Preserve America’s Future

Our Constitution was written following the conceptual ideology established by John Locke’s 17th Century “Liberalism”, which countered the idea that an individual must be bounded in and subordinate to his clan, tribe, ethnic group, or kingdom. Liberalism proclaimed a sense of the importance for human individuality, a liberation of the …

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President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society of Government Assistance and Entitlements

Societies evolve, and with them so do the tactics of would-be dictators. Government has figured out they no longer have to subject people and destroy liberty through direct edict or law. Tyrannical rule of this fashion is so medieval. It is more fun to covertly implement your objectives, to put …

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The Fallacy of Separation of Church and State

The Founding Fathers believed that government’s role in religion should be limited.  We cannot discount that the First Amendment begins, “Congress shall make no law” either establishing a state religion or prohibiting the free exercise of religion.  Rather than articulate an affirmative responsibility for government to protect religion, the Founding …

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Church, Not State, Is the Answer

Religious institutions should not ask the state to solve problems we have the capacity to address ourselves. Yet, in every city across this country there is a need that faith-based leaders talk about from the pulpit and then expect government to answer. In doing so we are shirking our responsibilities …

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