The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), now up for reauthorization, is in major need of revision. Its billion-dollar-a-year price tag spent by the radical feminists to pursue their ideology and goals (known as feminist pork) make it an embarrassment … [Read more...] about VAWA Must Be Rewritten
Court Wraps Video Games in First Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court got it wrong in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association. This wasn't a First Amendment case; it was a parents' rights case and only Justice Clarence Thomas understood that. The issue was a California law that … [Read more...] about Court Wraps Video Games in First Amendment
Lamar Smith’s E-Verify Bill Must Be Amended
E-Verify, a computer process that makes it fast and easy for employers to check the validity of employees' Social Security numbers to ascertain if they are legal, was created by Congress as a voluntary system. It demonstrates its utility by … [Read more...] about Lamar Smith’s E-Verify Bill Must Be Amended
Libya and the War Powers Act
One of the reasons leftwingers voted for Barack Obama for President in 2008 was that they opposed the war in Iraq. The anti-war left is disappointed that Obama continued the Iraq war, escalated Afghanistan, and started a new war in Libya. Cheers for … [Read more...] about Libya and the War Powers Act
The Cost to Taxpayers of Missing Fathers
With Father's Day coming up, we should ponder the sad plight of the 20 million American children who are growing up without their fathers in the home. In 1993 Charles Murray identified "illegitimacy as the single most important social … [Read more...] about The Cost to Taxpayers of Missing Fathers
States Deal With Illegal Alien Problems
Alabama has suddenly become the leader in comprehensive immigration reform, passing up Arizona whose laws have had so much news coverage. By large margins, the Alabama State Legislature passed a bill, known as HB56, which covers most areas of abuses … [Read more...] about States Deal With Illegal Alien Problems
Obnoxious Classroom Curricula
Elementary school curriculum isn't just about the three R's any more. Reading, 'Riting and 'Rithmetic now have to make time for lessons in gender diversity and for nosy questionnaires that lead kids into teen sex and illegal drug … [Read more...] about Obnoxious Classroom Curricula
Perpetuating Federal Spending on Education
The TEA Partiers are demanding that Congress not raise the debt ceiling but instead avoid default by cutting spending dramatically. Federal spending on education emerges as the discretionary item in the federal budget most available for the knife, … [Read more...] about Perpetuating Federal Spending on Education
Patent Act Is Dangerous to U.S. Security
More and more dangerous effects of the proposed changes to U.S. patent law (S.23, H.R.1249) keep emerging, especially since the hearings failed to hear from any real inventors. The proposed bill is unconstitutional, an attack on our national … [Read more...] about Patent Act Is Dangerous to U.S. Security
Trade Agreements Cost Jobs
The first debate of the 2012 presidential race, with personalized, provocative questions planned by Fox News, was good political entertainment, but somehow didn't get around to tackling two of the biggest issues. They are: how do the candidates … [Read more...] about Trade Agreements Cost Jobs
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