Opinion

Corkscrews of the heart: S.C. Amendment 32

Sen. Josh Kimbrell (R-Spartanburg) deserves a lot of credit for proposing Amendment 32 to the South Carolina budget. It requires libraries to forgo purchasing “sexually explicit” materials for children. Senator Kimbrell proposed the amendment after hearing complaints from parents in his district about materials their children saw in public libraries. It isn’t just his district, either,...

Mark Herring
Opinion

Progressives have no moral authority on body autonomy

Regardless of your position on the abortion debate, we can all agree that progressives have backed themselves into an ideological corner. It is entirely of their own doing. They have lost their collective moral authority on body autonomy. After the U.S. Supreme Court leak of a draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, progressives...

Joshua Peters

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Opinion

Do we want a providing or a protecting government?

Today’s progressivism is a bore. The constant demand for more and more government spending places progressivism on a path toward destruction. Debt, inflation, and a diminished existence for the citizenry — that’s all the result of constant cries for more and more spending and government action. Shouldn’t we be asking more profound questions about what...

Ray Nothstine
Opinion

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Jon Sanders
Opinion

Racism is dead.

Racism is dead. And progressives have killed it. However, you will see no celebration for this monumental occasion. You will see no victory lap from progressives. This is soul-crushing news for progressives as they are forced to confront their existential crisis.  I have been meditating on the idea that racism is dead as a cultural...

Joshua Peters
Opinion

Biden staff launching racist ‘microaggressions’​ at Kamala and other outrageous stories

Below are a few of the stories that caught my eye this week. I’m kind of wondering now what the next crazy Madison Cawthorn story is that will drop in the news cycle. Your guess is probably as good as mine. Biden says MAGA ‘most extreme’ group in recent US history, warns gays may face...

Ray Nothstine
News

What is Internet stacking? How Musk’s Twitter buy impacts online speech

Elon Musk is expected to be named interim CEO after his deal to purchase the platform for $44 billion is finalized, CNBC is reporting. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said earlier this week. “Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of...

Theresa Opeka