Ken Connor is an attorney and co-author of "Sinful Silence: When Christians Neglect Their Civic Duty" He is also Chairman of the Center for a Just Society. For more articles and resources from Mr. Connor and the Center for a Just Society, go to www.centerforajustsociety.org. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Wed, 15 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Wed, 15 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ They say there are only two sure things in life: death and taxes. Try as we might, it's virtually impossible to escape the clutches of the Grim Reaper or the Tax Man. Both will get you eventually. And as anyone who... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/05/15/collusion-and-corruption-at-the-irs-n1594437 e593e564-bb19-4e6a-b97b-ea6e51fba24a Wed, 15 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Thanks to a renewed interest in the works of Ayn Rand and high-profile figures like John Stossel, Glenn Beck, and Rand Paul, libertarianism is enjoying a moment in the political sun. And just like America's two major... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/05/08/crony-capitalism-protects-wrongdoers-harms-consumers-and-disrupts-markets-n1590088 d9e9be0d-6604-4e2d-b1bf-467dd817de4d Wed, 08 May 2013 16:01:00 GMT "You see, boys forget what their country means by just reading The Land of the Free in history books. Then they get to be men they forget even more. Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books.Men should hold... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/05/01/want-to-know-how-washington-really-works-just-follow-the-money-n1582950 68a70578-a791-4431-aab3-90f04a13f0fd Wed, 01 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT "An individual is not just the product of the forces around him. He has a mind, an inner world. Then having thought, a person can bring forth actions into the external world and thus influence it. People are apt to look... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/04/24/making-sense-of-the-senseless-n1576047 0fb1d5da-271d-4d57-b403-e859eda92f8a Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Last week, I wrote a column entitled "Brutality in the Brave New World" discussing an appalling movement within the scientific community in which researchers are exploring the "therapeutic" potential of the eggs of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/04/17/an-abortion-ghouls-chamber-of-horrors-n1569257 5be545cf-9896-431d-8c3f-75a9ae660091 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT In his seminal work, Nichomachean Ethics, the philosopher Aristotle begins his meditation on the subject of morality and the ultimate end of human life with an observation that certain first principles of ethics are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/04/10/brutality-in-the-brave-new-world-n1562287 c52fe29e-f47f-4ed2-87bc-7d2e55fd7ae0 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT This past Sunday, Christians around the world celebrated Easter as a memorial of Christ's resurrection. If Christians are correct about what happened on the first Easter morning, then the resurrection is the single... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/04/03/no-surer-bet-n1555559 5a22b823-c040-4a1f-9e44-893f39f219a4 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT In the Walt Disney classic Mary Poppins, the magical nanny informs the impetuous Jane and Michael that their father will be taking them on an outing to his place of employment - an imposing London bank - the following... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/03/27/the-consequences-of-historical-ignorance-n1549450 19736980-a655-4d4e-be1e-d84236846ea2 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT For people of faith in America, the Obama administration's birth control mandate represents an unprecedented assault on religious conscience. It seems that the President and his surrogates have little appreciation for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/03/20/discounting-parents-rights-n1538527 6a991a31-9502-4adb-86f8-8041454431aa Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT Writing for the Wall Street Journal, American Enterprise Institute president Arthur C. Brooks recently suggested that the G.O.P. is way off base in their assumptions about the moral arguments that resonate most with... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/03/13/is-there-room-in-the-gop-tent-for-the-poor-n1531915 a16f8038-24b6-4b8c-8720-ac0f63cd266a Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT This past week, health care journalist Charles Ornstein wrote a compelling piece for the Washington Post detailing his personal experience with heart-wrenching end-of-life medical decisions. Ornstein's story of his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/03/06/dont-wait-til-its-too-late-to-decide-n1526287 54b1d9ca-54a3-45fd-a1b8-4989514a7981 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:01:00 GMT Most parents would agree that protecting your children from harm and doing everything possible to set them on a path of success and happiness are fundamental parental responsibilities. From the moment our children are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/02/27/abortion-the-new-american-family-value-n1520721 b9a12a18-384e-4573-a4e7-d1a9ec35d5ea Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT When you hear the name Southern Poverty Law Center, it immediately evokes images of Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Freedom Rides... all iconic symbols of the civil rights movement. And rightly so, for these are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/02/20/an-agent-of-intolerance-seeks-to-stifle-debate-n1515592 2c0449b4-0fae-4b75-a122-9c87d5c543fe Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT The recent spate of mass shootings has prompted President Obama and his allies in Congress to pursue new gun control laws with special urgency. Mr. Obama is correct in sensing that the American people are ready for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KenConnor/2013/02/13/defending-the-right-to-selfdefense-n1510721 1950e36b-6b00-4fd7-9eaa-29a43efa5406 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT