I am humbled and truly impressed that our Founders understood the need to tolerate each other’s differences but united together on a common goal: to build the United States of America on sound principles that work when they are practiced with consistency. Learning the Basics: From 3-Year-Old Basketball to Nation-Building As an illustration, have you […]
Founding Principles: The Bill of Rights
(We now add to our study, The Bill of Rights, the fifth (and final) in our series of liberty-building blocks based on America’s Founding Principles.) Do you know what rights The Bill of Rights guarantees to you as a U.S citizen? Conduct an impromptu survey, and you will find that many Americans do not know […]
Founding Principles: Constitutional Precautions
(This is the fourth in a series on Founding Principles with help from the Bill of Rights Institute. These principles are the foundation of our Constitutional Republic. They keep us a free, self-governing people. So far, we have covered Natural Rights, Consent and a Republic, and Limited Government). Grab a cup of coffee or tea […]
Founding Principles: How the Constitution Guards Against Tyranny
(This is the fourth in a series. Today we focus on Founding Principles: How the Constitution Guards Against Tyranny with help from the Bill of Rights Institute. These principles are the foundation of our Constitutional Republic. They keep us a free, self-governing people. Grab a cup of coffee or tea because today, we add the […]
Founding Principles: Limited Government
Founding Principles: Limited Government (This is the third in a series on Founding Principles with help from the Bill of Rights Institute. These principles are the foundation of our Constitutional Republic). We are studying a series of liberty-building blocks based on America’s Founding Principles. So far, we have covered: 1. Natural rights https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=773639008103108&set=a.507545634712448 2. Consent […]
Founding Principles: Consent and a Republic
(This is the second in a series on Founding Principles with help from the Bill of Rights Institute. These principles are the foundation of our Constitutional Republic). If I titled this article “Consent and a Republican Government,” I’m guessing at least half the viewers and readers of this page would think I was talking about […]
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 […]
Is It Too Late?
How is it possible to defend criminal behavior in a first world country like ours? I was engaged in conversation with a friend who spoke of her inner struggle to answer that question. She defended criminal behavior in our major cities by trying to understand the criminals’ minds. Hasn’t our government tried empathy, programs, understanding, […]
