Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Not quite extinguishing a FIRE
Courage is defending opposing points of view, even offensive ones.
Immigration
The Left’s actions created a backlash against legal migrants
Throughout most of my life, one of America’s shared beliefs was that immigration was a good thing, maybe because so many of my generation had grandparents or great grandparents who were born elsewhere. They came here following the existing laws. They came to America to build a better life,
Elections
Mail-in ballots: A dated debate
As a fellow columnist, Tom Ferrick, used to say about being a columnist, Often wrong, but always certain. He said it in Latin, because he went to parochial school, but that’s not important. To be successful as a columnist, you must have clear, sharp opinions. Some think that makes
ACLU
The ACLU has broken faith with me
I’ve often been ambivalent about the ACLU -- the American Civil Liberties Union. Since it's founding in New York City in 1920 by Roger Baldwin and others, the ACLU’s mission was to protect Americans' rights and freedoms as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and
Larry Krasner
Larry Krasner’s bait-and-switch scheme
Jim O’Brien was Larry Krasner’s punching bag for a few years — he and his colleagues in Arraignment Court, where bail is set for those accused of crime. He could not talk about it while he was still an employee of Municipal Court, which oversees Arraignment Court. His retirement