Constitution Archives


Get off the couch

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

This great country — and I do mean EXCEPTIONAL — is in the grips of a domestic enemy. (more…)

Health care and justice: Reply to Sasseen

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Your understanding of the health care debate is truly comprehensive and thoughtful. We must always be concerned with both individual rights and the common good. (more…)

Is health reform a matter of justice?

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

(Author: Robert F. Sasseen) Is affordable healthcare for all a question of individual rights, or a requirement of the common good? (more…)

Frank Rich: proof positive that the left doesn’t get it

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Frank Rich, the former NY Times drama critic turned left-wing opinion guru, has today written an opinion piece which provides a great window into how liberals view the world. (more…)

High court’s power grab may backfire

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

In an audacious power grab, the Colorado Supreme Court recently embraced, by a 4-3 decision, a judicial doctrine that would (more…)

Constitution Day 2009

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions
By Greg Schaller

On September 17, 1787, thirty-nine of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention, having met for four long, hot, and humid summer months in Philadelphia, had finally completed their task. On that day, they lined up and signed their names to the completed document. The debates had often been heated and the disagreements significant, concerning the powers of the national government, the representation of the states, and, of course, slavery. Yet in the end, the final version was a Constitution that has endured for over 221 years. It is the longest surviving (more…)

Constitution? What’s that?

Friday, September 18th, 2009

We all know that Barack Obama doesn’t think much of the Constitution.  And he certainly won’t let it get in the way of the government takeover of health care. (more…)

Remembering our landmark Constitution

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Today we celebrate the 222nd anniversary of the completion of the United States Constitution by a hardy assemblage of patriots in 1787, meeting for four months in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. (more…)

Democrats socialistic? Of course they are

Monday, August 24th, 2009

The greatest single weapon in the Democratic Party’s arsenal has been its ability to confuse the voters. Even though it has practically defined itself (more…)

Constitution will survive Dems’ assaults

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Last fall I shared in the disappointment of 47 percent of the voters who did not cast their ballots for Barack Obama and feared his stated intention of “transforming” America into a socialist regime. (more…)

Public assemblies, American style

Monday, August 10th, 2009

The Obama Administration has been the occasion for numerous Tea Parties and Town Hall Meetings, which are different species of the genus public assembly.  How they are seen and understood depends a great deal on one’s point of view. (more…)

Our language controls our political thought

Monday, July 13th, 2009

“Modern English . . . is full of bad habits which spread by imitation . . . If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly (more…)

The meaning of American independence

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

The national holiday we celebrate today is more often referred to as the Fourth of July than Independence Day (more…)

Abortion, slavery both founded in violence

Monday, June 15th, 2009

The recent murder of George Tiller, the famous late-term abortionist in Kansas, brought differing reactions from the pro- and anti-abortion movements. (more…)

The Constitution is still the supreme law

Monday, June 8th, 2009

“We must never forget it is a Constitution we are expounding”- Chief Justice John Marshall (more…)