“Establishment Clause must be interpreted by reference to historical practices & understandings”

I have repeatedly and will continue to say that America is NOT a “Christian Nation.” If we were we would be a Theocracy, ruled by God, instaed the Founding Fathers decided on a new experiment in rule, so we are a Republic. However for those who would invoke the non-existent separation of church and state clause, we … More “Establishment Clause must be interpreted by reference to historical practices & understandings”

MLK, Jr. “We must NOT allow protest to DEGENERATE into physical VIOLENCE”

American Minute with Bill Federer MLK, Jr. “We must NOT allow our creative protest to DEGENERATE into physical VIOLENCE” “I have a dream … where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers,” stated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963, at … More MLK, Jr. “We must NOT allow protest to DEGENERATE into physical VIOLENCE”

News to Ponder (Various Sources)

Today’s Headlines (my interpretation):  Kenosha shooting and Riots; Portland Riots; George Floyd; Biden/Harris; Cancel Culture; Socialism vs. Republic; Re-writing American Heritage; Hate and Racism; 1619 Project; Peace Accord; Facts before Acts; Fake News   As always; these are opinion and news pieces mainly from a conservative constitutionalist view and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs, … More News to Ponder (Various Sources)

The Call to Be Countercultural

Today’s BreakPoint: The Call to Be Countercultural JOHN STONESTREET WITH MARIA BAER Two years ago, when Jackie Hill-Perry, a talented writer, poet, and speaker, spoke at a Wilberforce Weekend, she had the entire room leaning forward in their chairs. A powerful speaker with a powerful testimony about following Christ out of a lesbian lifestyle–no one in the audience … More The Call to Be Countercultural

American Sports Are Letting Down America

July/August 2020 • Volume 49, Number 7/8 American Sports Are Letting Down America Jason Whitlock Outkick.com Jason Whitlock is a sports columnist for Outkick.com, a TV and radio host, and a podcaster. A graduate of Ball State University, where he was a football letterman, he worked as a sportswriter at The Kansas City Star from 1994 to … More American Sports Are Letting Down America

WE ARE SUFFERING FROM A SOCIAL RECESSION, TOO.

By Michael Hendrix  August 21, 2020   This essay is part of a special series of the American Project that seeks to address the crisis of loneliness during the global COVID-19 pandemic.   New Yorkers are used to hearing sirens. And then came March’s round-the-clock ambulance wails, every hour of every day. Through the barred windows of my … More WE ARE SUFFERING FROM A SOCIAL RECESSION, TOO.

“What then is the spirit of liberty?”-Judge Learned Hand

“I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it … More “What then is the spirit of liberty?”-Judge Learned Hand

Parenting & Government Schools: How To Not Raise Little Pagans

The Sword & The Trowel Podcast Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore discuss what it means to raise your children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord – particularly in view of education. What are the implications of that regarding the Godless American governmental education system? How do you educate … More Parenting & Government Schools: How To Not Raise Little Pagans