David N. Bass

Published October 27, 2003, on AmericanDaily.com

Impeachment has become a dirty word to liberals. The judiciary can display in-your-face defiance of both the Constitution and the people’s will, but if conservatives are audacious enough to suggest impeachment, the Left’s outcry is deafening. In the playbook of liberalism, impeachment is almost akin to holding people accountable for their moral choices – you just don’t do it.

Why should they? The judiciary, from the smallest county courthouse to the Supreme Court, has become the Left’s most sought-after prize. Most liberal victories over the last half-century, whether it be Roe vs. Wade or Engle vs. Vitale, have come through the courts. Liberals have transformed the judiciary from the weakest of the three branches of government into the most powerful. That didn’t happen by accident. Long ago the Left realized their socialistic agenda couldn’t flourish in America without the help of un-elected officials. Those un-elected officials are the judges and justices of our nation’s courts.  Read the rest of this entry »

Published October 17, 2003, on AmericanDaily.com

Handing down wacky rulings seems to be in vogue right now in judicial circles. It’s almost like a game, with Americans as the spectators. Which court can garner the most media attention from its extremist rulings? Which justice can ring the chimes of the New York Times op-ed writers the most? Which judge can parade his or her blatant judicial activism without showing the slightest qualm or fear of repercussion?

Most of them can, unfortunately, and most of them do. I give you two examples.  Read the rest of this entry »

Published October 6, 2003, on AmericanDaily.com

With apologies to humanists everywhere, let’s face facts: charity isn’t a human inclination. In fact, if left to its own devices, humanity will usually drift to the exact opposite. Historically, where there is no charity, there is no God; where there is charity, there is God. For proof we need look no further than America herself. Of all modern civilization our nation is the most religious and the most generous. The two are inseparably linked. Anyone who disagrees needs both history lessons and a good dose of common sense.

The Swedish born Gunner Myrdal once remarked: “No country has so many cheerful givers as America,” and few can refute that claim. But with the relapse of religion from public life has come the relapse of Christian charity. The state has instituted a false morality, the morality of welfare. It has largely diluted the church’s mission so clearly defined in the Four Gospels: to have compassion on the sick and needy without expectation of reward.  Read the rest of this entry »