Rita Dunaway
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When government becomes parent
Some well-meaning parents have formed “Parents Against Underage Smartphones,” an advocacy group asking state legislators to legally prohibit the sale of smartphones to children under the age of 13. While I applaud the group’s motivating principles, I cringe at yet another hope misplaced in government bureaucracy. PAUS describes itself as a “nonprofit organization of parents […] → Read More
Good government can fit inside our pockets
We have a great Constitution, and next Sunday, Sept. 17, we celebrate its 230th anniversary on “Constitution Day.” But which Constitution will we celebrate? Among the ingenious features of our national government’s operating manual are its separation and limitation of powers and its built-in checks and balances. But one often-overlooked virtue of our Constitution is […] → Read More
Battle repugnant ideas with Truth
Ignorance-fueled hatred is a sad reality of our world. It yielded its disgusting fruit last weekend in the violence that unfolded in Charlottesville, Virginia, where neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members took to the streets with their shameful ideas. Each of the thugs who harmed or endangered others by his behavior or violated just laws […] → Read More
Painful truth about injustice of affirmative action
Americans are suckers for labeling. When it comes to the label of “discrimination,” we’ve gone a bit crazy. We instantly oppose any practice identified as discriminatory, even though not all forms of discrimination are bad. (We appropriately choose the pleasant job applicant over the grumpy one, and grant licenses to the doctors who passed their […] → Read More
Trump’s budget: Smart compassion
According to some commentators, President Trump’s recently unveiled budget proposal is incontrovertible evidence that our nation’s CEO is a heartless charlatan. One writer cites the proposal as an effort to balance the federal budget “on the backs of the poor, the sick and the marginalized,” and reported that “the deepest cuts” will come at the […] → Read More
Let’s repair the republic — not just redecorate
Hopefully, we’ve finally read the last of the “first 100-days” assessments of the Trump administration. He won some, he lost some – now it’s time to move on. The real lesson to be learned is that no matter how imaginative we get with our selection of government officials, changing personnel can only go so far […] → Read More
Johnson Amendment is not the problem
I have to be honest with you: I think all the hubbub about the Johnson Amendment is much ado about, essentially, nothing – or at least about nothing essential. So unlike some conservatives, I wasn’t particularly upset over the fact that President Trump’s recent executive order did not indicate movement toward abolishing this component of […] → Read More
Join me in breaking up with Starbucks
I love Starbucks coffee. That’s why I was horrified when a friend told me that Starbucks is a direct contributor to Planned Parenthood Federation, the nation’s largest abortion provider. This friend encouraged me to check it out for myself on the website of an organization called 2nd Vote, which discloses the causes – both liberal […] → Read More
America’s Dumbo Syndrome
At the climax of the classic Disney film “Dumbo,” the elephant discovers that his power to fly does not depend upon the magic feather at all. He realizes that he has had the power all along, thanks to his enormous ears. Sadly, many Americans today suffer from the Dumbo Syndrome. We look at our community […] → Read More
A government that ‘does it all’ will fail
“Separation of church and state,” ranks high among phrases frequently misused in politics. It typically appears in the context of trite allegations that some poor soul has created an unconstitutional establishment of religion by mentioning God in a valedictory address or praying “in Jesus’ name.” Such hysterical misapplications of the First Amendment trivialize the nature […] → Read More
5 reasons Trump’s bathroom reversal is sound
Some activists have taken hyperbole to new heights in expressing their outrage over the Trump administration’s reversal of the Obama administration’s “Guidance” on transgender students in the nation’s public schools. For instance, the Washington Post quotes National Center for Transgender Equality’s Mara Keisling describing the action as “a brazen and shameless attack on hundreds of […] → Read More
Government’s purpose: Will Trump get it right?
Hopes, fears and expectations abound as we all prepare for the dawning of the Trump administration. We want him to repeal this law or sign that one; to fund this group and defund another; to appoint this kind of judge and never the other kind. My own fondest hope for President-elect Trump is more general […] → Read More