Author: Stephen Crawford

The Incredible Shrinking Immigration System

The Incredible Shrinking Immigration System

Posted by | Jun 22, 2014 | |

As a parent, I know that when I give my kids a rule – say, “homework first” – they will try to find a way to get around it. If I consistently enforce the rule, then they start to take the rule seriously. Good parents know this instinctively – they must be willing and able to enforce a rule, or chaos will ensue. There must be a credible expectation that the rule will be enforced. The key ingredient is credibility! And boy, as of now, our immigration system has none. Naturally, then, chaos does ensue. At a checkpoint on Interstate-25,...

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Corporal Storck Remembers Pearl Harbor

Corporal Storck Remembers Pearl Harbor

Posted by | May 25, 2014 | , |

Maurice A. Storck endured and survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941.   Maurice is not just a survivor – he’s a thriver who, amazingly, still serves his country today. Recently, while preparing to attend the dedication of the new World War II Memorial in Phoenix, I had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Mr. Storck. I thought I was going to write up a post for Pearl Harbor Day, a great opportunity to tell a few stories about the heroism of my parents’ generation: how they faced down fascism from all sides, how they prevailed to...

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Redistribution, American-Style

Redistribution, American-Style

Posted by | May 13, 2014 | , |

Recently, Pope Francis made news with a foray into economics in which he seems to advocate “legitimate redistribution” of wealth by government.   John Hayward (a.k.a, Doc 0) wrote a great piece on it here. It amazes me that the Catholic Church continues to place so much confidence in government. You’d think after King Henry II v. Becket, King Henry VIII’s Church of England, the whole 20th Century, or Barack Obama v. religious freedom in America, that the Church would develop some skepticism. Unlike Jesus, government cannot feed the multitude with two fishes. It would first have to confiscate...

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Cracks In the Great Stone-Wall of Obama

Cracks In the Great Stone-Wall of Obama

Posted by | May 4, 2014 | , |

I was sitting in the dark, in the shadow of the Great Stone-Wall of Obama. Over years, the wall had grown to encompass the Washington beltway. It grew in height, eclipsing even the spire of the Washington Monument. It was guarded by the three branches of government.  Any who tried to breach the wall were simply crushed, by whatever means necessary. Suddenly, I felt a low rumble, like an earthquake. The wall shook. A crack began to appear in the wall. Then another. The crack spread. It began to branch out. What’s that I hear? Select Committee? Gowdy? McCarthy? It...

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Bumper-Sticker Beatdown

Bumper-Sticker Beatdown

Posted by | Apr 21, 2014 | , |

So I’m driving along, minding my own business, when suddenly a lib pulls in front of me, and assaults my senses with senseless bumper-stickers. Of course, one isn’t enough – they have to lecture me on a half-dozen points to prove how self-righteously intellectual they are, how their secular state-ism is better than my Judeo-Christian constitutional federalism. Progressive infringers! Snarky little twerps. Conservatives don’t have many bumper stickers; mostly flags, NRA stickers, or insignias of military service. I wonder why. Maybe it’s because conservatives actually practice more than preach. It must be nice for liberals to have a catchy...

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