Shortly after Trump became president he issued Executive Order No. 13780, entitled “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States,” but judicial activism initially prevented it from going into effect. In June, … [Read more...] about Checks and Balances Honored
The U.S.’s Most Controversial Decision
Every August, the debate erupts again about whether President Harry Truman was right or wrong in his decision to order the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945. A new book by Wilson Miscambie called The Most Controversial Decision deals at length … [Read more...] about The U.S.’s Most Controversial Decision
Real Women’s Rights Protected
The defeat of ERA had an immense cultural impact in addition to these obvious legal and political benefits. It made it socially acceptable for mothers to spend time away from the workforce to raise their children, during a moment in our history when … [Read more...] about Real Women’s Rights Protected
35 Years After the Defeat of ERA
The Equal Rights Amendment died thirty-five years ago, on June 30, 1982. Its opponents, lead by Phyllis Schlafly, gathered at a grand banquet to celebrate its demise. The Supreme Court ruled then that the time for its ratification had expired, … [Read more...] about 35 Years After the Defeat of ERA
Trump Works to Fix 20-Year Government Failure
On June 19, the Department of Homeland Security announced that the government was finally ready to deploy a method of tracking whether visitors leave the United States. That’s been the missing piece to determine if people who arrive on … [Read more...] about Trump Works to Fix 20-Year Government Failure
Trump: Even Better at 150 Days
President Trump’s accomplishments in his first 150 days were successfully drowned out in the news by the mainstream media’s obsession with Russia and the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. When combined with the lack of … [Read more...] about Trump: Even Better at 150 Days
DeToqueville Admires Our Christianity
*Previously recorded by Phyllis Schlafly / April 2013* Alexis de Toqueville is a name well-known to educated Americans as a remarkable Frenchman who traveled our country in the mid-19th century and wrote his perceptive commentaries about what kind of … [Read more...] about DeToqueville Admires Our Christianity
Fundamentals of Citizen Participation in Politics
The election of 1980 gave American voters a stark contrast of the two parties and candidates – Democrat President Jimmy Carter and Republican Governor Ronald Reagan. Reagan relied on the grassroots efforts of patriots like Phyllis Schlafly to … [Read more...] about Fundamentals of Citizen Participation in Politics
Federal Showdown on Abortion
Despite the pro-life mandate by the electorate last November, federal taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood has continued with no end in sight, even after the shocking revelations of atrocities committed against the unborn by that organization. … [Read more...] about Federal Showdown on Abortion
Hyde Amendment Showdown on Obamacare
The Hyde Amendment has long been the single most important pro-life legislation at the federal level, originally enacted in 1976 and upheld on a 5-4 vote by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1980. The amendment, which is an annual rider to the federal … [Read more...] about Hyde Amendment Showdown on Obamacare
