Skiing down the slippery slope of climate change
More than 100 ski areas in the United States signed a Climate Declaration last year, demanding federal government action to avert “catastrophic” human-induced climate change. Instead of cooling the...
View ArticleThe state of Barack Obama's presidency is pretty bad
Suppose you are president, you’ve stumbled, fumbled, slipped and crashed, it’s time to give a State of the Union speech and millions will be watching. What do you do – say you are sorry and will try...
View ArticleHow Obama could rescue millions from poverty
Getting people to quit cigarettes and saving families with children from destitution have nothing in common, right? I think they do, and I think it could be President Obama’s single most significant...
View ArticleThink Again: Women: Looking for love in all the wrong places?
“Life’s greatest happiness,” Victor Hugo wrote, “is to be convinced we are loved.” As most experienced couples know, love-induced happiness is a year-round triumph, not the outcome of a singular,...
View ArticleThe political climate needs a change
Food stamps have never been more popular, economic growth is in the doldrums, average household income remains in a slump, the work force is still shrinking, a third of everyone between 18 and 34 is...
View ArticleSturm: Universities and bureaucracies: close-minded havens
“I’m not young enough to know everything,” Oscar Wilde observed, as if reflecting on the Great Commencement Speaker Flap of 2014. However, Jimi Hendrix was young when he offered advice that today’s...
View ArticleJay Ambrose: Immigration cruelties of the 'compassionate' sort
Tens of thousands of illegal immigrant children are streaming across our border with Mexico to escape horrors at home and finding new troubles here. These may be far less heinous than what they fled,...
View ArticleThink Again: It’s right versus wrong, not left versus right
Imagine a July 4th tradition like Hollywood’s where each year the Oscars pay homage to fallen stars. Liberty-loving Americans would fete public servants who’ve honored Thomas Jefferson’s rule to “leave...
View ArticleJay Ambrose: When Obama does it, does that make it legal?
President Barack Obama, whose power abuses have played a role in the imperilment of tens of thousands of children and earned him slaps by the U.S. Supreme Court and the threat of a lawsuit by House...
View ArticleLet freedom ring: words from the #WCS14
Saturday night marks the midpoint of the 2014 Western Conservative Summit, and attendees from all backgrounds and generations react to speakers throughout the weekend so far: BEN CARSON: John Pyson,...
View ArticleEmbrace goods made by inmates
A hand-braided black, white and red bridle with tassels and glass rosettes was one of my dad’s favorite antiques, both for its artistry and its history. Sometime in the early 20th century, an inmate in...
View ArticleChristian worldview faces growing opposition
(By Brad Hughes, Centennial Fellow) A majority of blacks, along with almost half of all Democrats, now believe that Christians pose a bigger threat to America than Muslims. A new poll from Clout...
View ArticlePublius #2 – No Angels Among Us
“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be...
View ArticlePublius #3 – Our Factious Nature
“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society. A...
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Ben Carson, the Tim Tebow of American Politics
[By Publius, ’76 Blog contributor] I like Dr. Ben Carson. He seems like a wonderful man, and I was even fortunate enough to meet him in passing once and shake his hand. By all accounts, he is a Godly,...
View ArticleA Jurist For All Seasons
[By Publius, ’76 Blog contributor] “We are a nation of laws, not men.” – John Adams, 1770 Antonin Scalia has died, and with him, a major rampart of constitutional jurisprudence has been lost. The...
View ArticleOn Replacing Scalia And Doing The Right Thing (For The Right Reasons)
[By Publius, ’76 Blog contributor] Antonin Scalia was a brilliant man of integrity who knew the law and the meaning of the Constitution better than almost anyone alive. His loss was a tragic blow to...
View ArticleGolden Goose? Liberals are determined to kill the Golden State
(By Publius, ’76 Contributor) In 2006, my wife and I made the best decision of our lives: We left my home state of California. At the time, we understood that it was probably forever, and that made it...
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