In our blog, read about the political and cultural issues affecting Tennesseans written from a conservative perspective. Commentaries are typically written by David Fowler, an attorney who served in the Tennessee state Senate for 12 years before joining FACT as President.
The Supreme Court Damns Itself at the Expense of the States
Jan 27, 2022 by David Fowler
When, in 1938, in Erie Railroad v. Thompkins, the United States Supreme Court denied the existence of any transcendent authority and the possibility of any fundamental law, it was bound to go wrong, and it did. Its damnable arrogance in relation...
Does the Word “Damnable” Describe the U.S. Supreme Court Today?
Jan 20, 2022 by David Fowler
I do not use the word in my title pejoratively; rather, I believe it is descriptive of the Court’s understanding of law, and it has given rise to legislation that poses the most fundamental worldview question Tennessee’s legislators will ...
Will Tennessee’s Christians Seize the Day or Seize Up?
Jan 12, 2022 by David Fowler
Many Christians today seem intent either on preserving the United States or making it great again, depending on how they view its current condition. But what must be preserved or recovered if they are to succeed? The upcoming legislative session will...
Will the New Year Really Be New?
Dec 21, 2021 by David Fowler
I can only answer the question posed by this week’s commentary headline for me and the organization I help lead, but the answer is a resounding “Yes.” The “new” for me is the predicate for the new organizationa...
A ‘Little’ Incarnation Doesn’t Do Much to Make Christmas Merry
Dec 21, 2021 by David Fowler
A couple of weeks ago, the story of the Incarnation celebrated on Christmas day finally became “larger than life” for me. I realized I had such a “little” view of the Incarnation. Only a “BIG&rd...
A Damnable Administration of Tennessee Law Repudiates the Christmas Story
Dec 15, 2021 by David Fowler
In 2015, then Governor Haslam began to administer a law in Tennessee without constitutional authority, contrary its plain language. He began a practice in our state that necessarily repudiates the whole foundation for the Christmas story. What Haslam...
How A Most Damnable Statement in Tennessee Law Repudiates the Christmas Story
Dec 10, 2021 by David Fowler
On October 13th, the full import of a provision in the Tennessee Code that I have been reading for the last six years hit home. The realization proved just how uncritical my thinking has been. What the statute says is truly damnable, and believe it o...
The Christmas Story As I Never Heard It
Dec 3, 2021 by David Fowler
Three weeks from today will be Christmas Day. Until about two weeks ago I would have called myself a heretic for saying the most fundamental point of Christmas story—the events told in Luke Chapter 2 about the night Jesus was born—is ...
The Recipe for a Happy Thanksgiving Even in the Mess We Are in.
Nov 24, 2021 by David Fowler
I know a Thanksgiving commentary on Friday is a day late, but our publication day is Friday, and honestly, no one would read it on Thursday anyway. I hope you don’t also find it a dollar short! I want to share with you a simple recipe for havin...
How Should Christians Respond to the Republican Party’s New Pride Coalition?
Nov 19, 2021 by David Fowler
I was an elected Republican. I will vote for a particular Republican candidate over a Democrat assuming I choose to vote in that candidate’s race at all. But how should Christians respond to the recent news that the Republican National Committe...
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