Presidential Decency
Pastor and author Max Lucado has written lately about decency as it relates to the presidential election. Decency is sort of a minimum demand we make...
Poor Mouthing
Why do so many candidates talk about their humble upbringing and sometimes even pretend to be poor? Let’s face it. Most of the presidential candidates...
Be More Like Sweden?
During this presidential campaign, we have heard references to Sweden and other Scandinavian countries. Senator Bernie Sanders says, “I think we shoul...
Licensing Barriers
Many people are prevented from getting a job or starting a business because of state requirements for occupational licensing. In Nevada, for example,...
FBI and Hillary Clinton
Two questions I hear with some regularity are: What is the FBI going to do? And when is the FBI going to do it? The questions surround the current inv...
Socialism Debate
The presidential candidacy of Bernie Sanders has created an interesting debate about Democratic socialism. One of the most interesting has been the ba...
Choosing Chicken
Not long ago, students at the University of Nebraska, Kearney were polled regarding their preference for a new fast food dining option for their stude...
Rules of Engagement
Should the U.S. military revise their current rules of engagement? Some candidates have talked about this by lamenting that lawyers rather than office...
Electoral Map
If Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee, how difficult would it be for him to be elected president? To understand the challenge, it is worth lo...
Sewer Politics
Columnist Cal Thomas says he was going to write a column about how the Republican presidential campaign has become gutter politics. But given the comm...
Constitutional Interpretation
The current vacancy on the Supreme Court highlights the ongoing debate about how to properly interpret the Constitution. The late Justice Antonin Scal...
Trump and First Amendment
One of the many proposals that Donald Trump has made on the campaign trail is to change the libel laws in America. He wants to make it easier for him...
