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Hans Zeiger: Where are the Conservative Intellectuals?

By |2009-02-17T12:17:15-05:00February 17th, 2009|

This column originally appeared on WorldNetDaily.com on February 17, 2009

I recently visited Ronald Reagan’s Rancho Del Cielo for the first time. Credit for the ranch’s preservation goes to the Young America’s Foundation. There are many beautiful things about the ranch, but the best is his bookshelf. Covering a wall in the living room, it is the first thing you see upon entering the little house. There are various books about the Southwest, horse guides and Western novels. Then there are the conservative books – the books by conservative thinkers of the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. My guide pointed out Reagan’s well-thumbed copy of “Witness,” the […]

Walter Williams: The Hell With Our Constitution

By |2009-02-11T19:09:11-05:00February 11th, 2009|

Dr. Robert Higgs, senior fellow at the Oakland-based Independent Institute, penned an article in The Christian Science Monitor (2/9/2009) that suggests the most intelligent recommendation that I've read to fix our current economic mess. The title of his article gives his recommendation away: "Instead of stimulus, do nothing -- seriously."

John Armor: When Terrorists Walk Free

By |2009-02-10T19:07:01-05:00February 10th, 2009|

Making the decision to close Guantanamo Bay without any real plan for dealing with the prisoners demonstrates the pervasive lack of understanding policymakers and the public have about the entire system. There are many gross misconceptions about the differences between trials of the Gitmo prisoners in military tribunals and criminal trials in the U.S., but few people understand them. And if the people don't know these differences and state their opinions, additional Americans may die as a result of the presidential order about Gitmo.

Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

By |2009-02-10T09:24:11-05:00February 10th, 2009|

On February 9, 2009, the ACRU filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court arguing that the Court should review the decisions of the courts below upholding this arrangement.

In response to the scandals at Enron and elsewhere, Congress passed the Sarbanes Oxley Act in 2002, imposing costly, unnecessary regulatory burdens on business. The Act also created the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to oversee and regulate accounting practices, and enforce its regulations through even criminal penalties. The PCAOB even has the power to finance itself through its own tax. But the President has no appointment, removal, supervisory or oversight authority […]

Jan LaRue: Pornography Advocate at DOJ?

By |2020-04-23T21:53:04-04:00February 9th, 2009|

This column originally appeared on Townhall.com on February 9, 2009.

It’s been a taxing two weeks for President Obama and his nominees. And there’s another nominee with bigger disqualifiers than unpaid taxes.

Imagine. A veteran pornography defense attorney takes a top spot at the agency charged with enforcing the nation’s child pornography and obscenity laws.

And that’s what will happen if David G. Ogden is confirmed as Deputy Attorney General, the second in command at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the nation’s top law enforcement agency.

Who’s next?

Jack Kevorkian as Surgeon General?

Jane Fonda as Deputy Secretary of […]

Ken Blackwell: Obama, Ginsburg and Guns

By |2020-04-23T21:53:48-04:00February 9th, 2009|

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being treated for pancreatic cancer. While Americans pray for her recovery, this sad news is a sobering reminder that President Obama is likely to appoint several justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. And in the aftermath of last year's landmark decision on the Second Amendment, gun owners need to zero in on what these events mean for the future of the right to bear arms.

Horace Cooper: Bush v. Gore Redux?

By |2009-01-28T16:54:32-05:00January 28th, 2009|

This column originally appeared in the Washington Times on January 28, 2009.

Sen. Norm Coleman’s campaign is charging that cheating has occurred in Minnesota, where Al Franken has mysteriously pulled ahead in a recount of the U.S. Senate race.

The Coleman campaign’s lawsuit, filed on January 6, uses strikingly similar arguments to those successfully raised by the Bush campaign against Al Gore in November 2000.

The suit says that “irregularities, mistakes, and violations of law” by the state canvassing board resulted in Franken being certified erroneously as the election winner. Vote counting irregularity was a key issue in the landmark Bush v. […]

Peter Ferrara: The Constitutional Right to Listen

By |2020-04-23T21:50:28-04:00January 28th, 2009|

We usually think of freedom of speech as involving the right of speakers to speak, whether through public addresses, in writing, or over radio and television airwaves. But the courts have recognized an additional dimension to First Amendment free speech rights: the right to listen and watch. This right takes center stage in a current challenge to the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law and could play a role in the debate about the Fairness Doctrine.

Peter Ferrara On the Air in Worcester, MA

By |2009-01-26T09:58:45-05:00January 26th, 2009|

On Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 2:10pm ET, Peter Ferrara will be on “Engaging Your World” on 760 WVNE AM out of Worcester, MA. He will be discussing the freedom to listen. Tune in if you are in Worcester or you can listen live online,

Peter Ferrara on The Jon Justice Show

By |2009-01-25T22:33:21-05:00January 25th, 2009|

On Monday, January 26, 2009 at 8:00am ET, Peter Ferrara will be on the “The Jon Justice Show” on 104.1 KQTH FM out of Tuscon, AZ. He will be talking about the freedom to listen. Tune in if you live in the Tuscon area or you can listen live online.

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