Liberty
Highlighting Harris’ ‘dangerous brainstorm’
David Catron writes for the American Spectator about the latest bad ideas from former Vice President Kamala Harris. For a sense of how bereft the Democrats are of credible leaders…
Electoral college
set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to a particular office
Liberty
Spanberger joins attack on Electoral College
David Catron writes for the American Spectator about the latest bad idea taking hold among Virginia’s elected officials. A great deal of national news coverage concerning Virginia has focused on…
Liberty
Considering a ‘Two-Incumbent’ Election
Matthew Continetti writes for the Washington Free Beacon about potential implications of a Biden-Trump rematch. Americans are about to face a choice between two incumbent presidents. The idea sounds oxymoronic:…
Elections & Public Integrity
Big Election Bill Makes a Host of Reforms
The bill includes several policy changes for which the John Locke Foundation has advocated
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
The Left Would Dismantle the American System in the Name of “Democracy”
Political leaders and the media have been warning of a “threat to democracy” for months. While their rhetoric claims support for a pure democracy, it’s important to remember that in…
Liberty
Small Businesses Are the Most Trusted American Institution
A new Gallup Poll has revealed that America’s most trusted institution isn’t the church, public schools, the police and certainly not the news media or Congress, but small businesses. That’s perhaps the…
Law & Public Safety
Was Michael Byrd’s Killing of Ashli Babbit Justified?
*BBC photo source In a recent piece at the Hill, legal scholar Jonathan Turley suggests the answer is probably, “No.” Responding to a recent NBC interview in which Byrd claimed…
Law & Public Safety
Nothstine Urges N.C. Democrats to Reject Supreme Court Packing Plans
Ray Nothstine writes for the Fayetteville Observer that Democrats in North Carolina should be strong opponents of plans to pack the U.S. Supreme Court. After Gov. Pat McCrory was defeated…
Liberty
Leading GOP Lawmaker Calls Biden More Dangerous Than Obama
Zachary Halaschak of the Washington Examiner reports one leading Republican congressman’s assessment of Biden administration policies. Longtime Rep. Kevin Brady said that the Democratic agenda under President Joe Biden is…
Liberty
The presidency our founders created
Joseph Bessette and Gary Schmitt of the American Enterprise Institute remind us about the role the president is supposed to play in our constitutional system. … [W]hen it came time…
Law & Public Safety
We all should agree: Violent riots are bad
Robert VerBruggen of National Review Online explores a disturbing response to last week’s mob attack at the U.S. Capitol. This is not the most important observation that one might make…
Elections & Public Integrity
Smaller government is a better answer than scrapping Electoral College
Sukhayl Niyazov writes for the Federalist about ongoing criticism of the Electoral College. The most popular argument against the Electoral College is that it violates the fundamental principle underlying democratic…