Culture/Politics/History

The following is a reminder of the ever increasing hostility toward religion in general and Christianity in particular. Two things are driving much of this. First is the secularization of the west. Second is the expansion of Islam. Although strange “bedfellows” who actually seek to ultimately eliminate the other, they both increase persecution of Christians.…

It is important to recognize that the phrase ‘a wall of separation’ does not appear in the Declaration of Independence[1] or the Constitution.[2] As is rather well known, it is a phrase used by Thomas Jefferson in his 1802 missive responding to the Danbury Baptists’ congratulatory letter. The first time Jefferson was quoted in a…

Samuel Adams was known by his contemporaries as the father of the Revolution. With reference to inalienable rights and equality for all as opposed to the idea of superior rights for some and the idea that royalty alone was to be privileged with the richest blessings of God, Adams said in a speech on American…

“Interestingly, today, 68.4% of all religious-based non-governmental organizations are either Christian (57.4%) or Jewish (11%). Where the legacy of the biblical tradition is weakest, so is charitable giving. In his recent survey of the data, Who Really Cares: America’s Charity Divide, Syracuse University professor Arthur C. Brooks maintains that: There is so little private charity…

Alarming amounts of young people leave active Christianity when they leave the youth group. Experts give many reasons for this: parents who do not live the faith, hypocrisy in the church, lack of mentors, to name a few. While I believe the reversal of all these is vital, I also believe it to be insufficient.…

Thomas Jefferson said, “To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions [is] a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have with others the same passions for party, for…

You may have heard and will probably continue to hear the term “Keynesian” economics if you listen to discussions about our economic woes. “J. M. Keynes (1883-1946) was a British economist. Keynesian economics is pedestaled upon “the presumption that government spending, whether for munitions or other goods, creates an addition to the economy’s aggregate demand,…

The Anti-Federalists argued against the Federalists that the Constitution gave too much power to the federal government and potentiated “usurpations” of power, “invasions” of the people’s rights, and a “consolidated” government.[1] The Federalists believed the “Constitution’s exquisite design”[2] would prevent such violations. Also, both Madison and Hamilton argued that the people and militias would prevent…

Every election is declared to be the most important election ever or at least in our lifetime. Of course, they cannot all bear that honor, so was this past election the most important election in our lifetime? It was in this sense. It determined whether Obama-care would be s overturned or fully implemented and incorporated…

Homosexuals are pushing for absolute equality to heterosexual relationships including marriage. Should the government interfere in their “love” relationship? Well, they have and do. Also, if one is going to justify homosexual marriage based upon “they love each other and it is no one else’s business,” then what about polygamy, incest between siblings and parents,…