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.
What Is Political Conservatism and Is It Worth Conserving?
Mar 24, 2023 by David Fowler
This week the confluence of three things caused me to ask the question posed in the heading. Based on my evaluation of the conservatism that appears to have been expressed by the state Senate this week in relation to a major controversy, my answer is...
Making a “Hash” Out of Law and the U.S. Constitution
Mar 16, 2023 by David Fowler
Most lawyers in America need a “remedial legal education” according to a legal scholar with whom I’ve been working in recent years. His point was proved by remarks made last week on the Tennessee House floor by a Republican Represen...
It’s “Brass Tacks” Time in the Tennessee on Sex and Gender
Mar 10, 2023 by David Fowler
Last week the Tennessee legislature sent legislation to the governor allowing persons to sue health care providers for civil damages resulting from medical treatments administered for the purpose of gender transition. This week the sex-gender issue r...
How Can the Law Best Address Gender Confusion Among Minors?
Mar 3, 2023 by David Fowler
Last week the Tennessee House debated House Bill 1 addressing medical treatments provided to minors with gender dysphoria. Representative Bud Hulsey made perhaps the most significant statement I have heard on the House Floor in my 28 years at the sta...
“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...
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