David N. Bass column
David N. Bass
David N. Bass is a twenty-year-old home school graduate who recently completed his first fantasy-fiction novel. His columns have been featured on AmericanDaily.com, IntellectualConservative.com, and RenewAmerica.com. While attending college through distance education, he interns at a pro-family public policy organization. David’s blog, “The Pundit,” can be read here (http://www.matthewbass.com/thepundit/).


Embryonic stem cell research is about ideology, not cures
David N. Bass
January 15, 2007

News earlier this week that researchers at Wake Forest University and Harvard Medical School have uncovered a new non-controversial stem cell treatment did . . .


Parents: The most effective youth ministry
David N. Bass
September 18, 2006

A new research survey by The Barna Group has revealed a disturbing trend among college-age young adults — despite participation in religious activities during . . .


Marriage: A fountain of youth
David N. Bass
August 19, 2006

With cohabitation, pre-marital sex, single-parent families, divorce and even adultery rampant in our society, it's obvious that some Americans view marital . . .


The Dean Zone
David N. Bass
August 7, 2006

Irony ran thick in a recent July 26 speech by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. After lambasting the Bush administration for dividing the . . .


Cohabitation: America's botched social experiment
David N. Bass
February 11, 2006

Social conservatives are so preoccupied with the battle to prevent judicial activists from reinventing the definition of marriage that they're losing sight of a . . .


Dover intelligent design case: Judicial ignorance on display
David N. Bass
January 21, 2006

I've come to realize that one of the greatest recipes for disaster in modern day America is when a federal judge is given cart blanche to rule on a case . . .


Partial to the Constitution
David N. Bass
November 20, 2005

Even before President Bush nominated Judge Samuel Alito to the United States Supreme Court, liberals were pounding the Appellate Court judge as an individual . . .


God's thermostat
David N. Bass
January 17, 2005

No sooner did Americans finish ringing in the New Year than global warming is again appearing in news headlines around the nation. The devastating tsunami in . . .


The 2004 Ebenezer Awards
David N. Bass
December 26, 2004

Liberals love giving themselves awards. The empty skulls in Hollywood gather each year to exchange Oscars at the Academy Awards and pontificate about how great . . .


The Left's hidden victory in 2004
David N. Bass
November 23, 2004

Although the 2004 election season provided more than one stinging blow to Democrats, in the after-election hubbub many are overlooking one key cultural issue on . . .


The silent majority speaks
David N. Bass
November 6, 2004

If anything is evident in the aftermath of the November 2 elections, it's that evangelical Christians are largely responsible for President Bush's victory. To . . .


Supreme ignorance
David N. Bass
September 27, 2004

The so-called "right-to-die" movement was handed another victory this week when the Florida Supreme Court struck down a law designed to prevent the starvation . . .


Hiding behind states' rights
David N. Bass
September 10, 2004

In the heated debate over same-sex marriage, liberals are suddenly championing the most unlikely cause imaginable, at least for supporters of big government — . . .


Behind John Kerry's values
David N. Bass
August 15, 2004

John Kerry is infatuated with the word "values." Everywhere you turn he's using it. His speech to the Democratic National Convention was fraught with the noun. . . .


Kerry and Edwards: Communion on their terms
David N. Bass
July 15, 2004

John Kerry and John Edwards were dished another setback last month in their quest to appear as men of deep abiding Faith. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who serves . . .


America's real war
David N. Bass
June 7, 2004

With the transfer of power from U.S. civilian authorities to the Iraqi people fast approaching, I am again reminded of the deadly conflict between America's . . .


It's about time we kicked the judges out
David N. Bass
May 26, 2004

According to LifeNews.com, Florida residents will soon be given an opportunity each of us would love to have — the chance to kick an activist judge in the rear . . .


Unveiling feminism
David N. Bass
January 15, 2004

In her book Women and Madness, Phyllis Chesler perfectly illustrates modern feminism in her statement that "most mother-women give up whatever ghost of a unique . . .


Freedom from offense?
David N. Bass
December 22, 2003

French President Jacques Chirac's recent announcement banning Islamic headscarves, Jewish skullcaps and Christian crucifixes in his country's public schools . . .


Does character count for Al Gore?
David N. Bass
December 13, 2003

Al Gore's recent endorsement of Howard Dean for the 2004 Democratic nomination came as a shock to a number of Democrats, especially Joe Lieberman, Gore's . . .


Democrats play the religion card
David N. Bass
December 2, 2003

Howard Dean is no longer the only Democrat presidential candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks, according to a recent article by CNN . . .


Slouching towards a "living Constitution"
David N. Bass
November 22, 2003

According to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, making an "all important good impression" in the international community is more essential to the judiciary than . . .


Democrat hypocrisy on judicial appointments
David N. Bass
November 18, 2003

The Republicans have finally filibustered the filibuster. In a lengthy jabber fest that ran several days the GOP put action behind its words and physically . . .


The deplorable double standard
David N. Bass
November 14, 2003

Today's Democrats are known to employ selective forgiveness. Last Tuesday's "Rock the Vote" debate among Democratic presidential hopefuls solidifies that . . .


When lawyers go nuts
David N. Bass
October 30, 2003

All the controversy surrounding Terri Schiavo in Florida boils down to one major issue: differing worldviews. Battles over right-to-die cases inevitably come . . .


The liberals' dirty little word
David N. Bass
October 22, 2003

Impeachment has become a dirty word to liberals. The judiciary can display in-your-face defiance of both the Constitution and the people's will, but if . . .


Where have all the good judges gone?
David N. Bass
October 14, 2003

Handing down wacky rulings seems to be in vogue right now in judicial circles. It's almost like a game, with Americans as the spectators. Which court can garner . . .


The poor man as brother or citizen?
David N. Bass
October 1, 2003

With apologies to humanists everywhere, let's face the facts: charity isn't a human inclination. In fact, if left to its own devices, humanity will usually . . .


Greens bash Democratic governor for speeding
David N. Bass
September 23, 2003

It seems that everyone except the Green Party knows it's a major no-no to criticize the driving habits of Democrats. Arianna Huffington can limousine from one . . .


Aborting the will of the people
David N. Bass
September 17, 2003

If nothing else, the summer of 2003 has taught us one thing: The Democrats no longer care about national opinion. But then again, that's become old hat to the . . .


The spirit of Montgomery
David N. Bass
September 4, 2003

Not surprisingly, the media is failing miserably in their coverage of the Alabama Ten Commandments rallies. Their portrayal of Judge Moore's supporters as . . .


The Land doctrine
David N. Bass
August 28, 2003

When the president of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission can openly criticize Chief Justice Roy Moore's stand for the Ten Commandments . . .


Democrats turning Green at chances in 2004
David N. Bass
August 25, 2003

The greatest threat to the Democrats' bid for the White House in 2004 is not George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, not Fox News or talk radio, but the so-called . . .


When good Democrats go bad
David N. Bass
August 20, 2003

There's no longer room for moderates in the Democrat Party. But don't take my word for it. Presidential hopeful Joe Lieberman is making my point for me. I used . . .


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