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by | Apr 18, 2024

The Left doesn’t like the U.S. Supreme Court. It didn’t like that, after President Donald Trump left office, six of the nine justices were appointed by Republicans, and it liked it even less when those justices overturned Roe v. Wade,…

by | Mar 8, 2024

Then–White House press secretary Jen Psaki fired a warning shot at Elon Musk in April 2022 following reports that Musk was considering buying Twitter. Psaki “mentioned the threat to social-media companies to amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act,…

by | Jan 20, 2024

For sixty years, the Supreme Court has required “public figures” to prove that a media outlet acted with “actual malice”— that is, intent to publish false information or reckless disregard for publishing it — in order to recover damages for…

by | Jan 12, 2024

There aren’t many platforms left on the internet that protect free speech and encourage the exchange of ideas. Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube have all de-platformed and demonetized users they believe hold extremist views, so when the…

by | Dec 13, 2023

Good ole boy James Carville took the spotlight last week to let loose what just might be the main Democrat talking points of the campaign. It’s a fight against Christian nationalists, he said, ready to install a theocratic dictatorship. I…

by | Dec 4, 2023

The federal government’s informal censorship campaigns against Americans’ online speech have justifiably ignited public outrage. Extensive reporting, as well as a lawsuit now before the Supreme Court, have revealed that the federal government cajoled and coordinated with social-media platforms to…

by | Nov 29, 2023

A “Satan Club” is set to start this Friday at an elementary school in Lebanon, Connecticut. The club is sponsored by the Satanic Temple, which has chapters internationally. Supporters of the club have cited its founding as a counter to…

by | Oct 15, 2023

Thomas Jefferson, in an 1816 letter to a member of the Virginia General Assembly, made this observation: “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”…

by | Sep 30, 2023

The Constitution was designed to give government only a limited range of powers.  Yet, government, today, wields a seemingly endless measure of power over the people.  It’s time to ask:  How limited was limited government meant to be? The framers of the Constitution…

by | Sep 24, 2023

Most voters take for granted that a certain percentage of our elected officials are susceptible to corruption. This is a view we have in common with the Framers of the Constitution, who well understood the temptation political power holds for…

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