Tag: "government"

The New Civil War
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The New Civil War

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The left expects everyone to accept its ideological authority.

ISIS With Battle Flags
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The Allahu-Akbar Escalation

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What will it take to make us believe them?

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The Perils of Cooking Intelligence

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From Vietnam to ISIS

Thanksgiving, Freedom and Life
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Thanksgiving, Freedom and Life

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A Pythagorean writer once expressed the role of civil authority this way: “The monarch has an irrepressible authority (and is therefore not limited by consent); he is a living law; he is like a god among men.” How different America is. Our Founders came here for freedom, a freedom that recognized that no human being […]

The FCC versus Internet Freedom
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The FCC versus Internet Freedom

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It’s time to move beyond giving indignant speeches.

Has the President Exceeded His Authority on Immigration?
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Has the President Exceeded His Authority on Immigration?

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Twenty-four states say Yes, he has.

Stethoscope-Money
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The War Against Work and Wealth

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Our standard of living depends on the production of wealth.

Dollars and Cents
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Government Power is an Economic Inequality

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The real concentration of wealth is no longer among men, but among institutions.

Silence - Finger Over Mouth
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Bloodless Persecution

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10 steps to coerce Christians to abandon their beliefs.

C.S. Lewis on Tyranny
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C. S. Lewis on Tyranny

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CSL died 50 years ago today, November 22, 1963.

JFK's Unspoken Words
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JFK’s Unspoken Words

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JFK died 50 years ago today, November 22, 1963.

Obama 2013 vs. Reagan 1988
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We Were Warned

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Obama vs. Reagan

Obama Disney Castle
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Government is Magic

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Our modernity is style rather than substance.

Park Rangers
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Privatizing the National Park Service

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This recommendation will anger NPS employees.

Trapped in a Wall of Papers
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From Problemtown to Solutionville

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This is not a nation where people are left alone anymore.

Refuse to Render Unto Caesar
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Refuse to Render Unto Caesar

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[R]ender therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s (Matthew 21, KJV). It’s been 18 months since Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced a new requirement that all U.S. employers must provide insurance coverage for birth control, including abortifacients, at no cost to their […]

Emasculating the Faith of Our Fighters
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Emasculating the Faith of Our Fighters

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“There are no atheists in foxholes.” When Barack Obama ran for President, he promised to “fundamentally change” America. Over the last five years or so, the American people have gotten a pretty good idea of exactly what those words meant. We’ve seen that President Obama’s vision of America is one in which we are entirely […]

Big Brother is Watching You
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Big Brother is Watching You

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last month or so, chances are you’ve heard the latest revelations regarding the NSA’s unlawful invasion of American citizens’ privacy. According to the Washington Post, “The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted […]

Catholic Social Teaching and the Common Core State Standards
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Catholic Social Teaching and the Common Core State Standards

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The Common Core State Standards are raising tremendous controversy as politicians, educators, and parents analyze their accuracy and effectiveness; however, any analysis of the content of the Common Core State Standards necessarily ignores the main objection to these, or any federal standards, imposed on American schools.  The fact is that any federally imposed standard violates […]

Traffic Sign - Bicycle / Pedestrian
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Quality of Life

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Measuring everyone against an iron law turns them into criminals.

In Great Secrecy
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In Great Secrecy

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Michigan's governor Rick Snyder and Detroit's emergency manager Kevyn Orr
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In my Native City of Detroit, Atlas Has at Long Last Shrugged

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You had better restrain government so that Atlas doesn’t shrug where you live.

Why Leakers Do It
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Why Leakers Do It

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Why do leakers do it? Probably many Americans have asked that question lately, moved by the cases of Edward Snowden, the security contractor who spilled the beans about government surveillance of phone calls and electronic communication, and Bradley Manning, the army private who leaked documents allegedly showing American blundering in Iraq. In passing, it’s easier […]

Decades - Liberalism - Greening - Detroit
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SUCCESS

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