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.
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 ...
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...
A Christmas Perspective on “Gender-Affirming Health Care”
Dec 2, 2022 by David Fowler
Matt Wash exposed the fact that at least one major hospital in Tennessee is providing “gender affirming care” to minors, i.e., mutilating healthy parts of a child’s body, to change their appearance and ostensibly to address incongru...
Thanksgiving from One ‘As Mad as a Wet Hen’—Me.
Nov 25, 2022 by David Fowler
Tuesday morning, I had a great sense of thanksgiving flood over me in the absolute strangest context. I was as mad as the proverbial wet hen with some people—good people—who have been grinding me down over the import to the work of God in...
The Southern Baptist Sex Abuse Scandal and Me.
Jun 10, 2022 by David Fowler
I spent most of my first 22 years in Southern Baptist Churches. Thereafter, I have been joined to other protestant churches. So, when sexual wrongs—dare we call them sins anymore? —and their cover up were exposed within the ranks of those...
Will Tennessee’s Christians Seize the Day or Seize Up?
Jan 12, 2022 by David Fowler
Many Christians today seem intent either on preserving the United States or making it great again, depending on how they view its current condition. But what must be preserved or recovered if they are to succeed? The upcoming legislative session will...
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