Politics

Ideology v. Reality

by Ken Connor July 31, 2010

The dog days of summer are almost upon us, and as autumn approaches and the midterm elections loom, the American people have many important issues on their minds.  One of the most important issues is whether Congress will elect to…

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Quality Control or Rubber Stamp?

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. July 28, 2010

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is expected soon to vote on President Obama’s New START.  As usual, its majority is lining up to perform the role of rubber-stamp on whatever treaty an executive signs and wants ratified.
To ensure that…

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Newsflash: Stalin Liberates Normandy

by Dr. Paul Kengor July 27, 2010

Call it another Twilight Zone moment; another ignominious contribution to the “you-can’t-make-this-up” category. First, Mao Tse-tung was honored by oblivious New Yorkers, with their Empire State Building aglow in red and yellow last October to commemorate the birth of Red…

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A Misguided Decision

by Ken Connor July 26, 2010

Across the country, the debate rages on over the Obama administration’s decision to file suit against the state of Arizona over its recently passed immigration legislation.  The President has called the law “misguided.”  Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano dismissed…

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Nullification and Subsidiarity

by Chris Oppermann July 26, 2010

Thomas Jefferson’s long-forgotten theory of state nullification may have  found an ideal time for a resurgence, as the Tea Party and other groups advocate limited government as a solution to many of our current problems in health care, the economic…

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Judge to Hear Arguments on Whether Congress Authority to Enact ObamaCare

by Thomas More Law Center July 21, 2010

Federal District Court Judge George C. Steeh, agreeing “that a prompt resolution of the constitutional issue would serve the public interest, ” will hear oral arguments on the merits of the case challenging ObamaCare on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at…

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Kagan’s Shariah Problem

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. July 20, 2010

The author of the New York Times bestseller The Grand Jihad, Andrew McCarthy has put the Senate Judiciary Committee on notice:  There is a serious problem with the nomination of Elena Kagan to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court: …

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God, Gettysburg and Sins of Omission

by Dr. Samuel Gregg July 17, 2010

There’s a reason why history is important. History is about knowing the truth about our past and therefore about ourselves. Not surprisingly, those who meddle with it usually do so from less-than-noble motives. In the latest edition of First Things,…

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The Blood of the Tea Party

by Dr. Paul Kengor July 14, 2010

I’ve never participated in a Tea Party rally. My natural habitat is a classroom or behind a keyboard. That said, I’ve had a lot of contact with Tea Party people, and, of course, I hear the angry charges from those…

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Disastrously ‘Transforming’ defense

by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. July 13, 2010

Barack Obama came to office promising to “fundamentally transform” America.  As President, he has done so with most obvious and dramatic effect in the government’s take-over of more and more of the private sector of the U.S. economy.  Almost entirely…

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