In our commentary, read about the political and cultural issues affecting Tennesseans written from a conservative perspective. Columns are typically written by Dr. Kent DelHousaye, a trained political theologian and a longtime pastor and the current FACT president.
Bill Maher, Welcome to the World of U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson
Nov 2, 2023 by David Fowler
Bill Maher, comedian, host of Real Time, and an old-fashioned sort of liberal who is increasingly quoted by Fox News for his complaints with radical p...
Tennessee Legislator’s Interesting Understanding of Truth and Its Implications
Oct 26, 2023 by David Fowler
One of Tennessee’s influential Christian legislators recently penned an article justifying the state’s new law protecting minors from &ldq...
The U.S. Constitution: A Covenant with Life or with Death?
Oct 20, 2023 by David Fowler
The U.S. Constitution: A Covenant with Life or with Death?
In 1992, the United States Supreme Court described “our Constitution” ...
Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Make Parental Rights Illusory?
Oct 12, 2023 by David Fowler
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently held constitutional Tennessee’s new law on the administration of medical techniques and...
Is a Federal Ban on Abortion After 15 Weeks Gestation Even Constitutional?
Oct 6, 2023 by David Fowler
Controversy over a federal ban on abortion after 15 weeks of gestation proposed by a national pro-life political action committee prompted Ronna McDan...
Could Transgender Ideology Be a Blessing to America in Disguise?
Sep 29, 2023 by David Fowler
The growing transgender movement presents an opportunity for the kind of conversation we have not had in America for 100 years, and perhaps longer. I ...
Trump, DeSantis and the Way Forward for the Pro-Life Community
Sep 22, 2023 by David Fowler
With Donald Trump’s criticism of Ron DeSantis’s support of Florida’s six-week abortion ban and his equivocation on supporting a 15-w...
What Tennessee’s Governor Can Learn from What New Mexico’s Governor Got Right
Sep 14, 2023 by David Fowler
New Mexico’s governor issued an executive order last week that “suspended” the Second Amendment. The focus has been on the Constitut...
Why So Many Politicians and Activists Suffer from Mental Illness
Sep 8, 2023 by David Fowler
Last week I wrote a commentary about mental illness, the kind that afflicted me most of my life and that I believe afflicts most people today, even th...
An Open Letter to the Governor and Legislature on Mental Health and the Special Session
Aug 31, 2023 by David Fowler
The legislative session that adjourned this week was an understandable reaction to a woman who thought she was a man going to the Covenant School in N...
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