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 […]