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.
A ‘Little’ Incarnation Doesn’t Do Much to Make Christmas Merry
Dec 21, 2021 by David Fowler
A couple of weeks ago, the story of the Incarnation celebrated on Christmas day finally became “larger than life” for me. I realized I had such a “little” view of the Incarnation. Only a “BIG&rd...
A Damnable Administration of Tennessee Law Repudiates the Christmas Story
Dec 15, 2021 by David Fowler
In 2015, then Governor Haslam began to administer a law in Tennessee without constitutional authority, contrary its plain language. He began a practice in our state that necessarily repudiates the whole foundation for the Christmas story. What Haslam...
How A Most Damnable Statement in Tennessee Law Repudiates the Christmas Story
Dec 10, 2021 by David Fowler
On October 13th, the full import of a provision in the Tennessee Code that I have been reading for the last six years hit home. The realization proved just how uncritical my thinking has been. What the statute says is truly damnable, and believe it o...
The Christmas Story As I Never Heard It
Dec 3, 2021 by David Fowler
Three weeks from today will be Christmas Day. Until about two weeks ago I would have called myself a heretic for saying the most fundamental point of Christmas story—the events told in Luke Chapter 2 about the night Jesus was born—is ...
The Recipe for a Happy Thanksgiving Even in the Mess We Are in.
Nov 24, 2021 by David Fowler
I know a Thanksgiving commentary on Friday is a day late, but our publication day is Friday, and honestly, no one would read it on Thursday anyway. I hope you don’t also find it a dollar short! I want to share with you a simple recipe for havin...
How Should Christians Respond to the Republican Party’s New Pride Coalition?
Nov 19, 2021 by David Fowler
I was an elected Republican. I will vote for a particular Republican candidate over a Democrat assuming I choose to vote in that candidate’s race at all. But how should Christians respond to the recent news that the Republican National Committe...
Why We Really Should ‘Blame’ God for the Mess We Are In
Nov 11, 2021 by David Fowler
When you add the news this week that you and I have taken a 6.2% pay cut due to inflation to the ongoing news that supply chains problems are making normal consumer purchases more difficult, labor shortages abound, people are being fired for not gett...
Virginia’s Election and the TN Legislature’s COVID Special Session
Nov 5, 2021 by David Fowler
The results of the Virginia gubernatorial election should be a wake-up call for Republican elected officials in Tennessee. They ought not kid themselves that Youngkin’s victory was a ringing endorsement of the Republican Party. Just as certain ...
How to Tell the Federal Government ‘No’ on COVID ‘Vaccination’ Mandates.
Oct 21, 2021 by David Fowler
The COVID special session is put up or shut up time for our state politicians. I know from experience that they are in a tough spot. As a state Senator, I sponsored and passed legislation demanded by the federal government under the expressed threat ...
Needed: A COVID “Special Session From Hell”
Oct 21, 2021 by David Fowler
This week, enough Republican members of the state Senate joined the Republican members of the state House to call for a special legislative session on issues surrounding COVID. For reasons I will explain, I think we need the kind of special session t...
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