As the tumult of the trifecta of COVID-19, protests/riots, and economic distress grip our country, we are, of all things, supposed to celebrate the flag on June 14. Once an innocuous display of patriotism, you can no doubt envision the histrionic divides that celebrating our national emblem will likely bring. Before those who might desire […]
With much of the nation shutdown due to COVID-19, one might not even remember that May 25, 2020 is a Monday – or, more importantly, Memorial Day. The customary Memorial Day festivities of barbecues, beer, wearing white, traveling, and shopping will be truncated, if not arrested. But perhaps this is a sublime unintended consequence of […]
Federalism is a cornerstone of our Constitutional republic and our freedom. It is also on life-support. For generations, it has been shunted to the side by “respectable” academia, educators, judges, media, and intelligentsia as a quaint vestige of the founding era. It has mostly been tolerated to foster, in the terms of Justice Louis Brandeis, […]
April is known for showers and taxes. But perhaps the most pivotal day in modern history occurred on April 19, 1775 – the day of the Shot Heard ‘Round the World. Yes, it was more than a full year before America declared independence, but the world truly changed on April 19. 700 British troops were […]
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Personally, I have no problem with President Trump’s labeling the current pandemic the “Chinese flu.” Like the Spanish flu (interestingly enough traceable back to France, Kansas, or China), he is simply following a time honored tradition. Likewise, the gnashing of teeth about closing the boarders as racist, xenophobia seems nothing more than the overwrought attacks […]
What do you have on tap for Memorial Day? If you are attending a gravesite ceremony, cemetery service, or otherwise participating in the deeper meaning of the day – thank you for being one of the rare people who will do so. A quick google search reveals what has befallen Memorial Day is a national […]
George Washington, Thomas Paine, Susan B. Anthony, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King, Jr. What does this list have in common? They are all patriots who fervently believed in, and help define, the American dream. Each one, in a unique way, was an outcast, but ascended to the highest level of political and cultural influence […]