In our blog, read about the political and cultural issues affecting Tennesseans written from a conservative perspective. Commentaries are typically written by David Fowler, an attorney who served in the Tennessee state Senate for 12 years before joining FACT as President.
“Experts” say America’s on the “Brink of Collapse” but why is that so?
Feb 24, 2023 by David Fowler
A recent Fox New headline trumpeted its new three-part series on America with this headline: “America ‘unrecognizable’ and on the brink of collapse, experts warn: ‘Turning on our own legacy.’” The series will look ...
What Kind of “Dignity” Will the Tennessee House Vote to Give You Next Thursday?
Feb 17, 2023 by David Fowler
Next Thursday, the Tennessee House of Representatives is likely to enact into law (absent a gubernatorial veto) a bill that would allow persons to sue and recover monetary damages from all health care providers involved in rendering “gender tra...
Doing Law and Politics in the “Real” World Is Tougher Than Ever
Feb 8, 2023 by David Fowler
Over the last few months, I have had multiple exchanges with Christian policymakers and lawyers around the country about legislation directed at stopping “transgender treatments” on minors. I found myself urging them to consider the same ...
Can There Be a “Politics of Love”?
Feb 3, 2023 by David Fowler
Last week I put the LGBTQ movement and the Christian Nationalist movement “in the dock” to evaluate the nature of the love each professes. Today, I put my first book, The Politics of Loving God, in the dock. My purpose is to see if t...
Putting the LGBTQ Movement and Christian Nationalism in the Dock
Jan 27, 2023 by David Fowler
Legislation pending in Tennessee (Senate Bill 1/House Bill 1) and in several other politically conservative states will pit these two seemingly disparate and rival movements against each other. But I increasingly believe the two have something in com...
The Legal and Constitutional Tonic We Need to Protect Tennessee's Children
Jan 20, 2023 by David Fowler
It would sound hyperbolic to say that our lack of appreciation for, even aversion to, common law is killing our Republic, though it is true, but today I will restrain myself to explaining why common law may be the only tonic capable of constitutional...
Christian Statesman or Pharisee?
Jan 13, 2023 by David Fowler
Christian Statesman or Pharisee? The Practical Difference the Answer Makes for Legislation
The legislature convened this week, and I confess, I look at what is about to unfold in a whole new way. In the last few weeks, culminating with an insight ...
The Perils of Power Politics—Abortion and the Tennessee Legislature
Jan 6, 2023 by David Fowler
The Perils of Power Politics—Abortion and the Tennessee Legislature
Power politics is basically all progressives, liberals, conservatives, and conservative Christians know. It is all I knew until recently, and its habits are hard to break. I...
New Year More of the Same
Dec 30, 2022 by David Fowler
A new year is about to dawn. In terms of law and public policy will it bring more of the same or something new? In Tennessee we will learn soon enough from the disposition of Senate Bill 1/House Bill 1, pre-filed by the House and Senate Majority Lead...
Getting Christmas Right
Dec 23, 2022 by David Fowler
As I signed a few hundred letters a week ago with a Christmas-themed postscript containing the word “joy,” I began to wonder, “What is joy? Is there an objective meaning to ‘joy’ that is not dependent on a person’s...
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