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August 2014

August 05, 2014

Big corporations & big government

Progressives are outraged at the power over the government wielded by big corporations. But, in...

August 01, 2014

Towards a conservative foreign policy

We have gone from one foreign policy extreme (waging wars to impose democracy on people...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

Stoned federalism

The United States Constitution sets up a system of federalism, a union of states, each...

July 28, 2014

Democrats hold big lead in PAC fundraising

Democrats make a big show of bemoaning the influence of big corporations in elections and...

July 25, 2014

Rise of the Conservatarians

There is a new word in the political lexicon, gaining currency as Rand Paul builds...

July 24, 2014

Elizabeth Warren’s 11 tenets of Progressivism

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), the liberal favorite, spoke to the Netroots Nation, the big convention...

July 23, 2014

Atheist PACs

Atheists are getting organized politically, to the point of forming a Political Action Committee that...

July 23, 2014

Contradictory court rulings on Obamacare subsidies

One federal appeals court threw out the Obamacare subsidies, but hours later, another federal appeals...

July 22, 2014

Religious liberty vs. LGBT Discrimination

Gordon College, a respected Christian institution, is under fire for asking for a religious exemption...

July 18, 2014

Senate fails to nullify Hobby Lobby ruling

As we blogged about, Democrats in the Senate, which they control, fast-tracked a bill that...

July 17, 2014

Foiling spies by going back to the typewriter

Some German officials have become so paranoid over revelations of NSA surveillance and CIA spying,...

July 16, 2014

When atheists give the invocation

When the Supreme Court recently ruled that prayers from a distinct religion could be offered...

July 16, 2014

Are spies manipulating your Facebook polls?

According to new revelations from Edward Snowden, a British spy agency is manipulating online polls,...

July 15, 2014

Drug money

Colorado has legalized the sale and possession of marijuana, with Washington state soon to follow...

July 14, 2014

Politics shifting on immigration?

Immigration used to be seen as a winning issue for Democrats, with Republicans opposed to...

July 11, 2014

Behind the child-immigration scandal

As tens of thousands of unaccompanied children from Central America pour over our borders, Democrats...

July 10, 2014

Senate bill would reverse Hobby Lobby ruling

Democrats in the Senate are fast-tracking a bill to reverse the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby...

July 02, 2014

Hobby Lobby hysteria

Critics of the Supreme Court's ruling that the Obamacare contraceptive mandate must include exemptions for...

July 01, 2014

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Supremes throw out Obamacare mandate!

From News from The Associated Press: The Supreme Court says corporations can hold religious objections...

June 30, 2014

Trying to stop smoking in the military

The men and women in our military, for various understandable reasons, smoke quite a bit...

June 27, 2014

Supremes throw out restrictions on sidewalk counseling

In a major pro-life victory, the Supreme Court overturned laws providing "buffer zones" outside abortion...

June 27, 2014

Supremes reject Obama’s “recess” appointments

The Constitution's balance of powers is re-asserting itself. President Obama had been appointing officials that...

June 26, 2014

The liberal way of being pro-family

Conservatives claim to be pro-family. But liberals too are wrapping themselves in the family cause. ...

June 26, 2014

Supremes rule for cell phone privacy

The Obama administration and the state of California argued that law enforcement officials should be...

June 25, 2014

Cover-up at the IRS?

The investigation into allegations that the IRS illegally targeted conservative political groups subpoenaed e-mails from...

June 24, 2014

Preventing Christian groups from hiring only Christians

In what could be yet another attempt to secularize religious groups that work with the...

June 24, 2014

The fourth branch of our government

Law Professor Jonathan Turley discusses how the Patent and Trademark office rescinded the trademark for...

June 23, 2014

Obamacare numbers

A Kaiser study has found that 57% of the 8 million who have signed up...

June 20, 2014

Obama’s order to hit religious charities?

President Obama has signed an executive order forbidding anyone with a federal contract from discrimination...