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March 2015

March 27, 2015

Big local government

Conservatives complain about Big Government, saying that huge, distant, super-powerful centralized government should often give...

March 19, 2015

Mandatory voting?

President Obama appeared to endorse mandatory voting as a way to get money out of...

March 12, 2015

Big corporations support gay marriage

Belying the leftist myth that big corporations are conservative, 379 major businesses filed friend-of-the-court briefs...

March 12, 2015

Wikipedia sues the National Security Agency

Wikipedia has filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency and the Justice Department, seeking...

March 06, 2015

Hillary Clinton and her e-mails

What's the big deal, one might ask, about Hillary Clinton using a private account for...

March 05, 2015

Supremes hear case on Obamacare language

The Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday on the most serious legal challenge to Obamacare so...

March 03, 2015

Parents who let kids walk home lose their child neglect case

We've blogged about the Maryland parents who let their 10 year-old son and 6-year-old daughter...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

D. C. legalizes marijuana, sort of

As of 12:01 a.m. today, the possession of marijuana is legal in our nation's capital. ...

February 23, 2015

In Europe, only outlaws have guns

In Europe, owning a firearm is pretty much illegal. But a huge black market has...

February 19, 2015

Judge halts Obama’s amnesty order

A federal judge stopped President Obama's executive order that certain of the nation's immigration laws...

February 17, 2015

The mom busted for letting her kids walk home

The mother accused of child neglect for letting her children walk home from the park...

February 12, 2015

If religious liberty is THE political issue for Christians. . .

My post on Russell Moore's contention that religious liberty needs to be THE political issue...

February 03, 2015

Marijuana without the high

Lots of people have been hailing the medical uses of marijuana, leading a number of...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Extended leave

India's laws are very pro-labor, so that it's almost impossible for employers to fire someone. ...

January 26, 2015

Taking someone else’s punishment

What would Jesus do? Take your punishment to free you from condemnation. A Saudi blogger...

January 20, 2015

Letting kids walk home as child neglect

A 10-year old-boy and his 6-year-old sister were walking home from a park in an...

January 19, 2015

A narrowed religious liberty vs. erotic liberty

Religious liberty, Al Mohler observes, is being restricted to private, unexpressed inner feelings and to...

January 19, 2015

Supreme Court will settle gay marriage

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will, in effect, decide if...

January 13, 2015

When offensive speech deserves defending

Columnist Ross Douthat, a conservative Catholic, has an interesting and nuanced take on the Charlie...

January 13, 2015

Claiming religious exemption without the religion

The National Labor Relations Board has said that colleges, in general, must allow professors to...

January 06, 2015

Sea of Blue

Nationwide, "hands up" and "I can't breathe" protesters have been demonstrating against police brutality. But...

January 02, 2015

What about New Year’s Resolutions?

A time-honored custom is to make New Year's resolutions, decisions to use the new beginning...

January 02, 2015

Obamacare employer mandate goes into effect

Now that it's 2015, the next phase of Obamacare kicks in: Employers of more than...

December 2014

December 22, 2014

Two cops murdered as protest

The protests against the killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, and Eric Garner in...

December 17, 2014

The faults of No-Fault divorce

Re-building the institution of marriage requires changing the no-fault divorce laws, argue Thomas Farr and...

December 15, 2014

Marijuana is going the way of Big Tobacco

Now that marijuana is being legalized, the nascent industry is following the pattern of Big...

December 12, 2014

Overcriminalization

It has been estimated that 70% of Americans have inadvertently done something that would send...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Postmodern riots

Back in August, a police officer shot a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri. According to...

November 25, 2014

Supreme Court takes up Facebook threats

Does this message from an estranged husband to his wife after she filed a restraining...

November 21, 2014

Amnesty by decree

President Obama has issued an executive order protecting some 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation....