by David Fischler | Oct 12, 2020 | Abortion, Freedom of Speech, LGBTQIetc, Religious Freedom, Social Justice, U.S. Politics
Since the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the question of “court-packing” (increasing the number of seats to 11, 13, or 15, with all additional members being of one ideological stripe) has been a subject of discussion by the political...
by David Fischler | Sep 9, 2020 | Religious Freedom, Totalitarians, U.S. Foreign Policy
Little known fact: Disney has no problem with genocide, as long as ignoring it doesn’t get in the way of making a profit.This past weekend, the live action re-make of 1998’s Mulan premiered to the absolutely predictable applause of the critics. But what...
by David Fischler | Jul 25, 2020 | Religious Freedom
This year’s U.S. Supreme Court term has had its ups and downs for freedom of religion, but I doubt that anything is as fraught with dire implications as the decision that came down yesterday. In a 5-4 decision, a majority said that states could arbitrarily and...
by David Fischler | Jul 10, 2020 | Social Justice, U.S. Politics
One of the most important novels of the 20th century is George Orwell’s social justice warrior handbook warning against totalitarianism entitled 1984. In it, he gives us this exchange between O’Brien, the Inner Party torturer, and Winston Smith, the...
by David Fischler | Jul 6, 2020 | Coronavirus
Watching the ABC Evening News a short while ago, I heard a soundbite that explains why Americans seem to have turned so sour on our country’s leadership. It came from a commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Stephen Hahn, on ABC’s This...
