American Exceptionalism Squandered

The year 2026, this year, marks the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. While the Founding generation sought for and prayed for prosperity and a land of liberty for themselves and their posterity and even understood the scope of what a nation blessed with liberty could accomplish, at least to some degree, they could not have conceived of how …

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What is a Conservative?

There is so much rhetoric in today’s political atmosphere that ideas can be confusing as to who is a conservative, who is a liberal, who are establishment Republicans, who are liberty Republicans and so many other factions that it is impossible to list all. In particular, here in Idaho, we hear one faction say, “we, we are conservative,” and different …

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Qualification and Eligibility

With the recent departure of Joe Biden from the presidential election and the coronation of Kamala Harris in his place, it would be wise for us to review what the qualification and eligibility are for the several elected offices found in the US Constitution. My purpose here is to clarify what people think are qualifications and what are not, especially …

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The Politics of Confusion

A well-known line and popular meme from a popular movie read “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” In many ways, this line from the Princess Bride perfectly describes the politics of today. The popular words of liberal and conservative have taken on different meanings for different people in different times, …

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Are We About to Repeat Genocidal History?

After the conclusion of WWII, and especially after discovering the horrors of the holocaust perpetrated by the Nazis, both the Jewish holocaust and those with other flaws such as physical and mental handicaps, religious beliefs, particularly Christianity, homosexual tendencies and so on, costing the lives of millions of our fellow travelers in our human existence, humanity vowed to never forget. …

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Return to the Principles of the Declaration of Independence!

On July 4, 1826, fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, both the author of the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson, and one of the greatest advocates for independence, John Adams, died within hours of each other. Later, Daniel Webster eulogized John Adams in Boston’s Faneuil Hall. While Adams never gave the speech, Webster captured the essence of Adams’ …

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The Double-standard and Rule of Law Myths

With all the political rhetoric being tossed around these days, with both sides accusing each other of dastardly deeds in their own eyes, I thought I would throw in my own two cents and figure that that will be worth as least as much as anyone else’s simply because opinions are just that- not worth two cents. What is important …

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