Scottie Hughes

CP Op-Ed Contributor

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Jan 13, 2014
One Nation Under Drugs
Right now, China and Russia are having a great laugh at America's expense. For a once proud country with strong moral character and intellectual ambition, we have become a nation intent on destroying itself from within. The publicly sanctioned and widespread celebration of indolent potheads toking themselves into oblivion in Colorado is only the latest example.
Dec 24, 2013
What the GOP Can Learn From Phil Robertson
With the numerous social media pages like "Boycott A&E Until Phil Robertson Is Put Back on Duck Dynasty" boasting more then 1.7million likes and petitions like "Pleasesupportphil.com" boasting more then 35,000 signatures, this single issue alone has been able to create a call to action that only a few social movements in history could ever boast accomplishing.
Dec 2, 2013
Obamacare: The Glitch That Stole Christmas
Black Friday marks the official start of Christmas shopping season. Unfortunately, there's always that one present under the tree you wish you hadn't received. And then, under every American's tree this year, is the gift that keeps on giving, from the taker who keeps on taking: The President's present of Obamacare.
Nov 18, 2013
The Failing Business of Obamacare
If there's one thing Obamacare's supporters and opponents can agree on, it's that Obamacare is unprecedented. Never before did the federal government require every American to buy a commercial product. Never before did it attempt to use its spending powers to coerce states into implementing a federal program.
Oct 31, 2013
The 'Jealousy Factor' of Ted Cruz
Three weeks after the opening of our government, I finally realized why there is so much hatred for Senator Ted Cruz and company: Jealousy.
Oct 15, 2013
The Horrible, Irresponsible, Catastrophic Default That Never Will Be
If you believe Bigfoot roams the Pacific Northwest, you might be gullible enough to believe Barack Obama's claim that the United States will default on its creditors if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling. But if you can see the President's propaganda for the scare tactic it is, you know there was never any chance the United States would default on its creditors.
Oct 7, 2013
Why Is Violence Against Teachers Being Covered Up?
Baltimore teacher Jeff Slattery struggles with fear every day. He literally has to force himself out the door as he heads to his classroom. In December 2010 at Baltimore Community High School Slattery stopped a student without a hall pass. The student got physical. Slattery let him go
Sep 24, 2013
Casino is Bad for Wisconsin, Nation, Indians
For some people gambling is a harmless diversion. A fun way to play with – and usually lose – one's hard-earned money. For others, it is a fool's errand. Overcome with a sort of sickness, they see gambling as the chance to strike it rich, to make something out of almost nothing based on one role of the dice or the turn of a single card can leave a person set for life.
Sep 9, 2013
The Blood of Christians on Obama's Hands
Thirty-five miles northeast of Damascus is a small Christian village built into the mountains of Syria. Until yesterday, the most interesting thing about this town called Maaloula was that its 6,000 residents are among the last in the world who still speak Aramaic – the language Christ spoke as a boy in a carpentry shop, as man giving a sermon from a mount, and on the eve of his death and resurrection when he broke bread and poured wine and said, "This is my body…. This is my blood."
Sep 3, 2013
Grow Up Mr. President
Between my six-year-old son and Barack Obama, I've been having a hard time of late telling the two apart. When President Obama gives a press conference, it's like watching a child in the middle of a temper tantrum.