Candace has a variety of teaching experiences and is a certified instructor for adults and homeschoolers through the Institute on the Constitution. Her hobbies include walking, world travel, Pilates, writing, and spending time with her grandsons. …
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Evolutionaries and Constitutionalists
Welcome back to Common Sense Civics and Citizenship. I hope you will find our topics this week on the U.S. Constitution informative. The goal here is to help us ascertain what is going on in our government by looking through the lens of our founding American documents. More and more Americans tell me they are […]
It’s Our Duty
Sometimes we have to dig a little deeper to find out about our American heritage. Today, there’s an application for us in Grover Cleveland’s first inaugural address, delivered on March 4, 1885. Here’s an excerpt from his speech. My commentary is in brackets. “. . . But he who takes the oath today to preserve, […]
Five Things To Learn from Dr. King’s Legacy
Thank you for returning to Common Sense Civics and Citizenship. We take a look this week at some highly relevant thoughts from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Grover Cleveland. I think we forget our American heritage because we scarcely take the time to reflect on it. I hope you will find relevancy from […]
Think Like An American
Thank you for returning to Common Sense Civics and Citizenship. This year promises to be an adventurous year, and not for the faint of heart! In order to be prepared for what lies ahead, I will be writing a series of articles on here that pertain to our founding documents. After all, ignorance is not […]
The Most Underreported Story of 2021
Thank you for returning to Common Sense Civics and Citizenship! As we ring in a new year, we often look for things that we need to improve in our lives. I’m suggesting we look at our news consumption with a new angle- looking for the truth. After all, the most underreported story of 2021 is […]
Wreaths Across America
Thank you for returning this week to Common Sense Civics and Citizenship. My joy-filled wishes to you and your loved ones as we celebrate Christmas, which is one of our national holidays. We have a lot of sickness in my extended family, so we will be visiting a nursing home to see Grandma, a grandson […]
Which Government Is Best?
A simple scan of today’s headlines reveals the following: A new survey of registered voters claims 53% of respondents think there is an agenda of ‘big government socialism.’ Twelve American cities broke their annual homicide records this year. In Europe, the attempt to restrict words like “Christian” and “Christmas” is described as dictatorship-like. There’s a […]
The Tyranny Principle
Thank you for returning to Common Sense Civics and Citizenship. Have you noticed the amount of fear racing through our nation at every turn? Of course, in the early days of our nation, Americans had fear but it was coupled with courage and rugged individualism. Now, when the prevailing cultural winds blow, they seem to […]
Who Appreciates Their Citizenship the Most?
Welcome back to Common Sense Civics and Citizenship. If you are a subscriber to our weekly newsletter, you will find two new articles that pertain to our citizenship. We discuss how lobbyists are now writing our laws because Congress is more focused on image than law writing. (!) Additionally, the quality of legislative assistants’ work […]
