The Lighthouse®
The late Justice Ginsburg’s embrace of a “living Constitution” jurisprudence is on full display in legal opinions she wrote on the Virginia Military Institute, same-sex marriage, and access to abortion. For Ginsburg, activist judges always knew best, even if it meant nullifying the decisions of democratically elected lawmakers.
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By Salvatore Joseph Cordileone, JCD (The Washington Post, 9/16/20)
Catholic churches have developed rigorous protocols to protect public health in our facilities, and a review of evidence on more than 1 million public Masses over the past few months concludes that these safeguards are working. Nevertheless, city officials in San Francisco are unwilling to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of Catholics eager to exercise their right to worship.
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By Morgan E. Hunter, Williamson M. Evers, Victor Davis Hanson (9/23/20)
Greece and Rome wrestled more than two thousand years ago with what citizenship meant, what freedom meant, what justice meant—just as we wrestle with them today. Today’s high school students are woefully unaware of the importance of their unique history.
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By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes, 9/10/20)
More than 600,000 people have signed an online petition calling on President Trump to forgive federal student loans as a way to stimulate an economy suffering from the ravages of the pandemic. Fortunately, there are far better ways to foster economic growth—and to tackle the federal student loan mess—that avoid unfair treatment of borrowers who’ve paid off their loan balances and that don’t put the U.S. government deeper in debt.
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By Art Carden (American Institute for Economic Research, 8/19/20)
Policymakers have eased up on some regulatory restrictions that had actively hampered entrepreneurs and businesses from developing quick and effective responses to the pandemic. They should also consider abolishing the FDA, ending medical licensing, and opening more doors to telemedicine.
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Volume 22, Issue 38: September 29, 2020
By William J. Watkins, Jr. (The American Spectator, 9/24/20)
The late Justice Ginsburg’s embrace of a “living Constitution” jurisprudence is on full display in legal opinions she wrote on the Virginia Military Institute, same-sex marriage, and access to abortion. For Ginsburg, activist judges always knew best, even if it meant nullifying the decisions of democratically elected lawmakers.
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Crossroads for Liberty
Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution
Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution
By William J. Watkins, Jr.
By Salvatore Joseph Cordileone, JCD (The Washington Post, 9/16/20)
Catholic churches have developed rigorous protocols to protect public health in our facilities, and a review of evidence on more than 1 million public Masses over the past few months concludes that these safeguards are working. Nevertheless, city officials in San Francisco are unwilling to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of Catholics eager to exercise their right to worship.
READ MORE »
By Morgan E. Hunter, Williamson M. Evers, Victor Davis Hanson (9/23/20)
Greece and Rome wrestled more than two thousand years ago with what citizenship meant, what freedom meant, what justice meant—just as we wrestle with them today. Today’s high school students are woefully unaware of the importance of their unique history.
READ MORE »By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes, 9/10/20)
More than 600,000 people have signed an online petition calling on President Trump to forgive federal student loans as a way to stimulate an economy suffering from the ravages of the pandemic. Fortunately, there are far better ways to foster economic growth—and to tackle the federal student loan mess—that avoid unfair treatment of borrowers who’ve paid off their loan balances and that don’t put the U.S. government deeper in debt.
READ MORE »
By Art Carden (American Institute for Economic Research, 8/19/20)
Policymakers have eased up on some regulatory restrictions that had actively hampered entrepreneurs and businesses from developing quick and effective responses to the pandemic. They should also consider abolishing the FDA, ending medical licensing, and opening more doors to telemedicine.
READ MORE »
The Beacon: New Blog Posts
- LeBron James Makes One Right Call but Misses Another, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- National Debt to Nearly Double GDP by 2050, by Craig Eyermann
- Is a Desalination Plant “Systemic Racism”?, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- Breonna Taylor Riots and More Irresponsible Rhetoric, by William J. Watkins, Jr.
- To Go to School in L.A., by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- Replacing RBG: A Lesson in Politics, by Randall G. Holcombe
- Did Forest Management or Climate Change Cause California Wildfires?, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- The First Green New Deal, by Craig Eyermann
- Pandemic Prophecy Not on the Rosy Side, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
Catalyst: New Articles
- What the James Bond Three “C’s” Can Teach Men, by Luka Ladan
- The USPS Needs to Stop Acting Like the CIA, by Ross Marchand
- Why There Are More Fires in California Than the Southeast, by Jon Miltmore
