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March 10, 2009
(Note: This is the second of a series of commentaries that discusses the concept of “personhood” and Constitutional protection for all “persons.”) Dr. Suess, the beloved children’s author, wrote a delightful children’s story titled Horton Hears A Who. This is a story about a creature named Horton who discovers a tiny microscopic land named ‘Whoville.” Inhabiting this tiny world are creatures named “Whos” that are too tiny for the naked eye to see. However, Horton in […]
June 3, 2009
When running for the presidency Obama made it very clear what standards he would rely upon, as President, in making appointments to the United States Supreme Court. He made it clear that “empathy” is the character he seeks in a judicial nominee. The empathy to understand what it’s like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old. And that’s the criteria by which I’m going to be selecting my judges. Obama criticized […]
June 11, 2009
I was encouraged recently by the results of a Gallup public opinion poll on abortion taken in May. The poll found 51% of Americans calling themselves “prolife” and 42% “pro-choice.” This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified themselves as prolife since Gallup began asking this question in 1995. Even more astounding is the fact that a recent national survey by the Pew Research Center recorded an eight percentage-point decline since […]
June 16, 2009
Speculation abounds over President Obama’s appointment of judge Sonya Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court and her position on the issue of abortion. There currently is a very sensitive balance on the Court on some high profile social issues such as abortion, and many cases on these issues are decided by a vote of 5-4. Sotomayor, as a Supreme Court justice, will undoubtedly provide the deciding vote on a variety of such issues. Judge […]
June 29, 2009
Recently the nation has seen a wave of deaths of celebrities — Ed McMann, Michael Jackson, Farah Fawcett and Billy Mays. Very few people in the general public had personal relationships with these departed public icons. Yet, the intensity level of mourning that the nation has exhibited upon the news of these deaths shows that millions of people identified with these celebrities in a very personal way. Celebrity Death of Michael Jackson The public mourning […]
July 8, 2009
On June 16 during an interview on CNBC President Obama swatted at and killed a fly. The matter was treated with good humor by most. I, for one, wanted to say “Nice shot Mr. President.” However, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) felt differently and publicly chastised the President for his apparent cruelty to the insect. “We support compassion for the even the smallest animals,” says Bruce Friedrich, VP […]
August 2, 2010
The American patriot Thomas Paine helped to fuel the American Revolution with his classic essay Common Sense. In this essay Paine proclaims: “[A] long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.” Thomas Paine, of course, was talking about the abuses that the American colonists suffered under the crown […]
August 11, 2010
Public opinion polls and the political pundits seem to now agree that if the November elections were held today the Republican Party would win an historic landslide victory. Indeed, the agenda of the Obama administration has been dominated by far left policies that have deepened the current economic recession and has pursued a radical social agenda, which includes a steadfast commitment to abortion on demand. Public discontent with these policies is intense. The winds of […]