Once Again Obama Tries to Limit Next President
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ We’ve seen this movie before. With the Obama administration, a familiar pattern is emerging. Trusting his own wisdom, President Obama resists oversight, goes to legal war...
Apologizing for Other People’s Actions
The Moral 'High Horse' DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ There are few moral fashions more tiresome than the largely liberal tendency to “apologize” for the actions of others — whether it’s America’s...
No, It’s Not ‘Childish’ to Insist
On a Reporting Requirement for Late-Term Abortions DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ It is extraordinarily disappointing to see Representative Renee Ellmers slamming pro-life groups as “childish” for insisting...
American Sniper & the Left’s Culture-War
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ American Sniper isn’t just a hit, it’s on its way to a colossal box-office return. It’s already the tenth-highest grossing movie of 2014 (the movie...
American Sniper & the Left’s Culture-War
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ American Sniper isn’t just a hit, it’s on its way to a colossal box-office return. It’s already the tenth-highest grossing movie of 2014 (the movie...
When Barbarism Is Propaganda
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ The civilized world is confronting a movement that defines “victory” as the slaughter of unarmed cartoonists at work at their desks. Even worse,...
Academic Boycotters of Israel Can’t Hide Unlawful Discrimination
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ Yesterday, the University of California’s student-worker union (UAW Local 2865)voted on whether to join the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel....
Are Obama's Executive Orders Permanent?
No, Neither Obamacare Nor President Obama’s Immigration Actions Are Inevitably Permanent DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ Over the past six years, I’ve encountered quite a bit of conservative...
Taking On Anti-Israel Discrimination Again
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ Next week the University of California student-workers union, UAW 2865 (yes, it’s affiliated with United Auto Workers), will vote on its Joint Council’s...
Immigration, Executive Imperialism, and the Myth Of Gridlock
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times — divided government means “gridlock.” With Congress in the hands of...
Dear Democrats, Don’t Even Think about Running from Jonathan Gruber
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ Ian Tuttle has a nice piece up over on the homepage about the Democrats’ many efforts to distance themselves from Jonathan “stupidity of the American...
How Bad is Obamacare? Remember the Context for Gruber’s Deceptions
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ As now the third video emerges of “Obamacare architect” Jonathan Gruber ”insulting voters,” it’s important that we remember the context for Obamacare’s lies, spins, evasions, and...
The Embarrassing, Sophomoric Malice of Obama-Administration Foreign Policy
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ So, a “senior Obama administration official” called the prime minister of Israel — our closest ally in the Middle East and one...
Top U.S. Aid Recipient Is Set to Hang a Christian Woman for Blasphemy
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ Pakistan is a perennial recipient of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars. It’s an occasional ally/frequent enemy, sometimes actively conspiring against U.S. interests, sometimes...
Religious Censorship Deserves No Respect
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ The brazen intellectual bankruptcy of campus censorship never fails to impress. Yesterday, the Chronicle of Higher Education was the latest prestige publication to cover the...
U.N. Resolution Would Remove Jews from Key Parts of the Holy Land?
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ From Fox News: The Palestinians are pushing a United Nations resolution that makes stiff demands against Israel and could put the Obama administration...
Ninth Circuit Upholds ‘Heckler’s Veto’ of the American Flag
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ This morning the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined a request for an en banc hearing in a case holding that school officials could censor...
The Obama Administration’s Slow-Motion Surrender to Jihad
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ If there’s one political silver lining for the Obama administration in the ongoing firestorm over handing the Taliban a substantial victory to...
The Difference Between Rescue and Ransom
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ One of the most extraordinary and costly rescues in American history occurred in April 1972, after Iceal “Gene” Hambleton’s electronics-warfare plane (call sign...
Americans the Obama Administration Will Leave Behind
DAVID FRENCH, ACLJ It sickens me that the Obama administration has been justifying ransoming terrorist leaders for a probable deserter by reciting the creed that...