Freedom lost a true ally with the passing of the “Iron Lady”, Margaret Thatcher. The quote in the title is from a Time interview from May 14, 1979 as her successful campaign for Prime Minister was coming to a conclusion. Prime Minister Thatcher was a (perhaps the) leading politician along with Ronald Reagan (the “second […]
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Margaret Thatcher: October 13, 1925 – April 8, 2013 “No liberty unless there is economic liberty”
08 Apr 2013
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It was about 1984 when I first heard about what Margaret Thatcher was doing in Great Britain. Ronald Reagan was president of the United States. The economy in America was beginning to recover and in England the Prime Minister was invigorating the Tory/Conservative Party after years of malaise and challenging the central planning ideology of […]
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The Iron Lady Leaves with no Apparent Heir
08 Apr 2013
Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) leaves the world a better place than the one she inherited as Prime Minister, but that fact does not diminish our need for her heir to emerge. Along with Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II, the free world was blessed with a talented triumvirate possessed with a clarity of vision and […]
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Constitutional Law Tattoos
04 Apr 2013
UPDATED: Boy, we have been dealing with heavy things here at Bereans @ The Gate. How about a little levity? I am teaching Constitutional Law: Rights & Liberties this semester. Given the demanding nature of the class, a little bit of humor can go a long way. Currently, I am involved in a running joke […]
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“EUtopia”?
29 Mar 2013
“EUtopia”? I came across an interesting and foreboding article in the National Review Online on the European Union, using the current Cyprus crisis as the context. The author, John O’Sullivan, raises the specter of the “democratic deficit” in Cyprus most recently and most radically, and in the entire EU. As he points out, the draconian […]
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The Tyranny of Gay Marriage
26 Mar 2013
The Supreme Court’s latest attempt to destroy republican government comes, this week, under the guise of equality. Gay marriage advocates find themselves before the highest Court, seeking to use the bench to achieve what has eluded them politically. To be successful, they will encourage the Court to overturn the past and empower itself at the […]
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Welcome to our Facebook page!
24 Mar 2013
Bereans at the Gate now has an official Facebook page. Here is the link. Please like the page! We are going to start spreading the word about our blog soon, so this is just a start. THANKS!
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The Devolution of Abortion Rights
21 Mar 2013
While we are right to focus on the politics of the day, we too often, in our haste, forget our longstanding woes. Abortion is out of vogue in the current political climate, unless it is used as a club against its opponents. While Richard Mourdock and Todd Aiken still bear the scars of mis-statements (let […]
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None other than Fareed Zakaria wrote an editorial this past week calling on President Obama’s administration to approve the Keystone Pipeline project. Considering Zakaria’s close affiliation with the political left, this should catch the President’s attention. I am a faithful reader of Time magazine, of which Zakaria is now editor at large after a decade […]
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Teen Pregnancy as a Wicked Problem
15 Mar 2013
Policy analysts often refer to multifaceted problems, that are resistant to traditional solutions, as “wicked.” Unwed, teenage pregnancy has grown into one of those. Historically, teenage pregnancy was limited through lack of access and shame. The automobile, the pill, and shifting sexual mores have redefined the phenomenon. Now, we no longer shame unwed, teen moms, […]
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