Commentary
Y’All Answered: Presidential Primary Pick?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Y’All Answered: Political Labels?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
School Health Advisory Council: The Best Argument Ever for School Choice
Competition and the free market is still the American way. The educational industrial complex needs to remember that, and parents are the only ones who have the power to remind them.
Is The Republic Still Worth Serving?
Veterans Day is an opportunity to thank those who have served, and consider what sort of nation we ask men and women to defend.
Commentary Archive
Francis: Stopping the Manipulation of the Culture War
The entire time I was growing up, I sat through sermons and alternate sermons in church about the evils of TV and movies. I had a visceral reaction to it every time. I was hoping my parents weren’t swayed because I didn’t want them to take away my entertainment. By...
Giving Thanks for Liberty
We think we know the story of Thanksgiving: the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, faced a harsh winter, famine and disease, and then only with the help of friendly natives learned how to survive. It’s nice for bedtime stories, and feel-good paintings, but it ignores...
Closen: Our Liberties Are Collapsing
As I prepare my lecture on federal government, I have paused—in this exceptional teaching moment—to summarize to my students how our constitutional liberties have been eroding before our eyes and how we must open our eyes and act to stop their complete destruction. To...
Szwarc: Please Pass the Mashed Potatoes
As we know, there continues to be no credible evidence for the public to wear masks, socially distance, and all the rest. And the science hasn't changed for over a century (a topic for another article). We know the difference between real science and Common Core...
Jailed for Liberty
Would you go to jail for what you believe in? Would you give up your freedom in the pursuit of liberty? Are you sure? I’ve been asking myself that recently. It’s not that I feel immediately threatened with imprisonment, but because in doing some reading about views of...
Francis: Reversing Course
As someone who upholds traditional American family values, I am increasingly alarmed at the events in our nation. With an intensity unlike anything I have seen in my life, our values are being challenged and replaced with another value system that is un-American. We...
Bovard: Twitter Has Too Much Power Over America, and It Needs To End
The dominant Big Tech companies’ power to control the access and availability of information was unmasked during the Donald Trump presidency. The full extent and intent of that power has been further exposed in the 2020 election. From Facebook, to Google, to Twitter,...
Malone: It’s Time to Pass Constitutional Carry
Legislators are already pre-filing record numbers of bills—including many that affect your gun rights. Some bills would protect or expand your right to keep and bear arms, such as these six key bills: • Emergency Powers Protection: repeals the governor’s power to...
Setting Fires
Even though there is no record he said it, many people attribute to the American patriot Sam Adams the phrase, “It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.” It may be a spurious citation,...