Many speeches will be delivered this year about the Declaration of Independence as we celebrate its 250th birthday. However, I think the greatest was just delivered by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on April 15 at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas, Austin. The force ...
As our republic marks its 250th year, Americans are rightly pausing to remember the traditions that built this nation. We honor the founders who pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor; the pioneers who cleared forests and broke prairie sod; and the generations of farmers whose labor ...
Congressional hearings aren't known for generating Must-See TV, so the rare exceptions tend to be notable. Attorney Joseph Welch's takedown of the demagogic Senator from Wisconsin during the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings -- "At long last, sir, have you no sense of decency?" -- became iconic. Oliver North's attorney, Brendan Sullivan, torpedoed the Iran-Contra Committee's attempt to prevent him from coaching his client during the 1987 hearings with the memorable interjection, "Well, sir, I'm not a potted plant. I'm here as the lawyer." Thanks to the Internet, the most viewed Congressional ...
You aren't going to believe the latest lawsuit fad in America: suing companies as monopolistic for (SET ITAL)cutting(END ITAL) prices to consumers. In legal mumbo jumbo, this is called "predatory pricing" -- keeping prices (SET ITAL)lower(END ITAL) than charged by competitors. The idea is to keep prices so low that rival firms can't compete. Quick, throw Walmart, Home Depot and McDonald's in jail. This is no joke. Recent news reports indicate that the so-called Main Street Competition Coalition, helmed by a former small and midsize grocery chain lobbyist, a Biden administration ...
Countless protest signs have informed us over the years that "war is not the answer." We hear this message, with varying levels of sophistication and differing underlying worldviews, from institutions and people ranging from Code Pink to Pope LEO. "War does not solve problems," the ...
Your memories will try to trick you. I thought about that as I was driving down a street near my house the other day, when I spotted a father walking down the sidewalk, his young daughter slung over his shoulder like a sack of coal he was hauling out of a mine. Her hair bounced along on his back and she looked thrilled. They had been out on a stroll, and she'd asked for a ride: That was the story the image told me. Adorable, I thought, for a second. But wait. What was that look of resignation on the dad's face? Did I recognize that parental exhaustion myself, that feeling of being ...
