The Power to Make War
Two weeks ago, while the House of Representatives was finalizing its 700-page legislation authorizing the Treasury to borrow and spend $1.9 trillion in the next six months, and the Senate was attempting to confirm more of President Joseph R. Biden’s cabinet...
South Carolina Lawmakers Push Back Against Monument Removal
Pushing back against what they called America’s “woke mob,” a group of GOP lawmakers want to protect South Carolina historic monuments and markers and penalize any community or elected official that removes them. “It’s time to stand up and defend the history of South...
Most American Schools Are Damaging Your Child
I have been telling parents for decades that sending a child to almost any college is playing Russian roulette with his or her values. But it is a different version of Russian roulette. In the traditional version, only one of the gun’s six chambers contains a...
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NORTH CAROLINA: Iredell County Votes To Remove Confederate Memorial TATESVILLE, N.C. — Officials in North Carolina’s Iredell County have voted to move a Confederate memorial that has stood outside the court house for more than a century.The Statesville Record...
Silencing Free Speech
“In short, we do not need good laws to restrain bad men. We need good men to restrain bad laws.” — G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Why do people in power try to silence speech with which they disagree? Last week produced news about the suppression of speech on...Obiter Dicta
Last week, the Supreme Court effectively abolished the right to assembly in three Southern states. By refusing to hear an Read More
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FLORIDA: Will a Florida museum on Black history tell whole story? Some worry it won’t Florida’s proposal to create a statewide Black history museum prompted interest, and then glossy reports, Read More