Free Speech Hypocrisy
By Drew McKissick
When it comes to free speech and the liberal hypocrisy that surrounds it, last week added two towering examples to an already impressive list. In Washington, DC the Supreme Court held that the current cap on the aggregate amount that any one American can give to political candidates in an election cycle is unconstitutional, (but…
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Time for a National Conversation on Liberty
By Drew McKissick
After every media sensationalized incident of racism, gun violence, or fill in the blank, we are told by our betters that it’s time for a “national conversation” on the subject. This usually seems less about actually having a conversation and more about giving them a sense of moral superiority. But if information is power and,…
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If You Build It, They Will Come
By Drew McKissick
Just over one month after repeated assurances from the government that the NSA’s data-collection program wasn’t anything like what we thought it was, we’re now finding out that they were right. It’s worse. A review of some recent headlines: “NSA ‘dragnet’ wider than previously suspected” – NBC News “Report: NSA Searches and Stores Americans’ Emails”…
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Buzzworthy: free speech, Obamacare, amnesty and more
By Drew McKissick
Buzzworthy news and notes from around the web… Sign of the times: Evangelist arrested in London for preaching homosexuality is a sin Tony Miano, a retired deputy sheriff from Los Angeles County, Calif., was arrested in London, England, earlier this week for preaching on abstaining from sexual immorality, both heterosexual and homosexual, in downtown Wimbledon.…
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Celebrating (less) Independence
By Drew McKissick
The land of liberty ain’t what it used to be. On the one hand we have faceless bureaucrats becoming more ingrained in our everyday lives, and on the other hand we have judges overturning the will of the voters, whether expressed in referendums or via elected representatives. Hardly a cause for a celebration of independence.…
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Welcome to the surveillance state
By Drew McKissick
You’ve read about it in books and you’ve seen it on TV and in the movies. Well, here we are. Welcome to the surveillance state. Today it is the collection of phone records, emails, Facebook posts, text messages, chat room sessions, Google searches, credit card transactions and online documents that we know about. Tomorrow, who…
Read MoreA quick guide to Obama’s scandalrama
By Drew McKissick
If you feel like you need a program to keep up with the rash of scandals coming out of Washington, you’re not alone. There’s stifling of political opposition, lying to Congress, intimidation of whistle blowers, lying to the public and a healthy dose of general incompetence. Suffice it to say that Obama has found his…
Read MoreSome thoughts for our new conversation on guns
By Drew McKissick
Welcome to our latest national “conversation” about guns, a conversation demanded by those who have lost all recent conversations about guns. It features an extremely loathsome group of politicians and other opponents of the Second Amendment who want to exploit the deaths of the young children in Newtown, Connecticut in order to advance a political…
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Celebrating Independence and Separation of Powers
As Americans gather to celebrate Independence Day, it is a good time to take a moment and reflect on the importance of what that independence bought us – that being the freedom to create a government structure that separates power. No matter what your side of the political divide, the fact is that the fortunes…
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