Written by Robert Knight
We’ve had a very serious setback this last week in the cause of freedom, courtesy of a dozen “woke” Republican senators. But first, we’ll begin with a bit of pop culture that speaks to where we are as a nation.
Sad to say, Mariah Carey won’t be able to trademark “Queen of Christmas.” Yes, in time, we will get over this.
The ubiquitous songbird, whose “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is piped everywhere, tried to monopolize the title legally.… Continue Reading
Tags: ACLU, Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, Chuck Schumer, Cynthia Lummis, Dan Sullivan, Defense of Marriage Act, Elizabeth Chan, H.R. 8404, Joni Ernst, Lisa Murkowski, Louis W. Tompros, Loving v. Virginia, Lucy Van Pelt, Mariah Carey, Merrick Garland, Mitt Romney, Nat King Cole, Obergefell v. Hodges, Queen of Christmas, Respect for Marriage Act, Richard Burr, Rob Portman, Roy Blunt, Shelley Moore, Susan Collins, Thom Tillis, Todd Young, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | November 21, 2022 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Christmas Queens And The Oxymoronically Named Respect For Marriage Act
Written by Walker Wildmon
Traditionally in America, representatives and senators carry out the will of the people in our nation’s capital. Sadly, this is not the case in the modern political era. Many of today’s politicians are more concerned with their own interests rather than the interests of our country.
Mitch McConnell has been in the news recently for the fact that little good is getting done in the U.S. Senate under his leadership. Here are a few examples of this lack of progress.… Continue Reading
Tags: Chris McDaniel, Cory Gardner, Donald Trump, John Barrasso, John Cornyn, John Thune, Luther Strange, Mitch McConnell, Paul Singer, Roy Blunt, Roy Moore, Steven Law, Thad Cochran
Federal Issues | David E. Smith | October 27, 2017 5:32 AM | Comments Off on The Foul Stench in Washington
Health-care experts call it D.C. insiderism at its worst.
Written by Brendan Bordelon
The rumors began trickling in about a week before the scheduled vote on April 23: Republican leadership was quietly pushing senators to pull support for subpoenaing Congress’s fraudulent application to the District of Columbia’s health exchange — the document that facilitated Congress’s “exemption” from Obamacare by allowing lawmakers and staffers to keep their employer subsidies.
The application said Congress employed just 45 people.… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Cato Institute, Chuck Grassley, David Vitter, Deb Fischer, Election2016, James Risch, John Boehner, Judicial Watch, Kelly Ayotte, Marco Rubio, Michael Cannon, Mike Enzi, Mitch McConnell, Obamacare, Rand Paul, Robert Moffit, Roy Blunt, Tim Scott, Yuval Levin
Federal Issues, Political | David E. Smith | May 14, 2015 1:00 PM | Comments Off on How 5 Republicans Let Congress Keep Its Fraudulent Obamacare Subsidies