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 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” as “a covenant.” We no longer think much about covenants. Yet society cannot function wi...
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 the provision of pharmaceuticals to minors that could render them sterile. For that, those who beli...
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 McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee, to tell Republican candidates to “talk about ...
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 believe that conversation will prove to be healthy culturally speaking, and it could be the kind of ...
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...
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