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On Wednesday, as part of a slate of bills aimed at curbing mass shootings and gun violence, the House voted to increase the age required to purchase a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21.  

By: David French – nationalreview.com – October 5, 2018 The obvious threat against the Supreme Court to which the Biden Justice Department has turned a blind eye has now escalated to its inevitable next phase with the arrest of a California man early this morning for allegedly plotting to murder Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The man was apprehended shortly before 2…

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – June 8, 2022 According to the Washington Post, Mr. Roske told police he “was upset over the leaked draft of an opinion that would overturn the constitutional right to abortion” in Roe v. Wade. The man allegedly said he came to kill Justice Kavanaugh “thinking it would give his life purpose.” He has…

A 1,000-person YouGov survey last August found that just 19% of the American public thinks higher education is going in the right direction. About half (49%) say it’s going in the wrong direction. The rest weren’t sure.

There is a reason nearly everyone is familiar with the saying, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”The reason is, of course, that it is true and therefore it helps explain why there is so much evil.

By: Rich Lowry – nationalreview.com – June 7, 2022 The headlines coming out of the weekend were grim. Axios: “At least 54 injured, 11 killed in 7 separate mass shootings this weekend.” NBC News: “At least 12 dead in another weekend of mass shootings across America.” Yahoo! News: “At least 12 dead in 10 mass shootings in U.S. over the…

By: Caroline Downey – nationalreview.com – June 7, 2022 Pro-abortion terrorists firebombed a pro-life Christian pregnancy center in Buffalo, N.Y. on Tuesday, inflicting significant damage on the building and vandalizing the remains with their organization’s name. Pro-abortion group Jane’s Revenge, which has developed a reputation for resorting to violence, claimed responsibility for the attack, which left glass shattered and much…

By: Kevin D. Williamson – nationalreview.com – June 6, 2022 Here is a ratio to keep in mind when thinking about guns and crime: one in 10,000. In 2018, the hilariously misnamed Government Accountability Office performed an audit of the federal government’s performance when it comes to prosecuting the easiest kind of gun-crime case; i.e., the crime that is committed…

Natural law shows that things like abortion, homosexuality, pornography, etc. are bad for us (i.e., evil). Thus, we have no “rights” to such things.

A representative democracy accords a number of unprecedented rights and securities to those lucky enough to live within it. The right to an abortion is not one.

In 1974, long before virtual reality (VR) was even a “twinkle in the eye” of most technology researchers, philosopher Robert Nozick introduced a thought experiment called the Experience Machine to illustrate the inadequacy of the philosophy of experiential hedonism.