NFL corruption highlights the need to revoke special legal treatment
by George Landrith Most people do not know that the National Football League is treated as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization, nor do they realize that the NFL receives a special…
The Cornerstone of American Liberty
by George Landrith The Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787 — more than 225 years ago. That is long enough ago that it is easy to take for…
The Electoral College — The Last Round
by Gordon S. Jones My last column on the Electoral College prompted a number of thoughtful responses, so I would like to deal with those, and then make some…
Will U.S. Senate vote to Impose State Taxation of Internet Sales
by Grover Norquist Politicians have fantasies. Not Woody Allen “normal” fantasies about Swedish stewardesses. No. Politicians fantasize about being able to raise taxes on people who cannot vote against…
Reagan at the first CPAC, “We Will Be A City Upon A Hill”
“You can call it mysticism if you want to, but I have always believed that there was some divine plan that placed this great continent between two oceans to be…
“Pay-up, or you’ll regret it!”
by George Landrith Dr. Thomas Sowell, the Stanford University based economist, wrote this week that when he was teaching he would ask his students to consider this: “Imagine a government…
Own Our Failure to Uphold the Constitution
“Jefferson aptly wrote that ‘certain forms of government are better calculated than others to protect individuals in the free exercise of their natural rights … yet experience hath shewn, that…
Why the ‘threat’ on Bob Woodward matters
“Yes, all administrations are sensitive to criticism, and all push back when such criticism is deemed unfair or inaccurate. But no president since Richard Nixon has demonstrated such overt contempt…
Sequester Madness: The White House has become unhinged
by George Landrith With the sequester deadline looming, there has been a marked uptick in the hyperbole emanating from Washington. Little wonder, a Pew Research poll says that only about…
The buck still stops with the president
by Nolan Finley Playing the crisis card won’t work forever for President Barack Obama. At some point, the people will expect their leader to lead. And the president hasn’t…
The manufactured crisis of sequester
by George F. Will Even during this desultory economic recovery, one industry thrives — the manufacture of synthetic hysteria. It is, however, inaccurate to accuse the Hysteric in Chief of…
The Violence Against Women Act?
by Gordon S. Jones With the Senate having acted and the House set to take up the bill as early as next week, it is time for someone to answer…
More on Electoral College “Reform”
by Gordon S. Jones Now that a Virginia state senator has dropped plans to re-work his state’s method of allocating votes in the Electoral College, let’s consider some other proposals…
George Washington: The Indispensable Man, General, Founder, and President
“‘Before there was a nation, before there was a symbol of this young nation — a flag, a constitution, a national seal — there was Washington. . . . But…
The Incomparable George Washington
“I find his love of fox hunting, dancing, cards, and the theater all very appealing. His terrible temper—which he learned to control—is also clearly very human. Nor should his entrepreneurial…