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Donald Trump's affection for the Mussolini statement, "It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep." reveals a mindset very much at odds with the Framers of our U.S. Constitution. To the Framers, power was something they wanted to minimize, in every government office and officeholder. Patrick Henry said, "Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. Thomas Jefferson worried about abuse of power in the Judicial Branch. He said, ""The judiciary...

If there's one thing that Donald Trump has done for the leaders of the conservative movement, the Christian Right and the Republican party it's that he's teaching them a necessary lesson in reality: It turns out that a large number of their supporters don't really care about ideology, morality or even their supposedly mutual loathing of the hippie Democrats on the other side. Their concerns run to something much more primitive.

This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. In 1774, a young James Madison, while traveling through Culpeper County in Virginia – well before he became our fourth president – passed by a jail where a number of Baptist preachers had been incarcerated for nothing more than preaching without an official government license. One of these "criminals" preached from a window of the jail to any who would listen. Madison would never forget the dedication of those brave preachers – nor the audacity of the officials who had jailed them.

The war on the Boy Scouts By Al Knight Article Last Updated: 12/18/2007 07:45:49 PM MST Some topics are best left both out of sight and out of mind. The American Civil Liberties Union's war on the Boy Scouts is not one of them. The ACLU, in a rational world, might well have been expected to champion the First Amendment rights of an organization like the Boy Scouts. After all, the First Amendment to the Constitution (so dear to the ACLU) protects both speech and the right to associate. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 upheld the right of the...

Who Will Decide How You Vote? By Ken Connor Friday, November 16, 2007 Peer pressure. We've all experienced it. We all know how powerful it can be. Let's face it—most of us don't want to stand out from the crowd. Yet, those of us who are parents are constantly admonishing our teenagers to do just that. "Resist the temptation to be like everyone else. Don't follow the crowd. Stand up for what is right!" It's good advice. We would do well to follow it. Advertisers understand the power of peer pressure. They understand the power of our desire to be...

(Free) Speech Disorder By Jonah Goldberg Friday, June 29, 2007 There are few areas where I think common sense is more sorely lacking than in our public debates over free speech, and there's no better proof than two recent Supreme Court decisions. But before we go there, let me state plainly where I'm coming from. First and foremost: The more overtly political the speech is, the more protected it must be. The First Amendment was not intended to protect pornographers, strippers or the subsidies of avant-garde artistes who think the state should help defray the costs of homoerotica and sacrilegious...

This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55920 Wednesday, May 30, 2007 The pretense of preschool proposals Posted: May 30, 20071:00 a.m. Eastern By Judge Roy Moore © 2007  Last week, U.S. Sen. and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton unveiled a new proposal to fund state pre-kindergarten programs for all 4-year-old children in America. Calling the benefits of these pre-kindergarten programs "astonishing," Clinton claimed such programs would not only reduce child behavioral problems, but would also make children less likely to enter special education programs, drop out of school or...

THE FORGOTTEN AMERICAN A speech by Don Feder at the Independent Third. Force Conservative Leadership Summit, Washington, D.C., May 4, 2007 Posted May 20, 2007 For the past few years, every Memorial Day, my family and I visit the Concord battlefield, a short drive from our home. It seems fitting, as it was here that Americans first fought - and fell - in the cause of liberty. The words of Ralph Waldo Emerson never fail to move me: "By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired...

  post columnist Court system has been hijacked by "liberal tolerance" By Al KNightDenver Post ColumnistThe Denver Post Article Last Updated:01/23/2007 06:50:34 PM MST Liberal groups that routinely use the court systems to achieve political ends often speak glowingly of the "evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society." This phrase was first uttered in 1958 by then Chief Justice Earl Warren in a case involving cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Since then, these same words have often been quoted in regard to other matters, ranging from the...

Please pray for Dr. Mohler Posted: Friday, January 05, 2007 at 4:12 pm ET Dr. Mohler's health has sustained a setback. Over the past 36 hours Dr. Mohler has suffered from unrelenting pain. This unusual degree of pain signaled concern for the attending physicians and prompted additional tests this afternoon. In the past hour these tests have revealed that Dr. Mohler is suffering from pulmonary emboli in both lungs. His condition is quite serious and he has been moved to the intensive care unit of Baptist East Hospital in Louisville, KY for immediate treatment. Please make this a matter of...

Why the world wants believers to shut up — and why we mustn't The blessing of upright men exalts a town, But by the mouth of wicked men it is torn down (Proverbs 11:11, my translation) The interpretive key to understanding many of the Proverbs from 10:1 and on is in knowing the nature of Hebrew poetry, which does not tend to rhyme sounds as much as thoughts. That "rhyming" can be synonymous, or it can advance or complete the thought, or it can be contrastive. In this case, the "but" clues us that it is contrastive. Solomon is giving...

Governor / Lt. Governor County Precincts Reporting: 11 of 11 State Precincts Reporting: 215 of 3290 CANDIDATE COUNTY VOTES COUNTY % STATE VOTES STATE % D-Kathleen Sebelius 670 98 % L-Carl Kramer 6 1 % F-Richard Lee Ranzau 7 1 % R-Jim Barnett 0 0 %

THE DA VINCI CODE - BLASPHEMY HITS THE BIG SCREEN By Don Feder Posted May 19, 2006 The Da Vinci Code -- which opened today -- might be subtitled "Religion for Morons" or "Gnosticism Meets The New Age." It's fantasy posing as reality. The Sony Pictures film is blasphemous, defames the Catholic Church, and promotes neo-pagan Goddess worship. I find it offensive, and I'm not even a Christian. Director Ron Howard (who specializes in visual candy) assures us that Opie's opus will be true to the novel - a pretentious, overwritten piece of trash that makes Bridget Jones's Diary look...

Sexual orientation: When conflict rules the school By Chad Thompson and Warren Throckmorton, PhD Apr 4, 2006 For over a decade, parents have warred with gay advocacy groups who want to infuse school curriculum with messages about homosexuality. Groups like the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) say that society must address the abuse and ridicule that gay and lesbian kids face in school in order to create a safe environment for learning. However, many parents believe instruction that teaches respect for gay-identified youth is actually a Trojan Horse that advocacy groups like GLSEN use to indoctrinate kids with...

What’s Wrong with "User Friendly"? Recently, the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary was published. The reprint included 10,000 new words–words that will bring us all up to date. Words like "phat" (excellent), "dead presidents" (paper currency), and "McJob" (low paying, dead-end job) are among the entries that will finally help us communicate with our teenagers. How did those words make it into the updated dictionary? There is one criterion: usage. A word qualifies for the new edition based on how widespread its usage has become. While I can’t imagine how phat, McJob, and dead presidents will find a...

To print: or Select File and then Print from your browser's menu Sin, and What to Do About Itby: John MacArthur On January 16, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia lifted off for what was supposed to be a routine flight. Shortly after lift-off a piece of insulating foam from the shuttle's external fuel tanks broke off and struck Columbia's left wing. This action was caught on video, but it was presumed that no serious damage had occurred. However, serious damage had occurred. The foam from the fuel tanks punctured the wing's thermal protection system. The seriousness of the damage...

Text size:        Feeling like Charlie Brown By Paul JacobOct 9, 2005Senior Fellow, Americans for Limited Government  "Trust me," Lucy says to Charlie Brown, holding the football . . . "Trust me," says President Bush in defense of his nomination of the virtually unknown Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court. Those two words are cause for a quick mental accounting when almost anyone says them. When said by someone from the federal government, the proper response is a spit-take. "I know her," were the President's actual words. "I know her heart. I know what she believes. ....

                             Guest CommentaryCal Concocts Faulty Critique of Christians -- Again By Tim WildmonJune 28, 2005(AgapePress) - Cal Thomas is at it again. I will explain in a moment. Since you are reading this column, I am going to assume you have some understanding that there is a cultural war going in America. On one side are people who believe in the Christian view of man. We believe there is absolute truth and fixed standards of morality that have been given to us by the God of the Holy Bible. Examples of these...

Have you signed up with your employer for an automatic payroll deposit? Then be warned. The employer has access to your bank account for 5 days after the deposit is made. Technically, the employer can only debit your account to reverse an error. BUT IN REALITY, he can debit your account for the full amount of your check for any reason he chooses. Revenge. Coercion. Whatever. Your bank won't care; it's not their problem. His bank won't care, or they may fake it and just not call you back. The ACH people won't care. Mid-America Payment Exchange won't care (it's...

May 17, 2005 Outreach Efforts 'Use The Force' to Spread the Gospel by Steve Jordahl, correspondent Some see "Star Wars" as an opportunity to turn people from the dark side. A congregation in Troy, Mich. will be meeting in a movie theater this weekend to cash in on the expected crush of people going to the new "Star Wars" film. Pastor Tim Kade of Epic Church has built a whole series around the space flick. "When we looked at the movies," he explained, "there's a connection between what happens in the movies and what happens in the Bible." Kade will...