Between Creed and Clan

The following item was first published as part of the RealClearPublicAffairs’s 1776 Series, which explores the major themes that define the American mind. Our politics is currently overwhelmed with identity. Rights, votes, participation, all understanding of one’s place in the country is said to be based on one’s “identity.” The one identity that people shy away … More Between Creed and Clan

As Families Gather, WaPo Says the ‘Greatest Generation’ Was a Bunch of Sexist, White Supremacists

This is the kind of unpatriotic rhetoric that should make every true American’s blood boil. These men and women of the Greatest Generation sacrificed so much while showing common courtesy, unparalleled courage, and superior moral fortitude. Were they a “perfect” generation no, but they are far closer to that the naysayers who would attack them … More As Families Gather, WaPo Says the ‘Greatest Generation’ Was a Bunch of Sexist, White Supremacists

The Way Out

The following is adapted from a speech delivered at a Hillsdale College reception in Overland Park, Kansas, on November 18, 2021. Here are two questions pertinent to our times: (1) How would you reduce the greatest free republic in history to despotism in a short time? and (2) How would you stop that from happening? The … More The Way Out

Sojourner Truth, Betsey Stockton, Harriet Tubman, Anna Murray-Douglass & Notable Black Women Pioneers

American Minute with Bill Federer “I had to make my own living and my own opportunity … Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. You have to get up and make them. “If I have accomplished anything in this life it is because I was willing to work hard.” Madam C.J. Walker … More Sojourner Truth, Betsey Stockton, Harriet Tubman, Anna Murray-Douglass & Notable Black Women Pioneers

It’s Jefferson’s Fault

The removal of a statue of Thomas Jefferson from New York City Hall on November 22nd raises troubling questions. That the statue had been there unmolested since 1833 reconfirms that ours is a harsh era of savage reassessments without the tempering in… Source: It’s Jefferson’s Fault

Anti-Federalist warning “… base betrayer of the rights of his country …

American Minute with Bill Federer Anti-Federalist warning “… the base betrayer of the rights of his country … though he may artfully have obtained an election”-James Warren Did Anti-Federalists predict the likes of: Castro, Kim Jong-un, King Abdullah, Mugabe, Omar al-Bashir, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Stalin, and Mao Zedong? In spite of these leaders using democratic … More Anti-Federalist warning “… base betrayer of the rights of his country …