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Fixing the Constitution: Is There a Better Approach to Selecting Judges? Over the last two weeks there has been a lot of news coverage regarding Tennessee’s judiciary and, in particular, the process by which people come to serve on our state Supreme Court.  It is a very critical issue.  Please understand this: essentially three Tennesseans can “interpret” your constitutional rights …

Over the next several days, thousands of Tennesseans and our fellow Americans will gather at courthouses, outside abortion clinics, and in their churches in solemn remembrance of the fact that abortion is a bloody stain on the history of this great nation. Those who gather know that abortion is a blight on the future of our nation if we allow …

One issue that our state legislature will address this coming year is the Court of the Judiciary, the legislatively-created body that evaluates complaints against state judges.  Legislative hearings over the Fall have convinced many that the system does not work and that judges who control the Court of the Judiciary protect their own to the detriment of the people.  Last …

Last week a U.S. Congressman from Michigan threatened some kind of legislation against the Lowes home improvement chain because it chose not to continue advertising a new network reality show trying to mainstream Islam. As I read the story I couldn’t help but wonder where the outcry has been about an even more egregious case of religious discrimination in Tennessee. The situation …

Newt Gingrich created quite a stir when he questioned the supremacy of the U.S. Supreme Court over the other two branches of our federal government.  The controversy was very revealing. What Mr. Gingrich said was that the federal government was to be composed of three separate but equal branches of government.  And the judiciary was to be the weakest of …

Still want to say that divisive social issues like sex education in our schools has no fiscal effect? Hope not. Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign forever popularized the statement, “It’s the economy, stupid.” And fourteen years later, our focus still seems to be on the economy and on jobs. A more recent variation on the theme or perhaps the reason we …

As conservatives, focusing our identity on “love of country” and “patriotism” is every bit as shaky as Vanderbilt building its foundation on “inclusion” and “tolerance”. The controversy regarding Vanderbilt University’s decision, in the name of inclusion and diversity, to exclude Christian student organizations as official student organizations revealed the “identity” by which the University defines itself. Now it’s time to …