COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Video: Boiling Down 2014 to 3 Numbers and a Word
ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell joins the Meet The Press panel to talk the biggest numbers in politics this year.
It’s the Hateful Folk Who Are Never Guilty of Hate
When it comes to assigning culpability for crimes by disturbed individuals, it depends on who the victims and perpetrators are.
A Christmas Prayer to the Prince of Peace
On Christmas Eve, 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower made these remarks, which include a prayer thanking God for blessing America with liberty and seeking wisdom in how to keep it.
Two More Chances to Overturn Obamacare
For his next directive, will President Obama merge Cuba’s socialist health care system with Obamacare?
Should Profiling Be Banned?
A good definition of profiling in general is the use of an easily observed physical characteristic as a guess for some other, difficult-to-observe characteristic.
Christmas According to Matthew, Luke, and Obama
After expounding repeatedly about who or what is Islamic, President Obama continues to assume the role of America’s theologian in chief by giving us his twist on the “Greatest Story Ever Told.”
The ACLU’s Christmas Gift to Orphans
Just the threat of invoking liberal lawyers’ wrath is enough to send people packing.
ACRU: Obamacare Panel Is Direct Attack on Constitution
The most comprehensive assault on the Separation of Powers Doctrine, in the history of American law.
What's Rule of Law?
Rule of law means that laws are certain and known in advance.
Can Racial Discrimination Explain Much?
How much of what we see is caused by discrimination?
Politician Whose Son Is Landrieu’s Chief-Of-Staff Urges Voters To ‘Vote Twice’
Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu’s chief-of-staff was present at an event in which a Louisiana mayor, urged people to vote twice in order to re-elect Landrieu
Elite Contempt for Ordinary Americans
They believe they have been ordained to forcibly impose that wisdom on the rest of us.
The Sound of One Atheist Clapping
The law doesn’t demand that a single dissident be allowed to spoil the enjoyment of many.
The Spirit of Thanksgiving
Often forgotten amid the turkey, football, parades and family gatherings, the real reason behind Thanksgiving is gratitude.
ACRU: Court Erred in Texas Disparate Impact Case
Law prohibits only “intentional discrimination,” brief says.
Obama vs. Us
Obama has used executive orders to change the law on several occasions. Ask yourself whether our Constitution permits the president to unilaterally change a law enacted by Congress.
House Republicans Can Stop Obama's Amnesty Agenda
Video was leaked of left-wing economist Jonathan Gruber, the chief architect of Obamacare, admitting that the sweeping health care bill became law because Americans are "stupid."
A Brave New World of Intolerance
Diversity gone berserk bans all vestiges of religious heritage.
What GOP Congress Should (and Shouldn't) Do in 2015
The GOP can’t bask in their victories, it’s time to get to work. Here’s what the new majority should do, and not do.
Educational Fraud
It would be unreasonable to expect a student with the reading, writing and computing abilities of an eighth-grader to do well in college.