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 Need to “Recover” our Constitution and How to Do It
Jul 9, 2021 by David Fowler
I got a text from a state legislator on Wednesday that read, “How can a [U.S.] Supreme Court decision overrule our state Constitution? The [U.S.] Supreme Court has been wrong on Roe v Wade, Dred Scott and many others.” I get thi...
Thoughts on July 4th’s Past and Present
Jun 30, 2021 by David Fowler
I remember well when, on a July 4th weekend in 1994, during my first campaign for the Tennessee Senate, I sat in the balcony of the church now known as Abba’s House for its patriotic service and quietly wept for the condition of my country. Twe...
Getting My Pro-Life Advocacy Right-Side Up in SCOTUS Brief
Jun 25, 2021 by David Fowler
It has been building for a couple of years, but it hit me like a ton of bricks on Wednesday that the basis for my pro-life advocacy for the last 20 plus years has been predominately upside down and backwards. Thankfully, that mistake will not be ...
Abortion Was Not the Real Issue in Roe v. Wade
Jun 18, 2021 by David Fowler
Last month the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear a case involving Mississippi’s ban on all elective abortion from and after fifteen weeks gestation. The options before the Court in terms of whether to affirm Roe v. Wade and Plann...
Can a Democratic Congress Protect Abortion if Roe is Overturned?
Jun 11, 2021 by David Fowler
The Washington Post ran a story this week headlined, “The Supreme Court may toss Roe. But Congress can still preserve abortion rights.” Assuming Democrats can get the votes in the U.S. Senate to enact the abortion-protecting leg...
Reflections on Pride Month: Shouldn’t It Be for Everyone?
Jun 4, 2021 by David Fowler
Several years ago, June was designated as “Pride Month” by the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender community. That designation has since been picked up and celebrated by many in the business community and even many civil governing bo...
Getting the Most Out of Each Day’s Litany of Troublesome News
May 28, 2021 by David Fowler
An unexpected and unlikely friend of mine—one who is my polar opposite politically and theologically—recently said, after several years of observing me, something like this, “You’ve changed. You just seem a whole...
How to Put the Final Nail in Roe’s Coffin
May 21, 2021 by David Fowler
It is good news that after ten months the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear an appeal from the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit holding unconstitutional Mississippi’s ban on all abortions after 15 weeks, except f...
Biden Omitting “God” From Day of Prayer: Good or Bad?
May 14, 2021 by David Fowler
The timing could not have been better if I had planned it. Last week was the National Day of Pray and, as required by law, President Biden issued a Proclamation calling on citizens to pray. He also gave a short address, but in neither did he use ...
Leaving Ourselves Defenseless Against Critical Race Theory
May 7, 2021 by David Fowler
The timing could not have coincided better if I had planned it. On Monday, the state House began a last-minute push to prevent public schools from teaching key components of Critical Race Theory (it passed Wednesday). On Tuesday, George W. Bush c...
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