Peace and coexistence are almost always inevitable. The only barriers to their eventualities are the prevalence of groups who preach and embrace the lie of irreconcilable difference.
Matters of the Heart | Part 6 – Abortion and the Non-Aggression Principle
In 1973, when the beginning of life was a mostly theocratic and philosophical question, the non-aggression principle perhaps demanded unrestricted access to legal abortions. But in 2020, evidences of life in the womb have become a scientific fact. This demands a reevaluation of the rights of an unborn child.
Link: Second Class Citizens?
Can a segment of America’s citizens be carved out as a separate class of people whose rights can be limited at the same time those rights are maintained by others? Judging by the desire to craft laws to further limit access to firearms for those between 18-21 years of age, many answer that question in the affirmative.
Matters of the Heart | Part 5 – The Right to Choose and Fetal Non-Personhood
Americans are fundamentally live-and-let-live people, so “The Right to Choose” is a strong and persuasive argument. But, it relies heavily on the concept of fetal non-personhood. For if a fetus, at any stage, were to be considered human life, the fetus would be entitled to the same rights of life and liberty as the mother.
Link: A Profile in Virtue – George Washington
Civic and Republican Virtue were once the expectation and duty of an American citizen. It is an unfortunate reality that such ideals are generally lost in modern American society.
Matters of the Heart | Part 4 – The Inevitability Argument
Pro-Abortion activists have long argued that abortions will happen regardless if it is legal or not. But such an assertion sidesteps the veritable industry that abortion has become.
The Right To Bear Arms and Regressive Progressivism
Securing and enumerating the individual right to own and bear the means of self-defense in the US Constitution was momentous and revolutionary. Infringing on that right would constitute the winding of the clock back to a time when such rights were denied by despotic and autocratic governments.
Tyranny is Tyranny
If someone can take away your life, liberty, or property you are not free. Tyranny is tyranny, whether from a king or a bandit.
Voting for Socialists: Let’s Get Down to Brass Tacks
In the ongoing debate about whether “NeverTrump” conservatives should be willing to vote for Democrats such as Bernie Sanders to defeat Trump and Trumpism, perhaps it’s time to move past the rhetorical mudslinging and lay down a few cold, hard realities.
Link: The Jefferson View
In my latest for the NOQ Report, I lay out the Jefferson View on foreign policy: that liberty threatened anywhere is liberty threatened everywhere.