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.
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-week abortion ban at the federal level, leaders of the pro-life community are facing what I believe i...
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 Constitution and the lawfulness of her actions. But we can’t overlook what she said about the reason fo...
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 the most pious Christian. Today, I will again draw from my own experience to explain why I believe we ...
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 Nashville—a school she had previously attended— and murdering several children and adults...
Viewing the Special Session Through New Eyes
Aug 25, 2023 by David Fowler
Viewing the Special Session Through New Eyes
This week we’ve observed voices being marshalled and directed to the members of the legislature for and against what is going on with the special session. I’ve watched with the p...
Looking to the Special Legislative Session for What?
Aug 15, 2023 by David Fowler
The Governor’s call last week for a special legislative session in response to the great pain experienced by so many Tennesseans because of the murder of children at Nashville’s Covenant School is understandable. It is also understandable...
USTA Exposes the New One World Order You May Have Missed
Aug 11, 2023 by David Fowler
Many Christians, and perhaps some political conservatives, are concerned about a push for a new “one world order.” Some– many of influence– unabashedly push for that, particularly in areas of economics and trade. But s...
What’s Going on with Tennessee’s ‘transgender law’ in the 6th Circuit?
Aug 3, 2023 by David Fowler
While eyes are focused on the upcoming special session on guns, the Biden family, Republican candidates for president, and the like, the biggest battle of them all is on trial in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. This is not hyperbole:...
Will Tennessee’s Governor and Legislature Stand Up for the Constitution or Bow to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Jul 28, 2023 by David Fowler
Yesterday morning I sent an open letter to Governor Lee and our state’s legislators about the anticipated special session implicating the “right to keep and bear arms.” In sum, the issue before them is whether they will stand up for...
What Are You Most Scared About and Why?
Jul 20, 2023 by David Fowler
The great G.K. Chesterton, who influenced persons like C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, once remarked that the only thing worth fighting over is words. I made a poor choice of words in last week’s commentary about “climate change” rel...
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