Arthur Christopher Schaper

SCOTUS Strikes Down Voting Rights Act: “It’s About Time!”

Along with the unprecedented ruling on gay marriage and the Defense of Marriage Act, the United States Supreme Court has upended the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Striking down Article Four of the law, the Supreme Court ruled that nine states, including the libertarian paradise and native home of failed Presidential candidate Goldwater’s Arizona, would no longer need to seek federal approval before enacting major or minor changes to their election laws.

“Pro-Life” Remains a Core, Conservative Principle

The statement “Life begins at conception” is more than a religious sentiment or a spiritual insinuation, but an accomplished, biological fact. When the ovum and the sperm join, a new life is formed, not just the potential, which will emerge in nine month’s times The fact that life begins at conception received its due respect from none other than Washington Post columnist George Will, a self-avowed agnostic. No religious sentiment informed his view on abortion and the right to life. Life is a right and value which is worth fighting for. Unfortunately, the abortion issue received undue, yet significant press during the 2012 election, following inarticulate “pro-life” statements.

Jefferson and Hamilton—Core of American Crisis

The United States has grown more schizophrenic about the role of government for a long time. United States citizens have grown accustomed to denouncing the growth of government, yet at the same tolerating, even welcoming it under our noses. In President Washington's Cabinet, these two views of government crystallized between two competing Fathers of the nation.

Big American Dreams (and Billions) Abandoned in Afghanistan

Afghanistan, the Grave of Empires, the Final Resting place for foreign forays and fighters, may become the tombstone of the American Empire as American Dream, as well.