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- Opinion · Dec 30, 2013The Castro Tyranny Turns Another Year Older
president, Obama told voters in Florida that he would “never, ever, compromise the cause of liberty” and that his policy toward Cuba would “be guided by one word: Libertad … higher and higher. A president who has sworn to “never, ever compromise the cause of liberty” might speak out, for example, about the fate of Roberto Amelia Franco Alfaro
- Opinion · Dec 25, 2013‘Duck Dynasty’ and a Free Society
revolutionaries were doing. Paine eventually saw few distinctions between legal and cultural impediments to liberty, which is why he came to denounce Christianity as “repugnant to reason.” For Burke … society-wide movement, led by government, with no safe harbors from the Cause. This is why Paine was one of the earliest advocates of a welfare state -- funded
- Opinion · Dec 20, 2013A Beard’s Eye View of Intolerance
base’s objectors were “terrified” to talk to their superiors, MRFF took up the cause for them -- demanding that Mary, Joseph, and Jesus find a new home at the base … Decisions like this one only further President Obama’s radical goal of confining religious liberty to the boundaries of the church. The President’s narrow “freedom of worship “ versus
- Article · Dec 18, 2013Army Removing Lee, Jackson?
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 · Dec 18, 2013Look Back in Liberty 2013
This wasn’t a great year for liberty. A few disasters that government caused: --Obamacare. It was supposed to “bend the cost curve” downward. The central planners had lots … stupid spending to cut. This wasn’t a great year for liberty. A few disasters that government caused: --Obamacare. It was supposed to “bend the cost curve” downward. The central
- Opinion · Dec 16, 2013Troops, Trouble, and Treasure
liberty, she had “a hard time coming up with any case in which religious liberty should win.” Unfortunately, this time around, the President’s radical EEOC head will … case at Shaw Air Force base, where a plastic baby Jesus almost caused an international incident. The installation’s nativity, which was an annual tradition, was abruptly moved when
- Article · Dec 11, 2013Air Force Removes Nativity
Force Base in South Carolina that’s having its own run-in with religious liberty. The ironically named Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) pressured officials at Shaw to remove … Weinstein and is causing all the trouble over the oaths. Evidently, the military fears Weinstein, and he needs only make a phone call to have religious liberty suppressed. Besides
- Opinion · Dec 11, 2013Four Decades Eroding the Foundation of Liberty
The Supreme Court over the past four decades has issued some decisions
- Opinion · Nov 12, 2013Serving Who Served Us
said in 2010, who have performed remarkable acts of heroism and selflessness to a cause they have decided is bigger and more important than themselves. “Only a few months … freedom,” President Ronald Reagan said, “is our insistence on speaking out for the cause of religious liberty.” And that is exactly what FRC is doing. For more on this
- Article · Nov 11, 2013Veterans Day 2013
Airmen, Marines and Coastguardsmen -- have for generations honored their oath to “ support and defend “ Liberty, as “ endowed by our Creator “ and enshrined in our Constitution. Today, and every … when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.” --Gen. Douglas MacArthur
- Opinion · Nov 8, 2013Obama’s O’Care Lies Were Chronicled From the Beginning
lies were not demonstrably false when he uttered them. In my book “Crimes Against Liberty,” I chronicled Obama’s multitudinous lies about Obamacare and many other subjects, from earmarks … insurance subsidies. But Medicare has no extra funds at all to donate to the cause: it ‘is already bleeding red ink.’” Holtz-Eakin estimated that these unaccounted items would “generate
- Opinion · Nov 6, 2013The 10th Amendment Is Not a Treaty Violation
crime to possess or use “any chemical weapon,” defined as any substance that “can cause death, temporary incapacitation or permanent harm to humans or animals” unless it is intended … dubious distinction reflects a fundamental misconception about the Constitution, which was designed to protect liberty primarily by limiting the federal government to specifically enumerated powers. The rights mentioned
- Opinion · Nov 3, 2013The Case of an Injured Thumb
Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction. Bond pleaded guilty to causing the thumb burn (which was treated by rinsing it with water) but retained the right … merely set boundaries between governmental institutions for their own benefit, but also “protects the liberty of all persons within a state by ensuring that laws enacted in excess of delegated
- Opinion · Oct 30, 2013Spying on the Line
American Civil Liberties Union calls the FAA “the most sweeping surveillance law ever passed by Congress.” Instead of a specific warrant naming the target, based on probable cause to believe
- Opinion · Oct 19, 2013From The Comedy Store
four years that Jimmy Carter was president. Governor Andrew Cuomo opened the Statue of Liberty to the public Monday. He said the state of New York will pay its eighty … light pole. India’s eastern coast was clobbered by Tropical Cycone Phailin on causing power blackouts throughout South Asia. Much of India lost its electricity and its phone service
- Article · Oct 19, 2013Educating a Better Electorate
nation came into being, about taxes and about how government forever threatens the cause of liberty perhaps we wouldn’t see so many foolish ideas coming out of the mouths
- Opinion · Oct 8, 2013Shutdown Preys Upon Chaplains
report A Clear and Present Danger: The Threat to Religious Liberty in the Military . This growing religious hostility has become especially problematic for military chaplains who are tasked with providing … this dangerous drug has caused thousands of adverse events for women, including the death of at least 12 Americans. On the issue of religious liberty, the Supreme Court has agreed
- Alexander's Column · Oct 3, 2013The GOP in Tennessee — From Minority to Super Majorities
Republican,” though the Republican platform aligns much more closely with the pursuit of Liberty than the Democrat platform. Longtime readers also know that I am not a Beltway dweller … that he is looking out for Ted Cruz – even if that sets back the causes he claims to be serving.” Indeed there are. Pro Deo et Constitutione -- Libertas aut Mors
- Article · Sep 27, 2013Cruz’s Box Canyon
realize that breaking ranks with Cruz’s new constituency will cause some heartburn, but my devotion is to Liberty before any man. Despite the fact that Republican House and Senate
- Opinion · Sep 24, 2013ObamaCare: Testing America’s Patients
Mike Lee (R-Utah) head to their battle stations, Democrats insist their cause is a lost one. Don’t tell that to conservatives, who -- spurred on by the energy … State Department to appoint a special envoy to speak out for religious liberty in regions like these, where the suffering and torture are greatest. In a landslide vote , members threw