The Narthex
English Should Be the USA’s Official Language
Language is the most basic element of assimilation and culture
By John M. Grondelski | September 2nd 2025 12:18 PMPresident Trump issued an Executive Order declaring the U.S. Government should conduct its business in English. That order elicited the usual complaints from the secular accompaniment chorus, who thought it exclusionary and impeding peoples’ access to services. As we’ve seen in pictures from a deportation, it’s not infrequent that family…
READ FULL BLOG POSTNo Judge Is above the Law
No state may exempt itself or its officials from federal authority
By John M. Grondelski | August 28th 2025 11:00 AMHannah Dugan, the Wisconsin circuit court judge who last April berated ICE agents in the Milwaukee courthouse and smuggled a wanted illegal alien out a back door, learned this week that wearing a black robe does not place one above the law. A federal judge ruled that her judicial status…
READ FULL BLOG POSTLaw & Order in Los Angeles
Collusion in tolerated anarchy to nullify federal law is much more than 'passive resistance'
By John M. Grondelski | June 10th 2025 11:50 AMPresident Trump is facing an intense and organized opposition PR campaign, attacking him for federalizing the California National Guard to restore law and order in the "City of Angels.” I offer a few thoughts to provide perspective: California governor Newsom, 22 other Democratic governors, and the chorus of Democratic Senators…
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