I am reminded of a story, possibly apocryphal, from the Constitutional Convention. One of our Founders proposed an element to the Constitution that would prevent the young republic from ever having a standing army larger than 5,000 men. This suggestion has to be understood within the context of the recent past where American colonists believed […]
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Ohio: Common Sense or Marijuana?
31 Oct 2015
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Dr. Ben Carson is not your typical presidential candidate. The fact that Donald Trump and Carson are well ahead of the pack in the Republican primary battle suggests that American are pining for a non-traditional candidate to support. Carson is a retired pediatric neurosurgeon who, in 1987, became the first doctor to successfully separate Siamese […]
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A Modern-Day Schindler
21 Aug 2015
If the Obergefell decision did not clearly signal the declining influence of Christianity in American society, Charles Krauthammer’s recent editorial entitled “Righteous Effort Rescues Christians in Middle East” does. In this poignant essay, Krauthammer demonstrates that our government has turned its back on its Christian antecedents. Krauthammer notes the work of Lord George Weidenfeld, a […]
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Identity Politics Collides with Identity Dignity
20 Jul 2015
Until recently, Rachel Dolezal served as the head of the Spokane chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Recent information has revealed that Dolezal is not African-American as the public had assumed. Her parents, both Caucasian, note that she is not African-American and produced a picture of her as a […]
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Academics Weigh in on AP US History Controversy
12 Jun 2015
Over 55 historians recently signed a letter expressing their dissent to the new Framework established by the College Board for AP US History courses all across the country. Over 460,000 students took the AP US History exam in 2014. Each summer, hundreds of AP US History teachers and college professors meet together to grade these […]
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The Minimum Wage Conundrum
26 Mar 2015
The concept of minimum wage has its origins in the United States in a rather forgotten purpose. Minimum wage was first proposed as part of the legislation that created the National Recovery Administration that Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal created in 1933. FDR pursued the NRA because he was embracing the new economic theory of progressive […]
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Truth Telling Matters
18 Feb 2015
Brian Williams’s leave of absence due to concerns about his truthfulness is just the highest profile of a long line of individuals who have stretched the truth. It is interesting to me that the truth matters so much to Americans in a news anchor, but so little in our political leaders. Politicfact.com has four pages […]
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I wrote my last post just prior to the State of the Union Address and admitted to the foolishness of doing so. I am not writing today to toot my own horn, but I have to say, I was not too far off. Let me remind you of the promises of Huey Long’s Share Our […]
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President Obama and The Share Our Wealth Plan
20 Jan 2015
It is probably not wise to write a blog on the evening of the State of the Union address–before listening to the address–but it isn’t the most foolish thing I have done in life. Scripture has a number of warnings about being foolish, and I am hoping that Americans take heed. President Obama unveiled a […]
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What Would Brave Voters Do?
03 Nov 2014
You may think this is piling on, but I am okay with that. Some things need to be jumped on. Our national anthem ends with the following line, “O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave, o’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?” I am seeing precious little freedom or […]
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