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RFRA not like Jim Crow laws at all

“It’s the Jim Crow law of our time.” That exact quote, or one very much like it, has come from the mouths of reporters, editorialists, activists, corporate CEOs and, of course, politicians, all because of Indiana’s Religious Freedom and Restoration Act. (RFRA) The other day I wrote a column arguing that it’s ridiculous to compare […]

Victim Shock Troops

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. — George Washington Until almost literally the day before yesterday, it was universally acknowledged that religious faith and expression were bedrock American freedoms — enshrined in the Constitution, protected in law and honored in custom. But now, because […]

Let’s Recognize Who the Real Haters Are

One may reasonably wonder whether the militant left in this country is solely dedicated to manufacturing issues to keep the nation in a constant state of uproar, angst and disharmony. We’re seeing lots of negativity and intolerance from those so concerned that we all love one another. Their most recent cause for hysterical urgency is […]

GE and America’s Corporate Bootleggers

I recently highlighted an important book that describes how politics really works. “Bootleggers and Baptists: How Economic Forces and Moral Persuasion Interact to Shape Regulatory Politics,” by Adam Smith and Bruce Yandle, showed that prohibition became reality because it appeared to satisfy both Baptists and Bootleggers. The Baptists wanted people to stop drinking. The Bootleggers […]

Appeaser He Is Not: Scott Walker says I’ll blow up any Iran deal, no matter what our European allies think

America desperately needs the kind of strong leadership Scott Walker would bring. It’s been a long time since America had a leader who leads from the front instead of from behind.   Washington Post reports the 2016 GOP presidential hopefuls are all but certain to oppose the emerging framework, and Congressional Republicans (with the help […]

Netanyahu to Obama: Iran Deal Threatens Survival of Israel

While the United States has suffered under the horrid and lawless presidency of Barack ‘Capitulation’ Obama, the only adult on the world stage responded very forcefully to Obama’s folly with Iran. The Blaze reports Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a very blunt message to President Barack Obama Thursday following the announcement of a tentative […]

Joyful Iranians dance into night after Iranian negotiators roll Obama like an Easter egg after nuclear talks

I bet there isn’t anywhere in the United States where people are dancing in the streets after President Obama announced a framework of a nuclear deal with Iran.  Iran got sanctions lifted, they continue their march towards nuclear weapons while President Obama spins another yarn of a bogus historical achievement.   Yahoo News hundreds of […]

Liberal Salon.com Tweets That Christian-Owned Pizzeria ‘Deserves’ to be Destroyed, Then Deletes It

On Thursday Liberal on-line magazine Salon.com Tweeted that the Christian-owned pizza shop that was attacked by liberals and shut down over the freedom of religion law in Indiana “deserves” to be destroyed. But within minutes, Salon deleted that Tweet without comment. At 9:17 AM on Thursday, Salon Tweeted the following Tweet: Our friends at Twitchy […]

BREAKING: Nuke Deal With Iran Reached, EU Official Says

Officials in the European Union have announced that an agreement has been reached between western negotiators and the terror-exporting nation of Iran. CNN just reported that the basis of an agreement with Iran has been reached. Meaning that Obama just gave Iran the nuclear bomb with which it could possibly destroy Israel and WILL threaten […]

The Contrived Indiana RFRA Controversy and the Transition to Hard Tyranny

Only when totalitarians have consolidated control of the government can they use it to the full extent to impose their ideology. In the meantime, they rely on independent thugs, who engage in political violence and intimidation on an unofficial basis. Three examples are Nazi Brownshirts, Islamic terrorists in countries where Muslims have not yet achieved […]

The Difference Between Bob Menendez and Lois Lerner

When the government fears the people, there is liberty. Recent stories featuring Bob Menendez and Lois Lerner indicate what you get when the government does not fear the people. Regarding Bob Menendez: A federal grand jury indicted Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey on corruption charges Wednesday, the Justice Department’s first criminal charges against a […]

“Get Hard” Symbolizes What’s Wrong With Our Culture

by Anna Maria Hoffman Yesterday I saw the film Get Hard, which features Will Farrell and Kevin Hart. Anticipating a film full of humor and silliness, I walked out of the theater disgusted with the content of the film, which was very sexually explicit, politically correct, and characteristic of the rotten state of our culture. However, the […]