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.
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...
Pro-Life Leaders and the Republican Platform Change
Jul 12, 2024 by David Fowler
The rank-and-file members of the pro-life community need someone to be honest with them about what remains in the Republican Party Platform addressed to abortion. There is a behind-the-scenes story about what some pro-life leaders and organizations a...
The ACLU v. The Ten Commandments: Getting the Issue Framed Correctly
Jul 3, 2024 by David Fowler
July 4th was an invitation to think about our nation’s founding, and the other week the ACLU gave us something specific to consider—the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. I wonder why the ACLU would have a problem with it....
Making Pride Month Meaningful No. 4: Pride and Boasting
Jun 28, 2024 by David Fowler
The response of many Christians to Pride Month, which is coming to a close, is something to the effect that God hates pride, and no doubt the Bible says that. The Bible also speaks a lot about boasting. I began to look at the meaning of the words &ld...
Making Pride Month Meaningful, No. 3: How Love and Law Go Together
Jun 21, 2024 by David Fowler
If our society is going to celebrate Pride Month, can we jettison bumper-sticker conservations like “Love is Love” and “God hates Pride” for something more meaningful? Here’s my suggestion for a conversation starter: In ...
Making Pride Month Meaningful: Using it to Expose My Prideful Understanding of Love
Jun 14, 2024 by David Fowler
Christians often smirk at the silliness of the tautology associated with Pride Month—"Love is Love.” No doubt it lacks any meaning and expresses nothing about the purpose of love or to what (or who) love should be directed. But like ...
If there’s going to be a Pride Month, let’s make it meaningful.
Jun 6, 2024 by David Fowler
June is “Pride Month,” and the social media firestorm between Pride supporters and Christians is heating up. But what if the conversation about Pride Month were to take place at a level I think we have all grown accustom to ignoring? The ...
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