Commentary After the Supreme Court’s historic Dobbs decision overturned one of the worst decisions in Supreme Court history, Roe v. Wade, the American pro-life movement celebrated its greatest victory for life in nearly 50 years. At the same time, some on the radical left responded by attacking churches, pregnancy centers, and other pro-life institutions across…
Missing the Military: When You’re No Longer Part of the Machine
Commentary I’ve read accounts where amputees will feel sensations where their missing limbs used to be. One of the phrases describing it is “phantom pain.” The Amputation Coalition describes it this way: “Phantom limb pain (PLP) refers to ongoing painful sensations that seem to be coming from the part of the limb that is no…
‘The Bride Goes Wild’ (1948): Uncle Bumps and the Schoolteacher
Commentary “The Bride Goes Wild” is an unfortunate name for a great movie. This 1948 romantic comedy stars Van Johnson and June Allyson in their third of five movie pairings. It really isn’t about a bride for most of the movie, and she certainly doesn’t go wild. Based on lead couple’s characters, “Uncle Bumps and…
Poland: NATO’s New Bulwark
Commentary During the Cold War, the United States counted on a few key European allies to shore up the NATO alliance. West Germany was the Atlantic Alliance’s front line, hosting hundreds of thousands of troops from several NATO nations. Britain was America’s unsinkable aircraft carrier for medium-range bombers. Italy and Spain provided critical infrastructure for…
Theorists Versus Practitioners
Commentary Just this weekend, I spoke at one of my favorite venues, the Liberty Forum in New Hampshire, which is an annual conference center on the Free State Project. It’s designed to encourage people to pick up and move to the freest state in the country for community and to help protect the state from…
Jim Banks Leads House GOP Crusade Against Wokeism
Commentary At a time when Republicans are increasingly asserting themselves in battles over a coterie of acronyms that have captured the commanding heights of American society—ESG, DEI, and CRT—Rep. Jim Banks has emerged as a leader in the GOP-controlled House of the fight against the “wokeism” these theories collectively represent. A fourth-term congressman from Indiana, Banks has…
Government Employee Accountability ‘Basically Nonexistent’: Book Review
Commentary On Primary morning, The Sacramento Bee published then-editorialist Daniel Weintraub’s observations of the June 6, 2006, elections. His thoughts and warnings still resonate some seventeen years later: The Orange County treasurer, who rose to fame 12 years ago as the first to warn that the county’s investment portfolio was in danger of collapse just…
Xi Jinping to Consolidate Even More Power
Commentary The upcoming National People’s Congress (NPC) in China, an annual ceremony of homage to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), its leader, and the rubber stamps it liberally uses to approve all CCP policies, will fill screens around the country starting Sunday. The NPC will implement “the biggest government reshuffle in a decade as Xi Jinping…
America’s $100 Billion Climate Change Flop
March 7, 2023
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Commentary For at least the last 20 years, politicians in Washington, at the behest of green energy groups, have spent some $100 billion of taxpayer money to fight climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. How is that going for us so far? A recent Associated Press story, based on the latest data on global…
The Ideas that Formed the Constitution, Part 21: Coke, Blackstone, and English Law
Commentary British institutions were important (although not controlling) models for the American Constitution-makers. For example, the Constitution’s bicameral federal Congress had some similarities with the British Parliament. The Constitution built on the British concept of individual rights. The new U.S. postal system was a continuation of its British predecessor, with the Constitution borrowing its “Post…
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