In our blog, read about the political and cultural issues affecting Tennesseans written from a conservative perspective. Commentaries are typically written by David Fowler, an attorney who served in the Tennessee state Senate for 12 years before joining FACT as President.
SCOTUS’ Leaked Opinion Is Not What You Think
May 5, 2022 by David Fowler
Pro-life advocates are naturally excited that the United States Supreme Court may be ready to reverse its abortion-rights jurisprudence. But I found the leaked opinion amusing. One such amusement was the Court opening and closin...
Did Republicans “Expose” Themselves with Transgender Sports Bill?
Apr 29, 2022 by David Fowler
On Monday the state House approved by a vote of 70 to 14 a bill previously approved by the state Senate by a vote of 27 to 4. The bill prohibits biological males who “identify” as female from competing against biological females in coll...
Capitalism and Marxism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Apr 22, 2022 by David Fowler
Tennessee’s legislature recently enacted a bill requiring public schools to teach the “virtues of capitalism . . . as compared to other . . . economic systems such as communism and socialism.” I would have voted for the bill, I supp...
My Easter Confession: When MAGA Met Easter
Apr 15, 2022 by David Fowler
I was a “MAGA man” before MAGA was a thing. What might distinguish me from some MAGA enthusiasts today, but perhaps not many Christians, is that when I ran for the State Senate in 1994, I aspired to bring Biblical principles to the legisl...
“Woe to you lawyers,” “Serpents,” “Brood of Vipers”—Jesus.
Apr 8, 2022 by David Fowler
The last Sunday service before I headed from Chattanooga to Cincinnati for law school, my pastor presented me with a briefcase and reminded me that Jesus had said, “Woe to you lawyers.” Debate over the Marital Contract Recording Act has h...
SCOTUS Nominee Judge Jackson on Abortion and Natural Marriage
Apr 1, 2022 by David Fowler
For the last few years, I have argued that the Ninth Amendment protects rights not enumerated in the text of Constitution and the Bill of Rights, specifically the right to life and the right of a man and woman to participate in the historical institu...
A “Word” on Why America and the Church Are So Divided
Mar 25, 2022 by David Fowler
To George Bernard Shaw has been attributed the statement, “England and America are two countries separated by the same language.” Funny, but true. True, but not funny is that America is now a country divided by the same languag...
The "Lost" Purpose For Christian Marriage
Mar 18, 2022 by David Fowler
I was frank last week about the sad state of evangelicalism, but today I will be frank about myself and the low view of marriage I held most of my life. It was driven home to me when a pastor who was interviewing me for a podcast mused that the ...
The True State of Evangelicalism in Tennessee Becomes Clear
Mar 11, 2022 by David Fowler
Last Sunday a friend told me at church that my writing has become more “frank,” a step down from “camel-hair wearing and locust-eating” from a couple of weeks ago. Nevertheless, be forewarned: If you don’t want fran...
Public Education Controversies Aren’t Controversial Enough
Mar 4, 2022 by David Fowler
From parents divided along lines of regulating COVID, textbooks, “porn” in libraries, “don’t say gay,” to sex education, some or all of which is driving charter school and student voucher legislation, public education ha...
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