COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Restoring Booming Economic Growth Through Populist, Pro-Growth, Win Win, Entitlement Reform
The greatest fallacy in economic policy today is the failure to see the vast, pro-growth opportunities offered by fundamental, structural entitlement reform.
Western Antisemitism
In the wake of the huge difference in casualties and property destruction, many in the West have accused the Israeli government of making a grossly disproportionate response to terrorist rocket attacks.
ACRU: Full Court Should Rehear Texas Quota Case
Brief calls for reestablishing the "fundamental principles of the Equal Protection Clause."
Mike Korbey Appointed Managing Director at the American Civil Rights Union
Susan A. Carleson, President of the American Civil Rights Union, announced the appointment of Mike Korbey as Managing Director of the organization.
Why the Gold Standard Is the Foundation for Restoring Booming Economic Growth
This is the third installment in a series on how to restore traditional, American, booming economic growth, and prosperity for all.
Please Stop Helping Us
In my opinion, there appear to be no standards of performance low enough for blacks to lose their loyalty to their black political representatives.
Jim Crow and the Donkey: A True History the Left Loves to Ignore
You know you've hit a sore spot when the Left starts screeching.
Impeaching the Truth
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
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?
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 [...]
Why Deregulation Is Essential to Restoring Booming Economic Growth, and the American Dream
This column by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara was published on July 19, 2014 on Forbes.com.Last week, I discussed tax reform as the first component of a comprehensive agenda to restore booming economic growth, and the American Dream. This week, I will discuss a second essential component of such a [...]
Setting the Record Straight on Jim Crow
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
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
(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
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
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 [...]
Video: Blackwell Debates Immigration on Fox News
ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell, Tea Party Activist David Webb and Dallas Tea Party activist Katrina Pierson debate immigration.
Tax Reform: Restoring Booming Economic Growth, and the American Dream
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
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
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 [...]