The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution precludes the government from abridging Americans’ right to speak freely. By guaranteeing a broadly protected – and uniquely American – freedom of speech, the Constitution provides an essential base upon which America’s democratic society has thrived through the...
The Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade has divided Americans for almost half a century. Politically, it created a gulf between anti-abortion, socially-conservative Republicans Americans and pro-abortion, socially liberal Democrats Americans, a gulf that has continued to widen. Dialogue between the two does...
Wait for it. You won’t have to read very far. The Cassandra Syndrome is a label applied to a person whose valid warnings are disbelieved by others. It’s a metaphor that has been used in a variety of contexts, one that was first applied during modern...
Americans have a virtually unfettered right to say whatever they please. Although governments in other countries habitually limit free speech in order to filter their citizens’ thinking and actions, that’s not the American Way. Freedom of speech is incorporated by the Founders in the First...
Today’s TLR is not about music. It’s not about “That Bass” … or “The Treble” (thank you Meghan Trainor). Today’s TLR is about how to target voters in a Presidential campaign – it’s about That Base. In the 2020 Presidential election, President Trump has been targeting...
