Standing against tyrants remains our burden, a century after ‘Great War’
In the spring of 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres, a Canadian army doctor and officer wrote a poem…
The Kavanaugh Debacle Requires More Reason, Less Empathy
Few events in modern American government can set the internet ablaze like a fight over a Supreme Court vacancy. This…
The juvenile case behind the effort to revoke the Trump hotel’s liquor license
A group of citizens and their lawyer filed a complaint against the Trump International Hotel demanding the hotel’s liquor license be revoked. Under D.C. law,…
In cakeshop case, Justice Kennedy takes left-wing bigotry to task
When the word came down on Monday that the Supreme Court had sided with Colorado baker Jack Phillips (the besieged…
Remembering a major victory for free speech, 40 years later
A landmark Supreme Court decision marked its 40th birthday late last month. It’s worth celebrating. The case, known as First National Bank…
Why Single-Payer Health Care Denies Care To Sick Children Like Alfie Evans
Once again, a single-payer health-care system has attracted international attention for its moral depravity. The case concerns Alfie Evans, a…
Supreme Court can reinforce free speech with Rod Blagojevich case
Five years into his jail sentence for corruption, former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is down to his last appeal, now…
Illinois town’s ‘assault weapon’ ban is unconstitutional fear-mongering
The small village of Deerfield, Ill., and its recent decision to ban assault weapons is making headlines across the country. The measure…
The Sinclair Debacle Is a Big, Juicy Nothingburger
The national press is outraged after a video surfaced revealing Sinclair Broadcast Group’s decision to have its local news anchors…
Maine’s campaign laws hurt a free press
Political spats in Maine are threatening free press rights, and a bad law is at the source of it all….