Category Archives: Timeless Principles
Harriet Tubman – American Patriot
In my copy of the American Patriot’s Almanac, (Bennett & Cribb) today’s entry is about Harriet Tubman. Although her date of birth was never recorded (the year was probably 1822), I imagine the editors, wanting to make sure they included … Continue reading
Honest Abe could teach “Dishonest Obe” a thing or two
Did you miss President Obama’s annual Thanksgiving address? If so, it’s just as well. As several sites have mentioned, he pretty much ignored the whole point of the holiday. Oh, he said we should be thankful, but he never … Continue reading
The Demographic Disaster Behind the Failing Economy
“No one wanted to have any children. No one wanted to get married.” Sound familiar? That was the social reality in the Roman Empire shortly before it fell, as stated in this trailer for the documentary: “Demographic Winter.” … Continue reading
Answering to a Higher Authority
America’s Constitutional Republic was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. Foremost among these was that God’s law holds supremacy over man’s laws. It follows then that each of us is called to obey man’s laws only insofar as they don’t conflict with … Continue reading
“Right” Turns
Front Page Magazine recently talked with Norman Berdichevsky about his new book – with the great title – “The Left is Seldom Right.” His personal journey from left to right is reminiscent of David Horowitz’s (Front Page editor) own, as … Continue reading
Government’s Campaign to Eclipse God Continues Apace
Back in the early days of the first millennium A.D., the Romans didn’t start throwing Christians to the lions just because it sated their taste for blood-thirsty sport. And they didn’t kill them just because they worshiped Jesus. Rome, at … Continue reading
Obama gets an “F” in reducing poverty
Star Parker is a woman who’s been on both sides of a welfare check, which makes her well-qualified to know what’s effective when it comes to helping people out of poverty, and what isn’t. And Obama’s policies aren’t; hence the … Continue reading
Ryan: “Our rights come from God and nature – not from government”
Check out Paul Ryan’s recent interview with the Heritage Foundation: Highlights: • American principles, as handed down by the founders, are liberty, freedom, free enterprise and self-determination. • Obama’s class warfare and demagoguery is disappointing. (To put it … Continue reading
“On Our Own?”… Great!
Here we go again…more B.S. from B.O on the re-election trail this week: “If you get sick, you’re on your own. If you can’t afford college, you’re on your own. If you don’t like that some corporation is polluting your … Continue reading
Ambitious Ignorance
The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness… which the ambitious call… and ignorant believe, to be liberty. ~ Fisher Ames, speech in the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788 ~ Quote … Continue reading
Benedictine Monks Stand for Economic Liberty
While attempting to organize my hard-copy archives this past weekend, I ran across a Big Government article that I’d saved from August 2010: Licensing Gone Wild: Monks Face Jail for Selling Caskets. Good grief! I didn’t remember seeing … Continue reading