We hear a lot about anticipated “October Surprises” at this time of the year. These events may change our minds, focus, or direction rather suddenly.
Americans Want Personal Freedom
Who wants to be told who, where, and how to associate with other people? Or how to socialize with them? Or have our every word screened and scrutinized? I was given one of these scoldings recently, constantly being corrected and placing motives on me that are not now or ever intended.
Civic Duty
What qualities of citizenship are we passing on to the next generation? Is it not our civic duty? I hear all sorts of interesting adjectives to describe Queen Elizabeth II as people pay tribute to her following her passing. She was the Queen for about 30% of the time our country has existed, as well […]
Who Should Pay Your Debt?
How much is your degree worth? Isn’t that the question Americans should be asking themselves, rather than “Can I get my fellow Americans to pay off some of my debt?” Our younger generation firmly believes that they should study subjects that indulge their passions. So, they attend a college that holds classes only Mondays through […]
What Ingredients Make Self-Government Work?
Thank you for returning to Common Sense Civics and Citizenship as we take a look this week at what it takes to be a self-governing people. Let’s dive right in. “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.” What do you think of that statement by Benjamin Franklin? I was not aware of the heated […]
About Your Constitutional Life…
Faithful messengers in history’s pre-computer age were the social media, press, cell phone, email, air, and ground transport of their respective eras. These couriers transmitted the critical information needed to run a government, maintain relationships, build businesses, etc. Today, we depend on modern communications to maintain our constitutional lives. When I heard the phrase “constitutional […]
The Neo-Communist Goals for the USA- Part 3
Thank you for returning to Common Sense Civics and Citizenship and this newsletter. Today, we are looking at the third in a series of Neo-Communist goals described in the book “The Naked Communist” by W. Cleon Skousen in 1958. If you’ve been with us on this page for a while, you know Skousen is one […]
Factions Don’t Work
Have you ever thought that this or that could be a great idea if only it were given the opportunity? Later, your idea was tried, but it nearly brought disaster. You end up pondering, “How could this be? I thought it surely would yield the best outcome. What went wrong?“ That’s where I am at […]
Students Need to Know
Thank you for returning to Common Sense Civics and Citizenship. Whoever thought that teaching American students about communism would be controversial? Florida is taking the topic head-on. In this week’s newsletter, we address that issue and another hot item- the protests over the leaked draft of the Supreme Court opinion of Roe v. Wade. I’m […]
Mother’s Day-A Celebration of Life?
Welcome back to Common Sense Civics and Citizenship. This week, it’s on everyone’s radar screen- the life issue. Our articles in this newsletter concern the major topic this week-the leaked draft opinion on Roe v. Wade. Once again, America is taking this topic head-on, and so will we. Thanks for joining us as we dive […]
Communist Goals -Then and Now
This is an eye-opener. We’ve talked before about the goals of Commun-ism (misspelling intentional), listing them for our consideration and discussion. Yesterday, I was handed a list of sixteen Neo-Commun-ist goals from “The Naked Communist” by W. Cleon Skousen 1958. If you’ve been with us on this page for a while, you know that Skousen […]
America! Be Who You Are!
Every day seems to bring a new revelation of governments worldwide in crisis mode-either threatening a crisis or experiencing one. What in the world is happening on the planet, you might wonder. I decided to go back to our country’s founding to see what the sentiments were at that time. Perhaps there was some confusion, […]
Choose Freedom
“Vote yourself a farm!” ” A chicken in every pot!” “Turn down the thermostat! Put a sweater on!” “Just buy an EV!” The above are some presidential statements. The first two are campaign slogans. The second two are admonitions by sitting presidents. What do you notice about these statements? The first two are the […]
Equal Justice Under the Law
“Equal Justice Under the Law.” That phrase is engraved on the Supreme Court building. We all want to believe that we will get a fair shake if, heaven forbid, we have to stand trial. Equal justice is still a societal expectation of Americans. However, many are concerned that there is now a two-tiered justice system […]
About Freedom
Thank you for returning to Common Sense Civics and Citizenship. As you will notice, world headlines are an attention-grabber this week with a similar underlying thread: the fight for freedom. See what you think as we examine what’s going on in the world and our place in it. Let’s begin! Is “freedom” the new 4-letter […]
