Continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the … Continue reading
By Jay Younts Let me begin by saying that I believe that the United States Constitution is one of the greatest governing documents ever written. So, why would I say it is a blueprint for destruction? To answer that, we … Continue reading
by Dave Miller, Ph.D. [Editor’s Note: This article is the first installment of a two-part critique of an article written by James Hutson, Library of Congress Manuscript Division Chief, on the Founding Fathers’ attitude toward Islam.] One prominent misconception pertaining … Continue reading
”Cities may be rebuilt, and a people, reduced to poverty, may acquire fresh property. But a constitution of government, once changed from freedom, can never be re stored. Liberty once lost, is lost forever. When the people once surrender their … Continue reading
by James J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.1 These words spoken … Continue reading
Whereas civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as military forces, which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow … Continue reading
”Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people … Continue reading
If ever the Time should come, when vain & aspiring Men shall possess the highest Seats in Government, our Country will stand in Need of its experienced Patriots to prevent its Ruin. Samuel Adams, Letter to James Warren, October 24, … Continue reading
Let Divines, and Philosophers, Statesmen and Patriots unite their endeavours to renovate the Age, by impressing the Minds of Men with the importance of educating their little boys, and girls — of inculcating in the Minds of youth the fear, … Continue reading
No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay the taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil. It is your fellow workers who are ordered to work for the Government, … Continue reading
Dave Miller, Ph.D. In the first installment of this sequel to “The Silencing of God” seminar, Dr. Miller identifies the most prominent national concerns of Americans as reflected by election exit polling data and media reports. He then directs attention … Continue reading
The following is the text of a Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving and Praise, issued by John Hancock (Signer of the Declaration of Independence), while he was serving as governor of Massachusetts. The proclamation was issued October 5, 1791 … Continue reading
by Henry Morris, Ph.D. “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.” (1 Peter 1:1) These “strangers” to whom Peter wrote his two epistles were actually “pilgrims.” He used the same … Continue reading
By David Barton The tradition of Thanksgiving as a time to focus on God and His blessings dates back almost four centuries in America. While such celebrations occurred at Cape Henry Virginia as early as 1607,[1] it is from the Pilgrims … Continue reading
by Carl Wieland It is often assumed that slavery in the antebellum1 USA was driven by white vs black racism. In fact, it was, if anything, the other way around—it was slavery that exacerbated racism. First, the evidence indicates that throughout history, people enslaved … Continue reading
This is the text of the October 3, 1863 Abraham Lincoln national Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. President Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation of Thanksgiving Issued, October 3, 1863 The year that is drawing towards its close has been filled with the blessings of … Continue reading
This is the text of George Washington’s October 3, 1789 national Thanksgiving Proclamation; as printed in The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, on October 17, 1789. By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. WHEREAS it is the duty … Continue reading
by Dave Miller, Ph.D. The list is lengthy. America’s life-threatening maladies have multiplied in the last 50 years to the point that it is widely acknowledged that the nation stands on the brink of catastrophe. No doubt about it, the … Continue reading
By Don Green I came of age in the Reagan years. His 1980 campaign slogan was “Let’s make America great again.” I loved what followed under his presidency. Today, it seems the American people have affirmed a different path. There … Continue reading
TODAY: A revealing (and troubling) portrait of America in the 2012 election data, Obama’s “rainbow coalition,” the conservative gender gap, same-sex marriage, assisted suicide, and the U.S. election viewed from China. I discuss all these and more in today’s edition of The Briefing: … Continue reading
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