America, A Nation Of Grievances

America has become a nation of grievances. Is anyone else but me tired of the whining? In 1911, Booker T. Washington wrote, “There is another class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able …

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The Law is Our Last Bulwark against Tyranny?

By Dan Davis and John R. “Buck” Surdu We all have witnessed the aggressive, “creative,” and putatively unethical behavior of a few of our prosecutors. At the same time, they have facilitated significant rises in violent crimes by creating novel excuses for releasing the most violent among us, all the while they were focused on …

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Abortion Pills, the FDA and the Courts

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In the aftermath of the Dobbs decision, litigation continues mostly in the States about what protections should exist for unborn babies. Within the past week, however, the federal courts have issued rulings about whether the abortion pill should remain FDA approved (and thus widely available for purchase). A District Court in Texas issued a ruling …

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The 1st Amendment in an Increasingly Authoritarian 21st Century Society

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Legislation targeting transgender persons and ideologies are on the rise. …

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Who Is Alvin Bragg?

You will be astounded to find out who is prosecuting persecuting former President Donald J. Trump.  You will not believe what you read in this column.  It will be more than most can process.  But believe every word.  It is all just as true as it is scary and horrifying.  The best fiction writers could not make this stuff up. 

Victor Davis Hanson: We’re in a Revolution

Victor Davis Hanson joined Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on Tuesday night to react to New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment of former President Donald Trump. Hanson characterized it as “the worst example of third-world election tampering” and said, “We are in the middle of a revolution that we don’t even know we’re in.” …

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The Social Justice Warriors do not believe in people’s property rights

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As we noted on Thursday, Philadelphia uses an unusual system for evictions, not relying on the Sheriff’s office, but a private firm: Unlike other jurisdictions, Philadelphia courts rely on a private attorney, appointed by Municipal Court’s president judge and known as a landlord-tenant officer, to execute evictions. This attorney deputizes private security contractors to perform on-site lockouts in exchange …

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