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Davos, Dictators and the Real 'Threats to Our Democracy' Jan. 25, 2024
Republican presidential candidate (and now presumptive nominee) Donald Trump won the Iowa caucus and... Read More
The Chevron Doctrine Discomfits the Weak: Excessive Judicial Deference Gives Administrative Agencies a License to Rewrite the Law in Their Favor Jan. 17, 2024
In two cases the Supreme Court is considering, herring fishermen in New Jersey and Rhode Island are ... Read More
O'Connor's Parting Dissents Highlighted the Twin Perils of Local Tyranny and Federal Overreach: The Late Supreme Court Justice Eloquently Defended Property Rights and State Autonomy Dec. 06, 2023
The month before Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement in 2005, she dissented from Su... Read More
Who Owns Your Face? Feb. 25, 2021
After listening to Dr. Anthony Fauci suggest last weekend that we should expect to be wearing two ma... Read More
The Right to Worship Even in a Pandemic Nov. 18, 2020
New York's dictatorial governor, Andrew Cuomo, may have met his match. The Roman Catholic Diocese of... Read More
The Freedom to Pursue Happiness May. 28, 2020
The governors of all 50 states, and the mayors of many large cities, have assumed unto themselves th... Read More
What If the Government Has It Wrong? May. 21, 2020
What if the government has it wrong — on the medicine and the law? What if face masks can't st... Read More
Do We Still Have a Constitution? May. 07, 2020
I have been taking some heat from friends and colleagues for my steadfast defense of personal libert... Read More
Whitmer to Michigan: Stay Home and Shut Up Apr. 19, 2020
WASHINGTON — When historians look back at America's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, they... Read More
Freedom in a Time of Madness Mar. 19, 2020
"The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, ... Read More
Family Breakdown Explains Social Unrest Dec. 12, 2018
As France is gripped by civil disorder, many commentators identify, quite correctly, as the culprit ... Read More
The Snitches in Your Kids' Dental Office Mar. 28, 2018
How sharper than a serpent's tooth to have a despotic pediatric dentist. Parents who decide, for wha... Read More
Western Values Are Superior Jul. 26, 2017
Here's part of President Donald Trump's speech in Poland: "The fundamental question of our time is w... Read More
Anti-Trump Overreach Could Backfire Jul. 14, 2017
Overreach. Donald Trump seems to have an uncanny knack for prompting overreach by his opponents and ... Read More
Repeal! No, Wait! Feb. 15, 2017
Republicans promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But now they are hesitating. I understand w... Read More
Continuing in Obama's Path Feb. 03, 2017
For eight years, conservatives — rightly, in my view — railed against the imperial presi... Read More
There's No Wizard Behind the Curtain Nov. 10, 2016
As this column was first being drafted, voters all across the United States were streaming to the po... Read More
Obama's Legacy Is Executive Abuse Jan. 08, 2016
Over the winter break, I finally got around to binge-watching "Parks and Recreation." In case you mi... Read More
Overreaching on Iran Apr. 19, 2015
The case against the U.S. nuclear deal with Iran is easy to make. It doesn't ensure that Iran will n... Read More
EPA Overreach Argued to Supreme Court Feb. 27, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case challenging the Environmental Protectio... Read More
