Parroting Michael Harrington’s leftist tract The Other America, and ignoring the extensive apparatus of existing economic regulation, a bleeding-heart “reform conservative” advances democratic socialist rhetoric and policies. No thank you. This essay originally appeared in Law & Liberty…
Month: August 2023
Trouble in Paradise? (Part 20): The Blount County Public Library’s Questionable Community “Partners”
As the expression goes, “Birds of a feather flock together.” Thanks to Tennessee Conservative News (here)! I have been sounding the alarm for some time about the Blount County Public Library’s controversial role as rent-free host for a non-profit organization servicing the homeless…
Winning the War
Defeating the Axis Powers during WWII took tremendous resolve, effort, and resources. This essay first appeared in the Maryville Daily Times, on August 7, 2023 (here). In last month’s column, I talked about the contribution of Oak Ridge to the Manhattan Project’s development of the atomic bom…
In Texas, Ken Paxton Faces a “Ham Sandwich” Impeachment
This essay originally appeared in American Greatness, on August 4, 2023 (here). Thanks to Instapundit (here) and Real Clear Politics (here)! Honorable mention to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (here). Liberty-minded legal scholars decry prosecutorial abuses—including over-criminalization of condu…