Most people ignorantly refer to our political system as a democracy although this word is not in the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, or any document given to us by our Founding Fathers.  Our Pledge of Allegiance to the flag identifies our form of government as a republic. Benjamin Franklin wrote in […]

If there ever was a day in the American calendar that invites reflection, it is Memorial Day. As we pause to remember and honor the hundreds of thousands of our compatriots who have laid down their lives while serving in our armed forces, I invite you to ponder two points.First: On Memorial Day, the American […]

It was like buzzards circling the body. The Jones kid, Randy, was out in the Mule Barn parking lot with the hood up on his car. He was staring down into it the way a first-time parachutist would look out the airplane door. You never quite knew for sure what lay ahead. “Looks like Randy’s […]

I support the Second Amendment. Despite what you may hear, almost everyone does. That’s because it is part of the Constitution, and it would be hard to find any American who does not support the Constitution. It contains seven original articles and 27 amendments, and virtually every American supports all still in effect — including […]

It was 43 years ago that the conservative movement found itself in a defining moral struggle not with the liberal Left but with the establishment wing of the Republican Party.Here was the context: Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn had published his majestic Gulag Archipelago, blowing the whistle on the brutality of the Soviet system, a chilling […]

We drove down a quiet country road, trees and green meadows in every direction.  Mount Carmel, the famous Branch Davidian compound/church, was a sharp turn to the right.  Gone was the mailbox at the entrance with Branch Davidian Church clearly written on it in big black letters where the once 100-plus residents of a devout […]

Every day on the road we pass by them. Trucks, bearing the logos and cargo of companies in industries ranging from manufacturing to food, consumer goods to raw materials, each day traverse the seemingly endless thousands of miles of road in our nation to fill our stores and homes with their goods. It’s an industry […]