Editor’s note: This article first appeared The Daily Caller. In spite of the claims by President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors regarding his administration’s economic accomplishments, the U.S. economy has grown very slowly in the years since the Great Recession … Continue reading
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Death’s Progress: Part 2
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at American Thinker. In 2010, I wrote a piece titled, “Death’s Progress,” which was widely published. What I laid out needs to be reiterated and updated. Unfortunately, it will need to be regularly reiterated … Continue reading
Hillary Clinton’s Move to the Far Left
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared in The American Spectator. A few years back I wrote a book on the faith of Hillary Clinton. To this day it jolts liberals and conservatives alike that I, Mr. Reagan … Continue reading
Supreme Court Slows Obamacare’s Abortion Agenda
The Supreme Court waited until the last day of its term to issue its highly anticipated opinion in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties. The narrow 5-4 decision negates the “contraceptive mandate” of the Health and Human Services … Continue reading
A nuclear 1914? Rising stakes in Ukraine and America
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at FoxNews.com. Unrest continues to grow in Ukraine, particularly in light of Sunday’s vote by two eastern regions that overwhelmingly passed a referendum in favor of self-rule. Government buildings continue to fall to Russian … Continue reading
TheBlaze Q&A: An interview with Dr. Paul Kengor
Editor’s note: A longer version of this Q&A first appeared at TheBlaze.com. What do you most hope that readers take away from your book? Kengor: I want Republicans and conservatives to understand the difference between conservatism, libertarianism, and progressivism. As to … Continue reading
Pending Supreme Court Rulings (Part Three) – “Will the First Amendment Protect the Religious Liberty of Businesses? The Cases of Conestoga Wood Specialties and Hobby Lobby Stores”
Conestoga Wood Specialties is a wood cabinets business located in Lancaster County, Pa. It is organized as a for-profit corporation and the voting shares are owned by members of a single family—the Hahns. They are Mennonite Christians. Conestoga has approximately … Continue reading
The war against work and wealth
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at Forbes.com The Congressional Budget Office’s recent analysis of the Affordable Care Act concludes that it will result in the equivalent of 2.3 million full-time workers leaving the work force to preserve their taxpayer-financed … Continue reading
The Catholic Bishops v. Obama? President Obama and Justice Ginsburg on America’s “Rather Old Constitution”
I’ve gotten some very interesting emails regarding President Obama’s mandate commanding Roman Catholics (and many evangelical Protestants) to violate their consciences by providing mandatory contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing pharmaceuticals. The emailers noted that Obama’s action will force Catholics to challenge the president … Continue reading
The Obama Mandate to Catholics: "To Hell With You?"
America’s Catholic bishops are princes of diplomacy, highly educated, erudite, men of tact, propriety. They’re asked to shepherd the flock with a long historical timeframe—like, say, eternity. They tend not to have knee-jerk reactions to issues of the moment. And … Continue reading