Politics & Rights

U.S. policies of appeasing and even subsidizing Islamists, and promoting democratic processes to empower the same, have predictably produced a resurgence of Islamist assaults on “infidels.” Consider a few recent news stories: In Pakistan, members of the Taliban boarded a school bus and shot a 14-year-old girl in the head…

Should Sesame Street’s Big Bird or the like receive tax dollars? Not according to wise and fair Sesame Street characters. Mitt Romney took that position, too, when, during the first presidential debate, he said: I will eliminate all programs by this test: Is the program so critical it's worth borrowing…

Should politicians be permitted to restrict campaign speech? That is a question Colorado voters will face this Fall regarding Amendment 65, a ballot measure asking politicians to support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution "that allows Congress and the states to limit campaign contributions and spending." Recently I presented my…

Catholic Archbishop John J. Myers has issued a pastoral statement declaring that the legalization of gay marriage would threaten religious freedom. In fact, however, the archbishop’s claim is a threat to religious freedom. America has a secular government that is supposed to protect every individual's rights to free association and…

“You didn’t build that.” “Spread the wealth around.” Don’t “roll back regulations” on businesses. “Make these critical investments” in government projects, from Solyndra to Obamacare to federal education programs. Such are the ingredients of Barack Obama’s vision of an increasingly powerful central government—a government far past the bounds prescribed by…

A recent article from the Denver Post reveals the central problem with the modern clash between Democrats and Republicans: While both parties seek to protect individual rights in some ways, both seek to violate rights in other ways. The Post interviews a college student, Tyler Antikainen, about one main issue,…

A recent Washington Post article clarifies the meaning and purpose of Barack Obama’s government “investments.” As the paper reports, Obama has showered select citizens of Ohio with tax dollars and special privileges, helping them receive a grant for a “manufacturing center,” large tax credits for allegedly “clean energy,” and “the…

As Fox News reports, the United Nations is seeking to “create global taxes that would transfer hundreds of billions, and even trillions, of dollars from the rich nations of the world—especially the U.S.—to poorer ones.” [caption id="attachment_3473" align="alignright" width="242"] Image: Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Although a spokesperson from the U.S. Mission to…

The Obama Administration is running ads throughout Pakistan condemning and apologizing for the video that allegedly sparked the anti-America riots across the Middle East, including the sacking of the U.S. consulate in Libya and the murders of the American ambassador and three other U.S. Citizens. The New York Post sums…

Responding to criticisms of his comments about the “47%”, Mitt Romney, in an attempt to turn the tables, zeroed in on a quote from 1998 in which Barack Obama explicitly endorsed government-enforced redistribution of wealth. But in attempting to rebut Obama, Romney granted Obama’s basic premise. CBS News quotes Romney:…