COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
ACLU Friends Sex Offenders
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published June 14, 2012 on The Washington Times website.Well, there they go again, carrying water for their army of odd men in raincoats. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana is suing to strike down a state law forbidding convicted [...]
The Supreme Court and Obamacare: Eight Possible Outcomes
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 13, 2012 on Breitbart.com.Everyone is now waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to hand down its decision in NFIB v. Sebelius, the name of the case frequently referred to simply as "Obamacare."Lawyers argued four issues before the justices [...]
President Obama: The Biggest Government Spender In World History
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published June 14, 2012 on Forbes.com.The U.S. has never before had a President who thinks so little of the American people that he imagines he can win re-election running on [...]
Green Welfare, Green Taxes, Green Poverty
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published June 13, 2012 on The American Spectator website.What would you do if gangs of robbers roamed your neighborhood at night, breaking into your neighbors' houses and stealing their family [...]
Duped by Congressional Lies
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published June 6, 2012 on Townhall.com.Some of the responses to my column last week, titled "Immoral Beyond Redemption," prove that Americans have been hoodwinked by Congress. Some readers protested my counting Social Security among [...]
Is the Star-Spangled Banner an 'Abomination'?
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published June 12, 2012 on The Patriot Post website.Talk show host, Bill Press, doesn't like the Star-Spangled Banner. Imagine: a liberal talk show that's not on NPR! His radio show is simulcast on Current TV. Bill Press likes provoking conservatives, but [...]
Obama's Pregnant 'Denials'
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue was published June 10, 2012 on The Daily Caller website.President Obama is offended by accusations that the White House authorized leaks of highly classified national security information detailed in Confront and Conceal, a new book by David Sanger of The New [...]
Medicaid Freedom of Choice
Medicaid can kill you. Read how this important safety net program can be reformed to better serve the poor while saving taxpayers money in the June 2012 The American Spectator. Article by Stephen Moore and Peter Ferrara. Click here to download the article. (PDF)
The Ongoing Disgrace That Is Obamanomics
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published June 7, 2012 on Forbes.com.President Obama has led America into an accelerating downward spiral. Destination: Argentina. Last Friday's calamitous jobs report was just a signpost on the way.Argentina enjoyed [...]
Immoral Beyond Redemption
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published June 6, 2012 on Townhall.com.Benjamin Franklin, statesman and signer of our Declaration of Independence, said: "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need [...]
Romney's Education Choice
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published June 6, 2012 on The American Spectator website.Mitt Romney is rolling through 2012 at a faster pace than Ronald Reagan rolled through 1980. He is ahead of Reagan's pace [...]
Sorry Global Warming Alarmists, the Earth Is Cooling
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published May 31, 2012 on Forbes.com.Climate change itself is already in the process of definitively rebutting climate alarmists who think human use of fossil fuels is causing ultimately catastrophic global [...]
Don't Bring Back Earmarks!
As a member of the Conservative Action Project, ACRU President Susan Carleson and leaders of 26 other organizations representing a broad cross section of the conservative movement are united in opposition to bringing back earmarks!MEMO FOR THE MOVEMENT: Don't Bring Back Earmarks!RE: Some members of congress are trying to reopen [...]
Our Nation's Future
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published May 30, 2012 on Townhall.com.Our nation is rapidly approaching a point from which there's little chance to avoid a financial collapse. The heart of our problem can be seen as a tragedy of [...]
ACRU Asks Supreme Court to Overturn University of Texas Racial Discrimination Policy
May 30 -- The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU), in a brief filed today at the U.S. Supreme Court, asks the Court to overturn a ruling against Abigail Fisher, a white woman denied admission to the University of Texas in 2008 because of her race. Ms. Fisher had superior academic [...]
Obama's Politics of Envy
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published May 25, 2012 on The Washington Times website.When reality bites, you can either try to change reality or create your own.Barack Obama claims he has presided over trillions of dollars in spending cuts. If he's a fiscal conservative, then I'm [...]
Tea Party Wave Could Carry Texas Senate Seat for Ted Cruz
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published May 25, 2012 on Breitbart.com.Constantly underestimated by the Republican establishment, the Tea Party continues to prove its power in GOP primaries. First Indiana, then Nebraska. And now new polls show rising conservative star Ted Cruz potentially poised to beat [...]
Prepared Remarks of the Hon. Ken Blackwell
This speech by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was delivered May 24, 2012 to the American Religious Freedom Program Conference.Good afternoon. It is good to be with so many like-minded men and women, people who are committed to defending our most essential freedom - religious liberty.We tend naturally to focus [...]
ACLU Declares New War on Single-Sex Education
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published May 23, 2012 on The Washington Times website.Boys and girls have the same needs, desires and temperaments, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).Any observable disparities can be traced to soft bigotry, such as thinking that boys typically throw [...]
Hugo Chavez in America: A 2nd Obama Term Means No Independent Judiciary
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published May 24, 2012 on Forbes.com.President Obama's most blatant first term abuses can be struck down by the check on Presidential power by an independent judiciary. For example, last year [...]