Alan Keyes column

Dr. Keyes holds the distinction of being the only person ever to run against Barack Obama in a truly contested election — one featuring authentic Declaration-based moral conservatism vs. progressive liberalism — when they challenged each other for the open U.S. Senate seat from Illinois in 2004.

During the Reagan years, Keyes was the highest-ranking black appointee in the Reagan Administration, serving as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations and as Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

He ran for president in 1996, 2000, and 2008, and was a Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from Maryland in 1988 and 1992, in addition to his 2004 candidacy in Illinois.

He holds a Ph.D. in government from Harvard and wrote his dissertation on constitutional theory.

His basic philosophy can best be described as "Declarationism" — since he relies on the self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence to define the premises on which our country was founded, and to which it must return if it is to survive. To Dr. Keyes, the Constitution itself cannot be faithfully interpreted, understood, or applied apart from the divinely-premised principles of the Declaration.

When Keyes ran for president in 2000, the media generally considered him the winner of the Republican primary debates, due to the persuasive eloquence of his defense of the unborn, opposition to unfair taxation, advocacy of school choice, promotion of family values, and focus on what he called "America's moral crisis." As a result, he became the host of MSNBC-TV's "Alan Keyes Is Making Sense" in 2002.

He is best known for thrusting the evil of abortion — which he considers our nation's "greatest moral challenge" — into the national spotlight.

Keyes is also a strong supporter of Israel, and in 2002 he was flown by the Israeli government to the Holy Land to receive an award for his staunch defense of Israel in the media. He is the only American ever to receive such an honor from the State of Israel.

When Keyes ran against Obama for the Senate in 2004, he did so because he was incensed the Democrat "community organizer" refused to support the Born Alive Infant Protection Act in Illinois on several occasions — a measure approved not long afterward by the U.S. Senate, 100 to 0.

Dr. Keyes blogs at LoyaltoLiberty.com, and writes commentary for WorldNetDaily.

An archive titled "Alan Keyes' Pro-life Advocacy" is available at Faith and Freedom Foundation.

Alan is available to address interested venues of students, educators, civic groups, professional organizations, public servants, political advocates, churches, and others who are interested in preserving our nation's institutions of liberty.

To arrange a speech or special appearance by Dr. Keyes, contact his scheduler, Carla Michele, at 469-301-0776.

Alan Keyes

June 17, 2013

The Obama faction is now openly engaged in a campaign to use the power of the U.S. government to overthrow the U.S. Constitution. Because they have not or will . . .

Alan Keyes

June 13, 2013

Every day, we see another headline focused on this or that figure associated with the GOP wing of the elitist faction who is supposedly demanding the truth on . . .

Alan Keyes

June 10, 2013

[As interest in impeachment grows, I offer the following thoughts, reflecting my own ongoing efforts to help people think things through.] Between right and . . .

Alan Keyes

June 6, 2013

[This is a comment and reply occasioned by my WND piece "On Rights and Righteousness".] The Comment I respect Keyes, I really do. He is so wrong here...  . . .

Alan Keyes

June 3, 2013

"All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved." (Sun Tzu, "The Art of War," Chapter  . . .

Alan Keyes

May 30, 2013

[From time to time when I reply to a reader's comment on one of the articles offered here, the exchange makes a point that may be of interest to all my readers. . . .

Alan Keyes

May 27, 2013

Among politicians and pundits who identify with the GOP, there are many who pay lip-service to the U.S. Constitution. Yet when push comes to shove, they seem . . .

Alan Keyes

May 24, 2013

Whatever Obama, Hilary Clinton, Susan Rice, and other Obama faction officials were seeking to achieve with their lies about the terrorist murders of U.S. . . .

Alan Keyes

May 23, 2013

This morning, I received by email the following press release asserting that when BSA delegates meet in Dallas this week, the votes they cast on the proposal to . . .

Alan Keyes

May 20, 2013

This week, I posted an essay on my blog aimed at clarifying what may be the key question for navigating the maze of lies Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Susan . . .

Alan Keyes

May 13, 2013

Synoptic: seeing apparently distinct things or events as they relate to one another to form, on the whole, a coherent plan, pattern or design Data: Obama . . .

Alan Keyes

May 6, 2013

Is the latest BSA proposal regarding homosexuality and Scouting the result of a serious deficiency in thoughtfulness and foresight? Or is it a malicious ploy? . . .

Alan Keyes

May 5, 2013

Originally published: December 17, 2010 GOP Sen. Scott Brown [at the time, the junior senator from Massachusetts] has announced his intention to vote in . . .

Alan Keyes

May 2, 2013

For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of . . .

Alan Keyes

April 29, 2013

"... confidence must be placed somewhere;... the necessity of doing it is implied in the very act of delegating power." – Federalist 26 In response to . . .

Alan Keyes

April 25, 2013

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.  . . .

Alan Keyes

April 22, 2013

"It will have blood, they say. Blood will have blood. Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak. Augurs and understood relations have by maggot pies . . .

Alan Keyes

April 15, 2013

MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry says that Americans haven't invested enough in public education because "...we've always had kind of a private notion of . . .

Alan Keyes

April 11, 2013

"Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh said Thursday that those who support same-sex marriage have already won the culture war. 'This issue is lost,' . . .

Alan Keyes

April 8, 2013

According to the ABC News report I read, "The Associated Press, the largest news-gathering outlet in the world, will no longer use the term illegal immigrant." . . .

Alan Keyes

April 4, 2013

[This is a comment from one of my Facebook readers, with my reply. It was occasioned by my last post entitled "Bullying 'bible thumpers,' O'Reilly rejects God . . .

Alan Keyes

April 1, 2013

A constitution...must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any . . .

Alan Keyes

March 28, 2013

As I suggested at the end of my WND column on Friday, Americans may have come to the time when disorder and dissolution put an end to the last vestiges of their . . .

Alan Keyes

March 25, 2013

The headline said, "Meese promotes Returning America to Founding Principles": "Former Attorney General Edwin Meese told CPAC 2013 attendees that the best . . .

Alan Keyes

March 21, 2013

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. (The Constitution of the . . .

Alan Keyes

March 18, 2013

"How do we know that there are planets around other stars? Most of the detected exoplanets have revealed their presence by small effects that they have on their . . .

Alan Keyes

March 14, 2013

My last post was another of my frequent attempts to warn people against falling prey to the political claymore mines of the sham party system. These are events . . .

Alan Keyes

March 11, 2013

"While our country remains untainted with the principles and manners which are now producing desolation in so many parts of the world; while she continues . . .

Alan Keyes

March 4, 2013

"The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk," Hegel wrote. But is this flight of wisdom cause or consequence? Some people assume . . .

Alan Keyes

February 25, 2013

"California would strip the tax-exempt status from youth organizations like the Boy Scouts if they have policies that bar gay people from participating under a . . .

Alan Keyes

February 21, 2013

Not long ago, I read an article with the headline "Softening Rhetoric on Homosexuality." It began with the observation that "engaging a younger generation about . . .

Alan Keyes

February 18, 2013

On Tuesday of this week, we should have commemorated the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. I spent the day working on an article, since posted on my blog, reflecting . . .

Alan Keyes

February 11, 2013

Two events this week should encourage and inform Americans who are determined to restore and preserve the constitutional liberty of their country. The national . . .

Alan Keyes

February 4, 2013

On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically . . .

Alan Keyes

January 31, 2013

People who have read and pondered the articles I've posted here over the years have undoubtedly noticed my consistent reliance on the principles and logic of . . .

Alan Keyes

January 28, 2013

This piece was occasioned by Colin Powell's recent remarks on "Meet the Press" peddling the lie that the GOP lost the last two presidential elections because . . .

Alan Keyes

January 24, 2013

This is a piece occasioned by Colin Powell's recent remarks on Meet the Press peddling the lie that the GOP lost the last two presidential elections because . . .

Alan Keyes

January 21, 2013

In an article just posted on my blog, I discuss the doubts that are quite properly being raised about whether Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is eligible, according to . . .

Alan Keyes

January 14, 2013

Any effort to disarm the American people is unlawful. That is clear according to the "laws of nature and of nature's God" and the clear, plain language of the . . .

Alan Keyes

January 10, 2013

"So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which . . .

Alan Keyes

January 7, 2013

As I finish this column, John Boehner has just been re-elected as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Yet by supporting the utterly false and . . .

Alan Keyes

January 3, 2013

THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE PART II Though some modern scholars (who purport to know Jefferson better than he knew himself) deny the importance of John . . .

Alan Keyes

December 31, 2012

"What's the matter with the place?" said Merry ... "We grows a lot of food, but we don't rightly know what becomes of it. It's all these 'gatherers' and  . . .

Alan Keyes

December 27, 2012

In articles I've written over the past several years, I've pointed to the fact that the natural family is the paradigm of government based on the consent of the . . .

Alan Keyes

December 24, 2012

Hollywood's champions of leftist cant are the very people most likely to clamor for gun control. Yet the industry they serve and profit from pollutes the world . . .

Alan Keyes

December 20, 2012

THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE PART I I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all . . .

Alan Keyes

December 17, 2012

If you've been following events in Congress covered in connection with headlines about the so-called "fiscal cliff," you know that the top GOP leadership in the . . .

Alan Keyes

December 10, 2012

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your . . .

Alan Keyes

December 6, 2012

[This exchange occurred in reply to my article "The true right to secede comes from God, not the Constitution."] THE COMMENT "Righteous political will" is . . .

Alan Keyes

December 3, 2012

In an article I saw this week at WND, Pat Buchanan writes of the Declaration of Independence: "The declaration was signed by 56 angry old white guys who had . . .

Alan Keyes

December 2, 2012

I just read a timely meditation on the "fiscal cliff" shenanigans currently going on in Washington. In an article aptly entitled "Cause to Rejoice or Mourn," a . . .

Alan Keyes

November 29, 2012

The Socrates of Plato's Republic is famous for saying that there can be no cessation of ills in human societies until and unless philosophers rule. These days . . .

Alan Keyes

November 28, 2012

Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end, saying, "When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the . . .

Alan Keyes

November 26, 2012

These days, managing constant change is a challenge that faces anyone whose life and livelihood involve the use of intelligent electronic devices. The . . .

Alan Keyes

November 22, 2012

All hail the power of Jesus Name! Let angels prostrate fall. (Traditional Christian Hymn) Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom . . .

Alan Keyes

November 18, 2012

The beginning is more than half the whole, the ancient philosopher famously said. The ongoing failure of America's free institutions is especially due to the . . .

Alan Keyes

November 15, 2012

Among those still enthralled by the GOP, I guess that a majority would say they still respect America's Revolutionary founders. And among those who do, some . . .

Alan Keyes

November 12, 2012

"Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord." (Corinthians 6:17) On Wednesday morning, I registered my reaction to the . . .

Alan Keyes

November 8, 2012

Romney/Ryan lost. The GOP held on to the U.S. House of Representatives. But the Democrats held on to their majority in the U.S. Senate. They did so thanks, in . . .

Alan Keyes

November 3, 2012

This week, I read a surprising piece by WND's David Kupelian in which he asserted that people willing to accept the choice of evils in this year's presidential . . .

Alan Keyes

November 1, 2012

Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is not salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans . . .

Alan Keyes

October 29, 2012

When the GOP nominated John McCain in 2008, it was the first time the GOP wing of the elitist faction set the stage for a presidential election that was plainly . . .

Alan Keyes

October 25, 2012

AIDS is one of the deadly diseases of our time because it attacks the body's immune system, making it prey to opportunistic infections. So the AIDS virus, . . .

Alan Keyes

October 22, 2012

A Christiannews.net story reports that "Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has released a new television advertisement underscoring his support for abortion and . . .

Alan Keyes

October 18, 2012

[A post a few days ago featured a comment that aptly described the situation of the GOP's conservative grassroots base as a political version of spousal abuse . . .

Alan Keyes

October 15, 2012

"There are no words that excuse the killing of innocents." — Barack Obama, 2012 U.N. address So, in the opening installment of the miniseries of  . . .

Alan Keyes

October 13, 2012

[Some of those who have signified their willingness to consider "The Platform Republican Approach to the 2012 Election" have asked me to provide a summary of . . .

Alan Keyes

October 11, 2012

Yesterday, someone sent me the link to an essay in which a person well known for his pro-life convictions says that Mitt Romney is "pro-life and upholds the . . .

Alan Keyes

October 8, 2012

Since Wednesday night's presidential debate — for obvious reasons — a thought much like that expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson has been going through . . .

Alan Keyes

October 4, 2012

The most tragically appalling thing about the choice the elitist faction has contrived for this election year is that both the Democratic and Republican . . .

Alan Keyes

October 1, 2012

[From time to time, I read a comment in the discussions of something I've written that sparks thinking that might be of general interest to my readers. I often . . .

Alan Keyes

September 27, 2012

There is a phalanx of supposedly pro-life, conservative individuals and organizations helping to persuade conservative voters that Mitt Romney is pro-life; that . . .

Alan Keyes

September 25, 2012

[This is one of those posts written with my fellow believers especially in mind.] Yesterday, I spoke at a rally in Manassas, Va., that was part of the kick . . .

Alan Keyes

September 24, 2012

This week, Dr. James Dobson deplored the way the leadership of the GOP wing of the elitist faction is seeking to torpedo the campaign of Missouri's Republican . . .

Alan Keyes

September 20, 2012

The Romney campaign has chosen to deploy a strategy that depends on drawing a contrast between Romney's proven competence and Obama's disappointing incompetence . . .

Alan Keyes

September 17, 2012

Mitt Romney jumped the gun with his statement about Obama's reaction to the heinous assassination of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. His mistake . . .

Alan Keyes

September 13, 2012

"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." (Thomas Jefferson) On more than one occasion, I've . . .

Alan Keyes

September 10, 2012

"In every important respect, Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election was a victory for racism. First, there was the racist claim that his skin color . . .

Alan Keyes

September 6, 2012

America's founders saw the symbiotic relationship between mob rule and the establishment of tyranny, whether by Oliver Cromwell or the absolute monarchs of . . .

Alan Keyes

September 3, 2012

"You have no choice." It is the mantra with which the GOP wing of the elitist faction seeks to herd the party's conservative base into voting for Mitt Romney. . . .

Alan Keyes

August 31, 2012

Thanks to one of my Facebook friends, I was just today alerted to the interview Romney gave CBS news on 8/27/2012. The video is here. In the interview, Romney . . .

Alan Keyes

August 30, 2012

Just moments ago, I read the following email from someone reacting to an article I posted earlier today: Dr. Keyes, I admire and promote you. These . . .

Alan Keyes

August 25, 2012

"I know that Romney's bad. But first we get Obama out. Then we'll hold Romney's feet to the fire." That's one of the most common things I hear from self . . .

Alan Keyes

August 24, 2012

When some politicians explain away an ill-conceived remark by saying "I misspoke," their explanation is often taken at face value, especially by people in their . . .

Alan Keyes

August 20, 2012

This week I wrote a post at Loyal to Liberty about the one-way coin flip "the controlling forces of the elitist faction are offering to principled conservatives . . .

Alan Keyes

August 13, 2012

According to the present corrupt understanding of politics, the aim of political activity is to get elected by stitching together a sufficiently powerful . . .

Alan Keyes

August 6, 2012

"My view is that regardless of whether you think prohibiting abortion is good or whether you think prohibiting abortion is bad — regardless of how you . . .

Alan Keyes

July 31, 2012

During the GOP's blatantly rigged 2012 primary season, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., distinguished herself as a sincere spokeswoman for the conservative . . .

Alan Keyes

July 23, 2012

In 2010, Paul Gosar was elected to represent Arizona's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. Congress. With the help of a much-publicized endorsement from . . .

Alan Keyes

July 16, 2012

Recently, I heard a friend of mine echo the sentiment former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker expressed in an interview with WND: "I would vote for the devil . . .

Alan Keyes

July 9, 2012

When the U.S. Supreme Court announced its Obamacare decision, many conservatives professed to be shocked, even stunned, to hear that G.W. Bush appointee John . . .

Alan Keyes

July 2, 2012

In the face of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Arizona v. United States, I invite my readers to revisit the column "Arizona is right to defend against . . .

Alan Keyes

June 28, 2012

Under the headline "Romney vows to overturn Obama immigration plan," the Washington Examiner reported on Romney's speech to the National Association of Latino . . .

Alan Keyes

June 25, 2012

Mark Levin recently published a note on his Facebook page in which he rightly points out that Obama's recent invocation of executive privilege with regard to . . .

Alan Keyes

June 21, 2012

We most conscientiously commemorate epoch-making events in human history by fully recalling their signal importance to the welfare or suffering of humanity. . . .

Alan Keyes

June 18, 2012

"Wise politicians ... know that every breach of the fundamental laws, though dictated by necessity, impairs that sacred reverence which ought to be maintained . . .

Alan Keyes

June 11, 2012

For some time now I've been sharing (via Twitter, Facebook, etc.) articles I run across that document the fact that Mitt Romney is a crypto-socialist (i.e., a . . .

Alan Keyes

June 7, 2012

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Restoring Representation Step Three: Focus on a choice that represents the common good On his departure from . . .

Alan Keyes

June 4, 2012

In an article entitled "The end of the republic?" professor Walter Williams traces the root of America's probably impending financial collapse to "a tragedy of . . .

Alan Keyes

May 31, 2012

This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Restoring Representation Step Two: Focus on restoring the political standard of America's founders and renewing . . .

Alan Keyes

May 28, 2012

The headline read "3 in 4 say religious rights trump law." The article went on to explain that "In the Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll, nearly three in four . . .

Alan Keyes

May 24, 2012

Step One: Focus on the Electors A. Rely on the people for what they do best On Election Day 2012 when they go to the polls to vote for President and Vice . . .

Alan Keyes

May 21, 2012

Reportedly, Obama's supposed switch to support for gay marriage drove many evangelical Christian voters into the Romney fold. The story moved me to share this . . .

Alan Keyes

May 17, 2012

Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. — Matthew 18:3 ESV Periander began . . .

Alan Keyes

May 14, 2012

Most individuals have experiences that pose a fundamental question about who they are. They go through life professing to believe in God or love or something; . . .

Alan Keyes

May 10, 2012

Introductory Note: Whatever the activity involved, sound strategic thinking requires a clear view of the overall objective to be achieved — one that . . .

Alan Keyes

May 8, 2012

"...of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; . . .

Alan Keyes

May 3, 2012

A significant number of America's voters still believe in government of, by, and for the people. They still believe in the moral premises the American people . . .

Alan Keyes

April 30, 2012

"La Commedia è finita!" So says the cuckold in the tragic Italian opera. The farce is ended. But for conservatives betrayed by the GOP's crypto-socialist elite, . . .

Alan Keyes

April 26, 2012

It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important . . .