The Era of Limbaugh
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Feb. 7, 2020. The Washington Free Beacon is reposting on the occasion of Rush Limbaugh’s death Feb. 17, 2021. Florida governor Ron DeSantis spoke…
Magna Carta’s Influence on the Declaration of Independence & U.S. Constitution
The Magna Carta created the moral and political premise that, in many ways, the American founding was built upon. The Magna Carta came to represent the idea that the people…
The Man Who May Be America’s Most Corrupt Politician Resigns
The man generally considered the most powerful and possibly the most corrupt politician in Illinois abruptly resigned his seat in the state legislature Thursday after being denied another term as…
Biden Takes ‘Death to America’ Terrorists Off Terror List, Replaces Them With Republicans
The Biden administration responded to protests against its stolen election by embedding a domestic extremism office into the National Security Council. The man in charge of making it happen, Joshua…
Biden Makes History: First President in 40 Years to Punt on Contacting Israel
President Joe Biden is the first American leader in 40 years not to contact Israel’s leaders as one of his first actions in the White House, setting up what could…
Saving Washington’s Birthday
It was only a matter of time before cancel culture scored a hit in its fight to eliminate the Founders from our collective memory. On Tuesday, the San Francisco board…
History’s Lesson for Biden: Stuff Happens
A president elected at a time of deep national crisis generally has an advantage over one elected when things are going fairly well. Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in shortly…
Hyper-Polarization, Executive Power, and the Constitution
Polarization, or a tendency toward the extremes, is a matter of degrees and frequently vexes free and democratic government. The hyper-polarization that disfigures American politics today — the determination to…
Tech Community Turns Against the New York Times
A new app offers the ability to block New York Times reporters on Twitter en masse, escalating the feud between the tech community and the Paper of Record. The BlockNYT project rolled out Monday…
Biden’s Blue State Claw Back
No one can accuse President Biden of easing into office. His first days have been a blizzard of executive orders, presidential memorandums, and official proclamations. He says he wants to…
Frontiers of Freedom’s Statement on U.S. Senator Rand Paul’s Substitute Budget Amendment
Washington, DC – February 4, 2021 — George Landrith, president of Frontiers of Freedom, released the following statement on U.S. Senator Rand Paul’s Substitute Budget Amendment: Senator Rand Paul has…
Voters Say U.S. Is More Divided, Doubt Biden Can Unite Americans
In his inaugural address, President Joe Biden used the word “unity” 11 times to highlight his commitment to bringing the American people together. According to one new poll, it didn’t…
When Biden Said ‘Unity,’ What Did He Mean?
As inaugural speeches go, Joe Biden‘s will be remembered (if at all) for its forgettability. Its best line was borrowed. It lacked the soaring rhetoric of a Reagan, Roosevelt or Kennedy…
‘Free Speech for Me, but Not for Thee’
The American media — long stalwart defenders of the First Amendment — are now having second thoughts. For decades, it was a commonplace sentiment among journalists that freedom of the press…
The Left Wants Unconditional Surrender, Not Unity
About two years ago, one of my wife’s best friends began to turn down invitations to get together. Then, out of the blue, she unfriended my wife on Facebook. That’s…