Should Black People Tolerate This?

By |2012-05-23T14:39:05-04:00May 23rd, 2012|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published May 23, 2012 on Townhall.com.

Each year, roughly 7,000 blacks are murdered. Ninety-four percent of the time, the murderer is another black person. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, between 1976 and 2011, there were 279,384 black murder victims. Using the 94 percent figure means that 262,621 were murdered by other blacks. Though blacks are 13 percent of the nation’s population, they account for more than 50 percent of homicide victims. Nationally, black homicide victimization rate is six times that of whites, and in […]

The Wisconsin Turning Point

By |2012-05-23T13:47:27-04:00May 23rd, 2012|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published May 23, 2012 on The American Spectator website.

The recall election for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is scheduled for June 5. That election is now a crucial battleground for the future of America, and even a critical bellwether for how this fall’s elections will turn out. Walker is staring down the national political machine of government workers unions, and the entire Obama campaign. This is a Paul Revere moment for all conservatives across America. The future of your country is at stake. Walker needs […]

Kansas Leads Way Against Ballot Fraud

By |2012-05-21T13:04:38-04:00May 21st, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published May 18, 2012 on The Washington Times website.

Kansas is one of those schizophrenic states that produce movers and shakers on both sides of the aisle, plus a lot of moderates like Viagra pitchman Bob Dole. The same state that has conservative Republican Sam Brownback as governor most recently sent Democrat and former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to Washington, where she pursues nationalized health care and persecution of Catholic hospitals with the same zeal with which she championed abortion back in the Sunflower State.

The most encouraging news out of Kansas is […]

Fast and Furious: Why Eric Holder Will Lose the Legal Fight

By |2020-04-23T21:54:00-04:00May 17th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published May 17, 2012 on Breitbart.com.

Federal courts could soon decide a fight between Congress and Attorney General Eric Holder on the Operation Fast and Furious gun-running scandal. If Republicans persevere, this is a battle that Holder should lose in what would be a humiliating defeat for President Barack Obama.

Most Americans have now heard that our government allowed drug cartels to illegally smuggle thousands of guns from the U.S. into Mexico. The National Rifle Association has relentlessly pursued the White House and Department of Justice (DOJ) about Fast and Furious […]

Pyrrhic Victory for the ACLU in Texas?

By |2020-04-23T21:52:48-04:00May 17th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published May 17, 2012 on the American Thinker website.

In Lewisville, Texas, there will be a benediction and invocation at the graduation ceremony on June 3rd this year, but thanks to the ACLU, the program will call them something else.

“Our attorneys have made it clear that we can continue to have student-led prayer, but we will call it ‘student remarks,'” Kevin Rogers, chief operating officer of the Lewisville Independent School District, told the Dallas Morning News.

Thus, the ACLU of Texas won a pyrrhic battle in its ongoing campaign to […]

Different Rules for D.C.?

By |2012-05-17T00:20:07-04:00May 17th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Chairman and CEO and CCPP founder and President Susan A. Carleson was published May 16, 2012 on the American Thinker website.

Just in case anyone needs any more surprises, liberal hypocrisy has again been unearthed in — of all places — Washington, D.C.!

Last August, the Army Corps of Engineers denied the District of Columbia a permit as part of a $1.5-billion Southwest Waterfront redevelopment project to begin constructing high-rise, luxury townhouses, a yacht club, and other buildings on piers in and on the Washington Channel — a congressionally designated navigable water of the United States.

Should We Obey All Laws?

By |2023-03-10T08:04:25-05:00May 16th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published May 16, 2012 on Townhall.com.

Let’s think about whether all acts of Congress deserve our respect and obedience. Suppose Congress enacted a law — and the Supreme Court ruled it constitutional — requiring American families to attend church services at least three times a month. Should we obey such a law? Suppose Congress, acting under the Constitution’s commerce clause, enacted a law requiring motorists to get eight hours of sleep before driving on interstate highways. Its justification might be that drowsy motorists risk highway accidents […]

Obama's Debacle

By |2012-05-16T11:52:40-04:00May 16th, 2012|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published May 16, 2012 on The American Spectator website.

Obama has already succeeded in fundamentally transforming America, from a prosperous nation that draws people the world over, voting with their feet, to a rapidly declining former superpower on the fast track to a third-world status similar to Argentina or Venezuela. That is effectively what is argued by the new book Debacle: Obama’s War on Jobs and Growth and What We Can Do Now to Regain our Future, by leading taxpayer activist Grover Norquist and economist John […]

Rep. Paul Ryan Schools Georgetown on How to Help the Poor

By |2012-05-12T17:21:51-04:00May 12th, 2012|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published May 10, 2012 on Forbes.com.

On April 26, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan delivered the 2012 Whittington Lecture at Georgetown University focused on his 2013 budget and its implications for poverty programs and the poor. That budget has now passed the House of Representatives.

Ryan addressed the Catholic institution “as a Catholic holding public office” trying to conform his work to Catholic “social doctrine as best I can make of it.” He presented a vision that would be far more effective in helping […]

Taking a Chisel to the Ten Commandments

By |2020-04-23T21:52:49-04:00May 10th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published May 9, 2012 on The Washington Times website.

God Almighty needs an editor, according to a federal judge in Virginia. At least, He does when the Ten Commandments are on government property.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) had sued the Giles County school district for posting the Ten Commandments in its public schools, and U.S. District Judge Michael F. Urbanski sent the case to mediation on Monday, suggesting a compromise: deleting the four commandments that mention God.

An Obama appointee, Judge Urbanski also issued a preliminary injunction on behalf […]

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