Written by Peter Heck
As the American political world gears up for what promises to be one of the most acrimonious, bitter, and embarrassing confirmation hearings in the history of the federal judiciary, I’m curious if anyone has picked up on a common theme when it comes to these reputation desecrations we call senatorial “advise and consent.”
Out of sheer curiosity I conducted an informal, and extraordinarily unscientific survey of a small group of 5 politically aware colleagues and friends.… Continue Reading
Tags: Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Merrick Garland, Neil Gorsuch, Robert Bork, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer
Uncategorized | David E. Smith | 
September 28, 2020 10:00 AM | 
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Written by David Limbaugh
The fascist left regularly typifies the very qualities it professes to abhor. The only thing more pronounced than its totalitarianism is its stunning lack of self-awareness.
It’s ironic that leftists think of themselves as liberals, as the term “liberal” is historically and etymologically connected to the concept of liberty. Not only are they merely selective champions of liberty but the logical extension of their agenda is an eradication of liberty, from socialism to U.S.… Continue Reading
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Democrats never have any doubts about their court nominees. They know with certainty that once their picks are on the court, they will be willing to do anything in a real case to interpret the U.S. Constitution the way they see it. They will rule with the party’s preferred political outcomes regardless of past precedent or the plain meaning of the Constitution. There is no reason why conservatives cannot have that same confidence that GOP nominees will rule on the side of the original meaning of the U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: 14th Amendment, Antonin Scalia, Arizona v. United States, Bill of RIghts, Bladensburg cross case, Bostock v. Clayton County, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Clarence Thomas, Due Process, Education Amendments Act of 1972, Eighth Amendment, Equal Protection, Establishment Clause, Griggs v. Duke Power Co., illegal aliens, John Marshall, Judicial Nominations, Neil Gorsuch, Obergefell, Patchak v. Zinke, Plyler v. Doe, Privileges and Immunities Clause, SCOTUS, Supremacy Clause, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act, Zadvydas v. Davis
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | September 24, 2020 7:17 AM | Comments Off on 16 Questions Conservatives Should Ask Any SCOTUS Nominee
Written by James M. Odom, Esq.
The 5th District of Illinois is the largest geographical Supreme Court district in the state, covering 37 counties (36% of Illinois courts) from Christian County in the North to Alexander County in the South [1]. In this election cycle, voters in these counties will be voting to fill the vacancy left by retiring Justice Lloyd Karmeier. Democrat Judy Cates and Republican David K. Overstreet are running in this key Illinois race this election.… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
As Election Day nears, political lawn signs have sprouted like dandelions after a soaking rain and mailboxes are bursting with candidates’ mailers. This week, Monte and I take a deep dive into the important issues and details you won’t find on a lawn sign or an oversized postcard. Our Spotlight guests are Jeanne Ives, Republican candidate for Illinois’s 6th congressional district seat, currently held by Sean Casten, and Mark Curran, Republican candidate for the U.S.… Continue Reading
Written by Robert Knight
So, Colin Kaepernick is the current face of American professional sports.
This is the guy widely panned four years ago for his protests during the playing of the National Anthem at National Football League games. Now he’s the bee’s knees.
That’s the picture from a Washington Post poll that says a majority (56 percent) of Americans actually approve of athletes kneeling in protest when the Star-Spangled Banner is played. Only 42 percent of those polled say it’s “not appropriate.”… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
With less than 50 days before the November 3rd General Election, campaigns are heating up. Soon, our mailboxes will be filled with campaign literature, our phones will be ringing with robo-calls, and we will see and/or hear campaign ads on social media, television and the radio.
The messages that will be flooding the public square are what the candidates want you to know about themselves and about their opponents. But will your concerns and questions about their values and top priorities be answered?… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
With less than 50 days left before the November 3rd General Election, campaigns are heating up. Soon, our mailboxes will be filled with campaign literature, our phones will be ringing with robo-calls, and we will see and/or hear campaign ads on social media, television and the radio.
The messages that will be flooding the public square are what the candidates want you to know about themselves and about their opponents.… Continue Reading
Written by Dr. Everett Piper
Eric Voegelin was born in 1901. In 1919, he enrolled in the University of Vienna. He studied Karl Marx, read “Das Kapital” and embraced Marxism. However, as he watched the Bolshevik Revolution’s bloodlust play itself out in the streets of Russia, Voegelin concluded he was wrong. Therefore, he abandoned socialism and its assumptions of race and class conflict and became a member of the Austrian economics clan.
In addition to having a first-hand account of the ways of Vladimir Lenin, Voegelin also had a front-row seat to the rise of Adolf Hitler.… Continue Reading
Tags: Adolf Hitler, Aristotle, Climate Change, critical race theory, Das Kapital, Edmund Burke, Eric Voegelin, Gnostics, Karl Marx, Mao Zedong, Margaret Sanger, Marxism, National Socialism, Nazi Party, Sexual fluidity, Systematic racism, Vladimir Lenin, W.E.B. Du Bois, white privilege
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | September 14, 2020 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Voters Must Choose Between Revelation or Revolution This Election Year
Written by David E. Smith
This week on Spotlight, Monte Larrick and I are pleased to welcome Max Solomon, Republican candidate for State Representative for the 38th District. Max was born in Nigeria and is now a proud U.S. citizen. He shares his motivation and desire to represent the people in his district, explains how his Christian faith and pro-life, pro-family conservative views and values will inform his public service, and identifies some of the issues he hopes to address if he is elected to the Illinois House of Representatives.… Continue Reading
