If America’s going to split apart, here’s what will happen to you

A number of political scientists no longer think the idea of a crack-up of the Union is beyond the pale. When Abraham Lincoln spoke the prophetic words “a house divided against itself cannot stand” — in a speech before the Illinois Republican state convention in 1858 — he was a relatively unknown politician.  He saw the obvious: North and South … More If America’s going to split apart, here’s what will happen to you

James Monroe, 5th President

American Minute with Bill Federer James Monroe, 5th President “When the people become ignorant & corrupt … they become the willing instruments of their own … ruin” James Monroe’s great-grandfather, Captain Andrew Monroe, fought as a Royalist on behalf of King Charles I in the English Civil War. He was taken prisoner, and in 1647, was exiled to Virginia. There Andrew acquired a … More James Monroe, 5th President