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Mar 25 2019
News
Life, Liberty and Texas Values': State Plan Would Protect Religious Rights from LGBTQ Activism
Texas is pushing forward with new legislation that, if passed, will ultimately protect religious freedom.
The Republican-controlled state senate in Texas is considering SB 17. The bill would allow state license holders like lawyers, health care professionals, and counselors to serve clients based on their religious beliefs without any adverse actions from licensing boards.
Texas
CBNJan 19 2021
Perspectives Blog
25 Years After Legal Protections for Internet Companies, Democrats and Republicans Want to Raise the Standards
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
Almost 25 years ago, Congress passed legislation that shields tech companies from legal liability for user content, but also states that content moderation must be done in good faith. Social media companies have benefitted from legal protection. Now both Republicans and Democrats in Congress, concerned by the conduct
Rolf HendriksJun 03 2021
Perspectives Blog
Odd Couples: MLK + Billy Graham
“Well I don’t know what will happen now, we’ve got some difficult days ahead…” -- The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He would be assassinated the next day. Note: This piece was originally created by The Village Square and published on respectandrebellion.com. At a time when we barely see humanity in those we disagree with, it almost takes your breath away that The Rev. Dr. Martin
Respect + RebellionOct 10 2013
News
GOP Offers Debt Ceiling Deal; White House Says 'It's Encouraging'
House Speaker John Boehner says he and fellow Republicans are willing to compromise and pass a temporary extension of the $16.7 trillion debt ceiling in exchange for substantive negotiations on other fiscal matters. But their proposal would not affect the partial government shutdown.
"What we want to do is offer the president today the ability to move a temporary increase in the debt
NPR (Online News)Oct 11 2015
News
Bernie Sanders vs. the Lamestream Media
Tuesday’s first-of-the-season Democratic debate is unlikely to be what Bernie Sanders thinks it should be: A high-minded and nuanced discussion about the policies and prescriptions that would help Americans. But that’s because the media is running the debate—and the media’s chief goal, he believes, is to create a “nation of morons.” It’s not exactly a new complaint of his. In fact, his
PoliticoDec 17 2019
Opinion
We Are Republicans, and We Want Trump Defeated
The president and his enablers have replaced conservatism with an empty faith led by a bogus prophet.
Patriotism and the survival of our nation in the face of the crimes, corruption and corrosive nature of Donald Trump are a higher calling than mere politics. As Americans, we must stem the damage he and his followers are doing to the rule of law, the Constitution and the American
New York Times (Opinion)Jul 01 2020
Analysis
What Are Schools For?
Hint: The education of children.
In his excellent new book, Charter Schools and Their Enemies (full review forthcoming in National Review) Thomas Sowell advises that it is necessary for us to remind ourselves from time to time of a first truth: “Schools exist for the education of children.”
Sometimes, the most obvious truths prove to be the most difficult to implement.
The
National Review (News)Oct 09 2020
Analysis
This Supreme Court Term Will End With Either Catastrophe or 13 Justices
If Amy Coney Barrett is seated before the election, Democrats will need to act quickly.
When Republicans gathered at the White House on Sept. 26 to celebrate the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, they placed themselves at the epicenter of a likely superspreader event. Several senators in attendance—in addition to the president, the first lady, Chris Christie, and
SlateJan 13 2021
News
‘He will do his duty’: How loyalty led to conflict for Mike Pence
Mike Pence’s top task as Donald Trump’s vice president was to be loyal. Now, his loyalty to the Constitution has put him in a political no man’s land.
That Vice President Mike Pence has reconciled with President Donald Trump, at least in the public telling, should come as no surprise.
The vice president is a man of deep faith and loyalty, whether it be to his family, the
Christian Science MonitorDec 05 2019
News
'No choice but to act': House Speaker Pelosi asks chairmen to pursue articles of impeachment against President Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Congress had to act in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump because of his failure to faithfully execute the law, a phrase that echoed the reasoning for the Declaration of Independence from England.
“The president abused his power for his own personal political benefit," said Pelosi, D-Calif. "The president's actions have
USA TODAY