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.
Constitution Week: How Dishonest Lawyers Stole the Randolph Family’s Lawful Inheritance
Sep 20, 2024 by David Fowler
It is appropriate to tell you the heretofore unpublished story about the Randolph family since President Biden, in keeping with previous presidents, proclaimed September 17th Constitution Day and the period from the 17th through the 23rd as Constitut...
The Republican Strategy to Abolish Child Abuse
Sep 13, 2024 by David Fowler
Last week a group of “Republicans and other conservatives” filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court explaining how child abuse can be eliminated. It’s a very cogent proposition that liberals should love. So far, no...
The Two Criteria I Will Hereafter Apply to Presidential (Federal) Elections
Sep 6, 2024 by David Fowler
A person reached out to me last week struggling with how to vote, saying, “It is becoming increasingly difficult to find someone I can vote for.” I can empathize. Simply to vote for the lesser of two evils is to vote for an evil, and Chri...
J.D. Vance’s Most Recent View on Abortion Is a Warning to the Church
Aug 30, 2024 by David Fowler
Last week I took on David French’s less than Christian view that he would vote for Kamala Harris to “save conservatism.” Today I take on J.D. Vance’s most recent explanation for why neither he nor Donald Trump would support a ...
David French’s Reasons for Voting for Kamala Harris Should not be Blown Off
Aug 22, 2024 by David Fowler
Last week, David French, a professor of the orthodox tenants of the Christian religion, penned an editorial for the New York Times titled, “To Save Conservatism From Itself, I Am Voting for Harris.” I think conservatives, especially Chris...
Loving it: IOC and Science Box Themselves Into a Humpty Dumpty Goo-Woman Corner.
Aug 15, 2024 by David Fowler
The President of the International Olympic Committee said something about the controversy over persons with X and Y chromosomes (males) boxing against persons with two X chromosomes (females) for the women’s gold medal that gave me great hope. ...
Dionysius’s Table, the Republican Party Platform, and Solzhenitsyn’s “Warning to the West”
Aug 8, 2024 by David Fowler
As I reflected on the reaction of many Americans to the depiction of Dionysius’s Table at the Olympics and complaints by Christians over changes in the Republican Platform regarding abortion and the definition of marriage, something Aleksandr Solzh...
Free at Last to Speak Plainly About Our Legislature
Jul 31, 2024 by David Fowler
I am glad the Republican primary for the state legislature is over. It was hard for me not to weigh in on various contests, but I couldn’t because of state and federal laws governing endorsements. However, now I am free to say what I wanted to ...
Thoughts on the Fervor at the Republican National Convention—Good or Ominous?
Jul 24, 2024 by David Fowler
Despite my thirty-year political pedigree, or maybe because of what I’ve come to learn during that time, I just couldn’t get interested in watching the Republican National Convention. But what I did see, along with video excerpts on socia...
An Unlikely Aid in Helping You Evaluate State Legislative Candidates
Jul 18, 2024 by David Fowler
The rank-and-file pro-family people in Tennessee need a little truth about those in our state legislature who purport to lead them, especially since many incumbents are touting their pro-family bona fides. What follows should be helpful to any who ca...
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