Month: July 2020
Something’s rotten at the Supreme Court
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/07/somethings_rotten_at_the_supreme_court.html
The Left Has Turned Into A Crazed Maoist Cult. It’s Time For The Sane To Exit.
https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2020-7-25-the-left-turns-into-a-crazed-maoist-cult-its-time-for-the-sane-to-exit
Were Christians Always So Left-Wing?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/07/were_christians_always_so_leftwing.html
Patrick Deneen, The Little Sisters of the Poor, and Libertas Idiotica
I will conclude with one more consideration, one that I trust will meet with Professor Deneen’s approval. It too is inspired by the Little Sisters of the Poor. There is a liberty that soars beyond the liberal’s vision of self-fashioning, and also beyond the classical vision of tempered and well-directed passions in the service of…
Judicial Nominees Must Explicitly Acknowledge That Roe Was Wrongly Decided
I say again: I will vote for those nominees only, and for those nominees alone. And when I say “explicitly acknowledged,” I mean on the record, before their nomination. I do not want forecasts about future votes or future behavior, because frankly, I wouldn’t believe them. I don’t want promises of any sort. I want evidence that Supreme Court…
The Confederate Roots of the Administrative State
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/07/the-confederate-roots-of-the-administrative-state/ From Wilson, we can easily draw a straight line to modern progressive administration. Not only did our 28th president expand the administrative state in ways both temporary and permanent, but his example was also widely cited by the next Democratic president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served as an undersecretary of the Navy under Wilson and was…