Let’s Fix the Pornography Problem

by Jim Banks

It is time for Trump to tick off another campaign promise and protect our nation’s children from pornography.  Continue Reading »

18 Dec 2019

Against the “Fairness For All” Act

by David S. Crawford

The “Fairness for All” Act misunderstands both the nature of and danger presented by the LGBTQ+ conception of sexuality. Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2019

“Fairness For All” Is Unfair

by Emily Zinos

Congressman Chris Stewart's “Fairness For All Act” would amend the Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and “gender identity.”
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12 Dec 2019

Porn Is Not a Blessing of Liberty

by Josh Hammer

Unregulated pornography promotes licentiousness—not liberty. Continue Reading »

11 Dec 2019

Après Gorsuch le Deluge

by George Weigel

Reason is another victim of Roe vs. Wade. The Gorsuch hearings underscored that. Which does not bode well for the future. Continue Reading »

3 May 2017

The Evolving American Constitution: Change Without Amendment

by David T. Koyzis

There is a case to be made that the British and American constitutions are not that different after all. Continue Reading »

30 Mar 2017

Where I Was Wrong Part I: The Filibuster

by Pete Spiliakos

If we don’t give voters a more accountable Congress, don’t be surprised if they want an unaccountable president to take down a corrupt and unresponsive system. Consider Trump a warning. Continue Reading »

13 Oct 2016

After the “G-word” has been spoken

by George Weigel

In the early Church, witnesses to the faith who had been persecuted and tortured but not killed were known as “martyr-confessors.” It’s been one of the great privileges of my life to have known such men and women: Czech priests who spent years as slave laborers in uranium mines; Lithuanian . . . . Continue Reading »

6 Apr 2016

The Passing of the Voting Rights Act

by Matthew Mullins

In 1965, the U.S. Congress made a seismic decision. Faced with the disenfranchisement of black voters on the one hand, and a Constitutional mandate to maintain equal sovereignty among the states on the other, Congress decided that jurisdictions with histories of racial discrimination at the polls should be compelled to seek “preclearance” from federal authorities any time they wished to change their voting procedures. Continue Reading »

6 Aug 2015

The Myth of Washington Gridlock

by George Weigel

“Gridlock” along the Potomac – the difficulties the Congress has in getting things done, the difficulties the Congress and the White House have in cooperating to get things done, or both – is regularly deplored by pols, pundits, and citizens alike. My contrarian view is that this kind of “gridlock” can serve useful public purposes, acting as a brake on passions and a gauge of the nation’s moral health. As George Will has long insisted, “gridlock” – in the sense of making it difficult to get legislation passed – is built into the American system. The Framers of the Constitution saw fit to establish three branches of government and a Congress with two houses; they also required congressional supermajorities for certain grave matters, like ratifying treaties, convicting impeached officials, or sending constitutional amendments to the states. And that is a prescription for something resembling “gridlock.” Continue Reading »

3 Jun 2015