The Supreme Court and Cake
Cake maker Jack Phillips says he has a right to refuse the business of a particular customer whose fundamental intention is not to purchase a decorated cake but to use the transaction to force...
About: John F. McManus
Posts by John F. McManus
Let ’em be Redskins
Had common sense not prevailed in the case brought against the “Slants,” more mischief loomed on the horizon — and not just the campaign against the “Redskins.” Would Holy Cross College...
Sanctuary Cities: an Invitation for Criminals
The very existenceof sanctuary cities indicates a breakdown in the essential rule of law that is the hallmark of any free country. ...
Indonesia’s Strange Kind of Justice
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the governor of Jakarta, Indonesia's largest city, recently lost his reelection bid and was also sentenced to prison for saying that the Koran does not forbid Muslims from...
Saudi Arabia on UN’s Status of Women Panel
Guess who won a seat on the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women? The new appointee ranks 141st of the 144 nations rated by the World Economic Forum in its...
The President and NATO
During his campaign for president, Donald Trump frequently employed the word “obsolete” to describe NATO. But NATO has never been “obsolete.” It has greatly aided its UN sponsor in the gobbling...
Gramsci’s Plan
Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci called for softening up the people by steering them away from their cultural foundationsn — faith in God, love of country, reliance on family, and attachment to the churches,...
Will Neil Gorsuch Become a Supreme Court Justice?
If Neil Gorsuch follows the lead set by Antonin Scalia, the man whose place on the court he will fill if approved by the Senate, chances are that he will follow...
John McCain, the Anti-Conservative
Senator John McCain receives friendly airtime and is relied upon for his perspective because of his willingness to stand apart from true conservatism — which is based on the U.S. Constitution’s limitation of...
Do We Live in a Land of Laws?
When a federal judge blocked President Trump’s ban on entry to America from seven majority-Muslim nations, his decree won praise from the liberals and left-wingers. ...
Rep. John Lewis Under a Microscope
Lewis is one of the most liberal members of the entire House and unquestionably one of most consistently Democratic congressmen in the Deep South. ...
Is Socialism Worse Than Communism?
Six years ago in a speech exposing the scourge of neoconservatism, I startled some of the audience by claiming that socialism is more dangerous than communism. ...
Sanders the Socialist
While chatting recently with a friendly technician who was repairing my copy machine, I got a taste of a very big problem facing our country. The man knew everything about the bulky...
Hillary’s Plurality Under a Microscope
Supporters of Hillary Clinton’s bid to become President can’t get over the fact that she won more votes than did her opponent. Her numbers exceeded Donald Trump’s by a more than...
Liberals In Control of Academia Is Dangerous
During the past year, it would have been close to suicidal for a student to let his professor know he or she was unwilling to support Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders — even...