John Porter, Author at Conservative News and Views

Donald Trump accepting the 2016 Republican nomination. A vote for him was a vote for freedom. He owes his victory to the electoral college. He also now leads the armies of freedom in their war against the socialists. But he needs to learn now: the other side are playing without rules. His latest stand against illegal immigration further illustrates the problem. More recently: Trump should bury the DACA order and leave it buried.

War between freedom and slavery

Since the beginning of recorded history, we have read about and learned of the struggle of man’s desire to be free,to live his life as he...

Alexander Hamilton, who brilliantly explained the Commerce Clause and our Presidential system. He also saw the danger in a man without a theory. He is a prize example of American exceptionalism and the statesmanship that produced it. And also such things as the electoral college. Sadly, he also founded paper money, the bane of a free republic.

Constitution8 years ago

Electoral College – an important safeguard

Many have urged me to explain the Electoral College vs. popular vote provision of our Constitution and the reasoning behind it. Close analysis without biased political...

Letters8 years ago

Donald Trump v. Hillary Clinton

The issues on which Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are campaigning have been spelled out clearly, by them, many times so that now all we hear...

Donald Trump at a conservative gathering in 2011. Does he truly pass the test? It would appear so--for he is now the voice of the silent American majority. He at least stays grounded in the real world.

Letters8 years ago

American people in revolt

Many years ago we heard a lot about a silent majority. What is it? It is an unspecified large majority of people in our country. They...

The gavel: a symbol of judgment and rule of law. It should not be consistent with Don’t tell your mother. But it is when it stands for judicial abuse. What happened to good judgment in America? Or are we left only with scandal?

Executive8 years ago

Law: who respects it?

I am not only concerned, but deeply worried, about an issue which more than all else can totally destroy the United States of America and this...

An example of creating controversy. Bear this in mind as you read the Swamp Report Card.

Letters8 years ago

Creating controversy

In politics they call it creating controversy. You see, Friends, if the media can create controversy where none really exists, they don’t have to spend their...

Letters8 years ago

Donald Trump did it

On July 19, the American people won the Republican Nomination to be president for Mr. Donald Trump over the objections of the Republican Party big shots, the...

Karl Marx. Inspiration for Obama, for the leftist movement in America, and for socialism in general. And of political correctness. A student of his once said it is better to be politically correct than factually correct.

Letters8 years ago

Socialism

Many people around the country have asked me to explain socialism, its inherent evils and its likely effects on us as individuals. Here I will try...

The youngest jihadi? Training for jihad so young? This is one thing Muslims do. The Associated Press won't comment on the spectacle of a child training to kill. This is what the Muslim faith does. This is what Muslims do.

Executive9 years ago

Muslim religion explained

With the murderous, hideous, atrocities we have been watching unfold in Europe and most all of the Middle East and now experiencing here in the United...