TFP Mourns Phyllis Schlafly

TFP Mourns Phyllis Schlafly

The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) joins in the sorrow of the millions of Ten Commandment Americans who mourn the death of Phyllis Schlafly, 92, founder of Eagle Forum, a champion of the American family, and a leading fighter in the nation’s Culture War. For seventy … Read more

Let Us Eat Cake: A $65,000 Cake

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As Venezuela suffers the political, economic and moral decay caused by embracing socialism, many serious shortages plague the country. There is, however, no shortage of hypocrisy. Its citizens starve, grocery shelves are bare, hospitals have no medical supplies, electricity is rationed and some people are resorting to stealing animals from zoos to … Read more

One Thing Was Missing at the Republican and Democratic Conventions

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The national conventions are ended, and battle lines are drawn for the coming elections. Sorting through the rhetoric, something seems to be missing, and it makes this election very different from others. This election brings a change of focus that does not bode well. When billionaire entrepreneur Peter Thiel spoke at the … Read more

How National Unity Is Forged in Unexpected Places

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As the country struggles to find points of unity during this election year, politicians are offering all sorts of economic policies to bring together a fractured nation. They say jobs, wages and trade will make America prosperous and united again. However, the means to achieve this goal—whether it be by the government … Read more

How the Police War Has Become a Battle of Symbols

How the Police War Has Become a Battle of Symbols

For some time now, America has seen massive unrest in the wake of several tragic deaths of young black men at the hands of police officers. The most important part of the debate has been separating the facts from the media myths about what actually happened. There are those who claim these … Read more

Dallas: The Target Is Order

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Dallas was not just another attack by a lone shooter against defenseless civilians. Rather, it was a highly symbolic act against those who defend order. The target was order. The target was the uniforms and badges the officers were wearing. Those who died were merely representatives of order. They were the defenders … Read more

An American “Brexit” to Nowhere: Three Questions Need Answers First

An American “Brexit” to Nowhere: Three Questions Need Answers First 1

There is considerable excitement about the United Kingdom’s Brexit decision to leave the European Union. Many people rightly interpret the vote as a rejection of wrongheaded immigration policies, oppressive regulations and stifling bureaucratic rule from the central European government in Brussels. Brexit was also clearly motivated by a desire to recover national … Read more

A Civics Lesson from a Zulu King

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The chaos of the present election cycle calls to mind a story about the great African king, Shaka (1787-1828), the founder of Southern Africa’s Zulu Empire. It is told that Shaka lamented the slowness of his warriors when they entered into battle. To remedy the problem, he ordered them to take off … Read more

When Greenspan Speaks, Shouldn’t Someone Be Listening?

When Greenspan Speaks, Shouldn’t Someone Be Listening? 1

It used to be said that when Alan Greenspan spoke, people listened. In fact, the speeches of this Federal Reserve Chairman used to rock markets worldwide. But today, a lot has changed. No one seems to be acknowledging the alarming reports on the state of the global economy coming from very qualified … Read more

Where Does Britain Brexit To?

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The debate over the meaning of Brexit is still raging. It is hard to explain the fact that the full force of the British establishment, both on the left and right, lost the June 23 vote to remain in the European Union. There were strange bedfellows indeed as bankers and labor unions, academics … Read more