COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Ohio’s constitution is far too easy to amend
The U.S. Constitution, carefully crafted for durability, has allowed our nation to flourish for the past 245 years. In large measure, that’s due to the fact that it’s not easy to amend. One of the weaknesses of Ohio’s constitution, on the other hand, is that currently it is far too easy to amend.
Election Integrity: One Illegal Vote Can Change an Election
Most people in the media don’t want you to believe that election crimes are committed. They say it is easier to find Bigfoot. But election crimes are not a myth, and The Heritage Foundation has been systematically documenting them for years. When those who deny the crimes occur are forced to confront the data, the response sometimes shifts to “It doesn’t matter anyway.” After all, does it really matter if a single vote is improperly or criminally cast?
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
There can be no debate that leftist ideological agenda policies should not be funded by American taxpayers.
Violence with Guns Ain’t a MAGA Republican Problem
Back in April of 1775, England tried to impose gun control on the Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts. It did not end up well then . . . and it will not now.
The Days After Independence Day
In order to celebrate Independence Day, we must stay focused on the days after Independence Day.
The Left’s Dream of Nationalizing Elections
We here at the American Constitutional Rights Union fully support election integrity and disavow this SCOTUS decision which opens the path to federal nationalization of our elections.
June vs. December
There is a quote that is attributed to yours truly, "When tolerance becomes a one-way street, it leads to cultural suicide."
Major League Baseball Is the Latest Brand Humbled by Anti-Pride Outrage
At a pitifully attended pre-game ceremony, the team raced to get a controversial award off its hands before people could come in and boo. While thousands protested outside the gates, management made the telling decision to recognize the LGBT group, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, before a virtually empty arena. As Breitbart’s Dylan Gwinn put it, “To say there were more reporters in attendance than fans … would not be a major exaggeration.”
The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Race-Based Redistricting Is a Real Head-Scratcher
Chief Justice John Roberts made a major error in judgment last week in rejecting the State of Alabama’s 2022 congressional redistricting plan in Allen v. Milligan, an error that, as dissenting Justice Samuel Alito says, puts the Voting Rights Act “on a perilous and unfortunate path.”
Form 4473
Disarming legal and law-abiding Americans while releasing violent criminals, and felons, like Hunter Biden, back onto the streets will not be tolerated.
Hey, Leftists, Leave Them Kids Alone
I find it unconscionable that the left believes that we are just supposed to lie down and take their absurdities and perversions with no opposition.
Who Makes the Law?
At first glance one might read the title of this missive and respond, "c'mon Colonel it's the legislative branch." That answer would be true because America is a constitutional republic. In our three branches of government, the one tasked with passing bills, legislation, is the one made up of our representatives, the legislature. However, the question posed by this title goes beyond just the superficial understanding of Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws from which we get the concepts of legislative, executive, and judicial branches. And I am sure many of you realize that there are Americans who cannot articulate that simple construct.
The Army Flag and Flag Day
For those of us who are Soldiers of these United States of America, June is a very special month for us. No, I am not talking about any LGBTQIA+ stuff, rather, this is the month that our US Army was born. I remember an old Army recruiting song titled, “We Were There”.
The Exceptionalism of Opportunity vs. The Rule of Outcomes
We are not stuck in some class or caste system in America. Here, in our nation, the indomitable human spirit wants freedom and liberty to determine its own outcomes.
Who is Controlling Your Rights?
Leftists have no regard for our individual constitutional rights, they only care to advance their ideological rights.
Woke Corporations Are Attacking American Values
Corporations are attacking American values and, in doing so, are hurting their bottom lines. Can corporate leaders be this clueless or does the agenda trump their duties to shareholders and customers?
What Gives You Pride?
In this month of June, ask yourselves, what gives you "pride?" Is it something that can be widely admired, or just limited to a small group of ideologues?
Let’s Make a Deal
If we keep making deals, instead of constitutional governance and true fiscal responsibility, we will deal ourselves back into economic bondage.
America’s Version of Bizarro World
Perhaps there are those of you who remember the DC Comics venture called Bizarro World? Yes, I am dating myself. It appears that this is where we are heading, or have arrived, in America.
Increased Devotion
President Abraham Lincoln was not the featured speaker for the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, but his 263-word speech will never be forgotten. When I think about Memorial Day it is truly about those of us who still walk about taking increased devotion to those who have given the last full measure of devotion. Memorial Day is special to me because my Dad and Mom are buried together in Marietta National Cemetery in Georgia. My Dad, Herman West Sr., was a World War II US Army Corporal who answered the call of duty to serve his Nation, even when his Nation did not serve him. My Dad wanted to be a part of a new birth of freedom for people far and away from him in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). And having been born in 1920 in the South, Dad was yet to experience many of those freedoms, but that did not deter him.