COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS

Impeaching the Truth

August 5th, 2014|

All this talk of Republicans being on the verge of impeaching President Obama is nonsense, stoked by Democrats whipping up their base.

Under Jerusalem, the Search for Solomon's Temple

July 28th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published July 25, 2014 on The Washington Times website.As conflict rages in Gaza, and anti-Semitic riots erupt in European cities, something is happening deep within Jerusalem that could change the course of history.Israel's holy city is dominated by the 36-acre Temple [...]

Do Blacks Need Favors?

July 23rd, 2014|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published July 23, 2014 on Townhall.com.Earlier this month, the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act was celebrated. During the act's legislative debate, then-Sen. Hubert Humphrey, responding to predictions, promised, "I'll eat my hat [...]

Setting the Record Straight on Jim Crow

July 22nd, 2014|

This column by John Fund was published July 22, 2014 on The National Review website. Even as the nation celebrates the passage of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, some liberals are using the occasion to bash Republicans as inheriting the legacy of Jim Crow — ignoring the [...]

A Modest Proposal for Housing Illegal Immigrants

July 21st, 2014|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published July 18, 2014 on The Washington Times website.Attention, illegal-immigrant children, gang members and drug smugglers who are still pouring over the border into Texas:If you're looking for a place to stay while President Obama figures out a way to turn [...]

ACLU Aims to Force All Doctors to Take Human Life

July 17th, 2014|

(Editor's note: The following excerpt is from a column by Wesley J. Smith on NationalReview.com on July 15, 2014.) The wailing and gnashing of teeth over the very modest Hobby Lobby case shows that it was a precursor for the real game that is afoot: forcing those with religious beliefs [...]

Time to End the Export-Import Bank's Crony Agenda

July 17th, 2014|

Congress has a chance to stop one of the worst examples of corporate favoritism and big government distortion of the free market. The Export-Impact Bank's authority expires at the end of September. In a Memo for the Movement signed by ACRU President, Susan Carleson, the Conservative Action Project explains why [...]

The Kindness of Strangers Has Its Limits

July 14th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published July 11, 2014 on The Washington Times website.TURNER, MAINE — They say the South is the friendliest place in America, and they're probably right. The Midwest isn't far behind, but the civility line defies latitudes or longitudes.It comes down roughly [...]

Tax Reform: Restoring Booming Economic Growth, and the American Dream

July 9th, 2014|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published on July 7, 2014 on Forbes.com.Before America dropped off the gold standard in 1971, long term real economic growth averaged nearly 4%. At that long term growth rate, our economic production would more than double after 20 years. After 30 [...]

Spending and Morality

July 9th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published July 9, 2014 on Townhall.com.During last year's budget negotiation meetings, President Barack Obama told House Speaker John Boehner, "We don't have a spending problem." When Boehner responded with "But, Mr. President, we have [...]

Economic Freedom

July 2nd, 2014|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published July 2, 2014 on Townhall.com.A couple of years ago, President Barack Obama, speaking on the economy, told an audience in Osawatomie, Kansas: "'The market will take care of everything,' they tell us... But [...]

ACRU: Hobby Lobby Ruling Is a 'Win for Religious Liberty'

June 30th, 2014|

ObamaCare's abortifacient mandate violated Religious Freedom Restoration Act, ACRU's brief said.WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 30, 2014) — In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Hobby Lobby's constitutional right not to be forced to violate the conscience of the company's Christian owners."The ObamaCare order would have imposed ruinous fines [...]

As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation

June 30th, 2014|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published June 27, 2014 on The Washington Times website.LEWISTON, MAINE — Like a bottle tossed in a faraway sea, Washington's recklessness keeps washing up elsewhere, such as the great state of Maine.The federal government's refusal to enforce immigration laws has prompted [...]

Abandoned Americans

June 30th, 2014|

ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue wrote this column appearing June 30, 2014 on The American Thinker website.When did the United States run out of Americans in need of assistance?"One in five children under age 18, or 21.3%, are living in poverty in the United States, according to the latest [...]

ACRU: Court Gets It Mostly Right in NLRB Case

June 26th, 2014|

9-0 Ruling Says President Cannot Make "Recess Appointments" When Senate Is Not in Recess.WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 26, 2014) — The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision to rebuke President Obama for making executive recess appointments while the Senate was not in recess is a victory for the rule of law, American [...]

#Truth Campaign Exposes the Truth About Jim Crow

June 23rd, 2014|

Report reveals history and misuse of a shameful time in America's history. WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 19, 2014) — A new report by the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) clearly explains the sordid reality of the Jim Crow era and how liberals have distorted its history for their own purposes. The [...]

Linking the Dollar to Gold: Completing the Recipe for Restoring an Economic Boom for America

June 23rd, 2014|

This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published on June 21, 2014 on Forbes.com.Alexander Hamilton was America's first Secretary of Treasury under President George Washington. When he first entered office in 1789, America was an agricultural nation of just 4 million still broke from its financially costly victory [...]