraged Nouri al-Maliki to oppress all opposition. The Sunnis, who had made common cause with the U.S. against al-Qaida, were forced out of government, arrested and sometimes murdered … members of MeK, currently housed in a facility called (the irony was unintentional) Camp Liberty. MeK is the best-organized and largest domestic opposition to Iran’s regime. Maliki
- Article · Jun 26, 2014The Liberal Climate Plot
doctor ... but if a bunch of doctors tell me that tobacco can cause lung cancer, then I’ll say, ‘OK.’ It’s not that hard.” Weren’t a bunch … settled” are seeking to centralize power and control. Conservatives meanwhile believe in individual Liberty -- so yes, Mr. Obama, this entire debate is “a liberal plot.” More
- Article · Jun 26, 2014Want to Search a Phone? ‘Get a Warrant’
appeal, arguing , “It is settled law that a custodial arrest based on probable cause justifies a full search of an arrestee and any items found on him -- including items such … Privacy comes at a cost.” Indeed, privacy does come at a cost -- as does Liberty. But the greater cost comes in sacrificing either for promises of protection that yield only
- Opinion · Jun 25, 2014Iran: The Existential Threat
Iran, Tehran’s nuclear weapons program, and the fate of Iranian refugees at Camp Liberty in Iraq. If this conclave can reach consensus, and , if they can persuade the Western … Arab conflict -- that is more threatening than the Iranian mullahs with nuclear weapons. The cause is mankind. Nothing less
- Opinion · Jun 25, 2014The Education Establishment’s Success
principles and values, special interest groups and politicians couldn’t run roughshod over our liberties. But it’s not just K-12 students who are ignorant of our history … been successful beyond its wildest dreams in reducing Americans’ ability to think and therefore causing them to have little knowledge of or love for our founding principles. COPYRIGHT 2014 CREATORS.COM
- Opinion · Jun 23, 2014Kerry’s Rainbow Connection
Unfortunately for Meriam Ibrahim’s two tiny children, Pastor Saaed Abedini, and others, religious liberty is the casualty of the push to export immorality. America’s credibility is the other … face it: his remarks are nothing compared to the real disruption caused by the IRS to thousands of innocent conservatives. ##Keeping Up Your ENDA the Bargain? 01EX5BYPWGZN6R8BP8VMS4F7T9.png No wonder
- Opinion · Jun 20, 2014The Redskins Brouhaha Has Nothing to Do With Native Americans
patronizing groups cannot yield to the facts. Their cause transcends reality. For the cause is not defending the oppressed or the downtrodden but about making themselves look wonderful with their … tyranny of today’s left and what that means for the future of liberty -- thought, speech, religion and beyond. We’d better wake up and fight back. COPYRIGHT 2014 CREATORS.COM