Ken Blackwell

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  May 15, 2015

  Stop Economic Cronyism, Wind Down the Ex-Im Bank

  Speaker John Boehner recently made headlines by joining the growing chorus among conservatives on Capitol Hill calling for a "wind down" of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) – signaling he might be open to a plan by U.S. House Republicans to bring the New Deal-era program of economic cronyism to an end.

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  May 11, 2015

  Boys Without Dads: A Cruel and Volatile Calculus

  It is right that political and religious leaders, community groups, business organizations, and law enforcement officials are commenting about all the causes and effects of the riots. But one thing seems missing from the discussion, a factor whose omission is unacceptable. It's called fatherhood.

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  May 8, 2015

  It's Time For A Different Narrative on Iran

  While Washington is abuzz with raging debate on the nuclear deal with Iran, the narrative that the Obama administration keeps repeating is that you either take the deal or you are a warmonger.

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  May 5, 2015

  Will Marriage Ruling Jeopardize Critical Private-Public Partnerships?

  Last Tuesday's Supreme Court arguments on same-sex marriage showcased the need for a new federal law to protect private organizations that hold a view on marriage different from our growing and increasingly powerful federal government.

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  May 4, 2015

  The Lying Game: Is This How We Will Elect Our Next President?

  Will the next presidential election be won by a lie?

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  Apr 13, 2015

  Conservatives Embrace Cronyism at the Expense of American Innovation

  Republicans have been in control of both ends of Capitol Hill for nearly four months and one would be hard-pressed to notice any change.

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  Apr 11, 2015

  Religious Freedom: What About the Florist and the Baker?

  Hysteria over Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act has drowned out one critical question: Who are the florist and baker that ABC's George Stephanopoulos hounded Gov. Mike Pence about?

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  Apr 8, 2015

  Gay Activist Claims 'End of Marriage' Is Near

  There is a "Back to the Future" quality to the current culture clash going on in Indiana, in the country at large, and throughout the Western democracies over marriage and over the gay lobby's insatiable demands.

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  Mar 30, 2015

  Which Black Lives Matter?

  Almost seven months after the fateful, fatal encounter between Michael Brown and former Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, Attorney General Eric Holder officially announced a truth he had been holding close for months – that the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" mantra that had been used since August was based on a lie.

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  Mar 27, 2015

  Psychological Association Delivers 'Snake Oil' Sociology In Latest Brief on Marriage

  The American Psychological Association and the American Sociological Association submitted friend of the Court briefs in the Windsor case. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled portions of the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. If the Windsor Court majority relied on those briefs, it was reliant on snake oil, not science.