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Walter E. Williams: Politicians Exploit Economic Ignorance

By ACRU Staff|2010-10-06T23:23:06-04:00October 6th, 2010|

Professor of Economics Walter E. Williams wrote this column appearing October 6, 2010 on Townhall.com.

One of President Obama’s campaign promises was not to raise taxes on middle-class Americans. So here’s my question: If there’s a corporate tax increase either in the form of “cap and trade” or income tax, does it turn out to be a middle-class tax increase? Most people would say no but let’s look at it.

There’s a whole subject area in economics known as tax incidence — namely, who bears the burden of a tax? The first thing that should be recognized is that the burden […]

Robert Knight: Obamechanic Tinkers With Colleges

By ACRU Staff|2010-10-04T15:00:49-04:00October 4th, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight wrote this column appearing October 1, 2010 on The Washington Times website.

When I was in college, a professor from the Middle East was giving me advice in his office.

He said, “My son (he fancied himself a mentor), truth comes in three colors: blonde, brunette and redhead.” At the time, I was unmarried, and it seemed to make sense, although I was leery because of his reputation as a skirt-chaser. I wanted to get married, not start a harem.

Today, truth on campus may be coming in only one color: red.

The Obama […]

ACRU Seeks to Strike Down Obamacare

By ACRU Staff|2010-10-04T13:07:38-04:00October 4th, 2010|

The American Civil Rights Union filed an amicus curiae brief on October 4, 2010 in the Eastern District of Virginia in support of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in the case of Commonwealth of Virginia v. Kathleen Sebelius seeking to strike down Obamacare as unconstitutional. The brief argued that the delegated, enumerated power in the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce does not include compelling participation in interstate commerce by requiring purchase of government designated products and services by those who otherwise choose not to do so. It also argued that the individual mandate is not a tax under the federal government’s taxation powers, but a regulatory […]

ACLU Says: Better Drunk Than Religious

By ACRU Staff|2020-04-23T21:52:56-04:00September 30th, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight wrote this article on September 30, 2010.

Despite the ACLU’s effort to censor a “religious” speaker at a Nebraska high school, students on Wednesday (Sept. 29) got to hear a compelling account of why they should not drink and drive from a man whose brother was killed by a drunk driver.

The appearance at Lyons-Decatur Northeast High School by Keith Becker, who says he has spoken to more than 150 Nebraska schools and who makes no secret of his Christianity, was opposed by the ACLU’s local chapter when they got wind of it.

ACLU Nebraska Legal Director Amy […]

Jan LaRue: Is the Left Rejecting Its Pagan Base?

By ACRU Staff|2010-09-23T15:21:36-04:00September 23rd, 2010|

ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue wrote this column appearing September 23, 2010 on The American Thinker website.

Will Christine, the repentant “witch,” or Chris, the unrepentant “Marxist,” win the U.S. Senate race in Delaware?

Political pundits and TV talkers are fixated on Christine O’Donnell’s admission that she “dabbled into witchcraft” very briefly as a teenager. Whereas Chris Coons, O’Donnell’s Democratic opponent, is a self-described Marxist, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid’s “pet,” and a former “volunteer for liberation theology” in South Africa, according to Jeff Lord’s outstanding column on American Spectator.

The leftist cabal is mute about Coons’ Marxist meandering […]

Peter Ferrara: The Disgrace of the Ruling Class

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-10T08:04:51-05:00September 22nd, 2010|

ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote this column appearing September 22, 2010 on The American Spectator.

We now have confirmation that Barack Obama truly loves poor people. Because he is creating so many of them.

The Census Bureau reports that America suffers with more people in poverty now than ever before in its history of reporting on poverty — 44 million. That’s up nearly 4 million in the last year alone, with the poverty rate shooting up to 14.3%. One in seven Americans now suffers in poverty.

That follows the report that foreclosures hit their all time high in August, up 25% over a […]

Ken Blackwell: Leaving out God

By ACRU Staff|2010-09-21T17:18:25-04:00September 21st, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing September 21, 2010, on the World Magazine website.

It was certainly reassuring to see the president and first lady coming out of St. John’s Episcopal Church last Sunday. With all the confusion about the president’s religion, we can be sure that the very liberal historic parish will provide a warm welcome to the first family. And they’re unlikely to hear anything as unsettling as “God d____ America” coming from St. John’s elegantly carved pulpit.

Folk wisdom tells us there are no atheists in foxholes. President Obama has surely been feeling like a combat soldier in recent […]

Ken Blackwell: Delaware GOP Rumblings

By ACRU Staff|2020-04-23T21:52:56-04:00September 21st, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing September 16, 2010, on The Daily Caller website.

During post-election analysis, Republican luminaries stumbled badly in discussing Christine O’Donnell on the night of the Delaware senatorial primary.

But Delaware Republicans had just voted. They had given their support–rather convincingly–to the clearly more conservative O’Donnell in a hotly contested primary election. Where was the unity that night?

Her opponent, Mike Castle, is surely a prominent Delaware Republican. A veteran of the Governor’s Mansion and the holder of the state’s only seat in Congress, Castle should have won in a walk. But restive […]

Peter Ferrara: Obama's War on America's Seniors

By ACRU Staff|2010-09-15T14:11:49-04:00September 15th, 2010|

ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara wrote this column appearing September 15, 2010 on The American Spectator.

Seniors citizens probably provided less support for President Obama in the 2008 election than any other voter bloc. That reflects the wisdom of age. But for President Obama, apparently it’s payback time, because he is conducting a comprehensive economic assault on America’s senior citizens.

First He Trashed Medicare

A Democrat campaign theme this fall is that those scary Republicans want to end Medicare as we know it. But that is not possible, because President Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and the Democrats have already done that, in Obamacare.

Ken Blackwell: Congress Goes For Rationing

By ACRU Staff|2010-09-09T15:41:00-04:00September 9th, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing September 9, 2010, on The Daily Caller website.

“Democrats choose Death Panels…” announces Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart with mock horror, “…for themselves!” It’s a very funny bit. The Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty plays it straight as she reports: “Ultimately, some candidates, including incumbents, will have to be left for dead so that the parties can spend where it might still make a difference.”

Then, there’s Michael Barone in the Washington Examiner. Mr. Barone has probably forgotten more about American politics than most political commentators will ever know. The editor for 40 years […]