Massachusetts Enhances the Right to Secretly Record Government Officials
BY BOB BARR
They conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone — the most comprehensive of rights and the right...
“New Satanism” Filling America’s Moral Vacuum
BY BOB BARR
You could say Satanism has undergone a “rebranding” since the 1980s and 90s, when devil-worshipping occultists were supposedly to blame for a...
‘Emergency Powers’ – Be Careful What You Wish For
BY BOB BARR
It’s a universal law of politics – every president considers the powers he inherits from his predecessor as the “floor,” not the...
Roger Stone’s Indictment Shows Mueller Isn’t Looking for Justice
BY BOB BARR
“I hit Ali with everything and he said, ‘Is that all you got?” and I said, ‘Yeah, that’s pretty much it’”
— George...
The Art of the Un-manly Shave
BY BOB BARR
We live in the Age of the Lecture; an era in which virtually every forum or opportunity for communicating, becomes a vehicle...
Reserve Police Officers – A Timely Resource for Combatting Crime
BY BOB BARR
On the surface, national crime statistics confirm that violent crime rates have decreased significantly from their peak in the early 1990s. The...
Democrats Readying Multi-Pronged Attack on Second Amendment
BY BOB BARR
When Democrats took control of the U.S. House as a result of last November’s election, many Republicans assumed, perhaps optimistically, the danger...
Federalist’ Principles of Governing Are Dead
– Consider the Impasse Over ‘The Wall’
BY BOB BARR
Two hundred and thirty years ago, three of our Founding Fathers authored a series of essays...
Democratic Party Has Become a Cartoon Version of Its Former Self
BY BOB BARR
There was a time long, long ago in which the national Democratic Party actually stood for something. Real ideas. Not necessarily...
Have Federal Courts Become the ‘Tyrants’ Our Founders Feared?
BY BOB BARR
In many ways, President Donald Trump’s border fight is a battle on two fronts; one at the border with Mexico, and the...
Birthright Citizenship Is No Constitutional Guarantee
BY BOB BARR
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution has been part of our Constitution for 150 years, but the “birthright citizenship” language it contains...
Socialism’s Rise Due as Much to Republicans as Democrats
BY BOB BARR
Venezuela. A country possessed of all the natural attributes providing a foundation for economic prosperity; yet whose citizens (except for the privileged...
Dangerous Collusion Between Liberal Attorneys General and Federal Judges
BY BOB BARR
The latest liberal outrage changes as often as the daily special at a diner. One day it is Cecil the Lion and “big game”...
A Jittery Adam’s Apple May Land You on a TSA Watch List
BY BOB BARR
Next time you board a commercial airliner, be careful not to sweat too much, glance out the window nervously, visit the bathroom...
Cronyism at the Defense Department Puts National Security at Risk
BY BOB BARR
The famous adage admonishing us not to “put all your eggs in one basket,” may seem childish and outdated to 21st-century brainiacs...
The Slippery Slope of Social Media Censorship
BY BOB BARR
When it comes to identifying fake news, it is less science than alchemy; a task residing somewhere between asking “What is art?”...
Congress Colluded With IRS to Strip Citizens of Passports
BY BOB BARR
In an extremely troubling move three years ago, the Republican-controlled Congress handed the Internal Revenue Service the power to strip individuals of...
Unseal the Clinton Impeachment Files Now
BY BOB BARR
Twenty years ago this December, William Jefferson Clinton became the first elected President to be impeached by the United States House of...
Congress Should Stop the Drama and Take Action to Force Justice to Comply With...
BY BOB BARR
Last week’s House Judiciary Committee hearing - during which Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Chris Wray were grilled for...
FDA Warlords Moving to Crush Vaping and Flavored Tobacco Products
BY BOB BARR
Despite the requirement in Article I Section 8 of the Constitution that only the Congress has the power to “declare war,” the...
“Pardon Me Rudy” – More Disney Flick Than Legal Theory
BY BOB BARR
With the Trump Administration it often is difficult to determine whether a bizarre public statement is a clever smokescreen, or if the...
Will GOP Hardliners Scuttle Modest Criminal Justice Reform?
BY BOB BARR
Like all services the government provides, incarcerating the estimated 1.5 million inmates in America’s prison system sooner or later falls victim to...
There’s No Reason Not to Harden Security at Schools
BY BOB BARR
The United States Capitol Building often is referred to as “The People’s House.” For more than two centuries, access to the People’s...
Truth, Lies, and the NRA
BY BOB BARR
After several hours walking the exhibit hall last Saturday at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Dallas, Texas (which I attended...
Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, Updated
BY BOB BARR
As the little girl in the movie "Poltergeist" declared, "They're baaaack." This time, however, it is not evil ghosts reappearing to make...
Starbucks’ “Ministry of Love”
BY BOB BARR
In a delicious twist of fate, one of the planet’s most liberal companies, Starbucks, once again is begging the Left for forgiveness.
The coffee giant’s...
Low-Energy Congress on Full Display During Facebook Hearings
BY BOB BARR
If there was ever a time to revive the term “low energy” -- President Donald Trump’s devastating 2016 epithet for Jeb Bush...
Qatar: America’s Biggest Little Ally in the Middle East
BY BOB BARR
If one were to pick an emblem of America’s global military might, the B-52 properly might top the list. The strategic bomber’s...
Hidden Cost of Immigration Crackdown
BY BOB BARR
Stan Marek can’t find men to hire. The work is there; an abundance of it as the housing market continues rebounding from...
Easy Win for GOP: Kill the UN’s Backdoor Gun Grab
BY BOB BARR
It comes as no surprise that Congress’ $1.3 trillion dollar omnibus budget package is rubbing raw the already thin patience of the Republican base....