July 4th 2011: A Celebration of Independence, or a Requiem for it?

Declaration-of-independence-broadside-cropped

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     It seems a bit odd for a nation wherein many now embrace control by and dependence upon centralized government to celebrate it’s founders rejection of-get this-control by and dependence upon centralized government. Continue reading

Our Role in Restoring America and the States

April 30: George Washington becomes the first ...

George Washington

     Too often we hear spoken, or read the words of genuinely decent people proclaiming sentiments such as “where is our next our George Washington?”. For those who think as I do(my sympathies) this unintended, but nonetheless self-marginalizing rhetoric is becoming increasingly distressing. Especially so, given that what may well be the most pivotal local, state, and federal elections in the history of this republic are looming in the not so distant future. Continue reading

The United States: A Constitutional Republic, Not A Democracy

First page of Constitution of the United States

Constitution of the United States

By Alan Sexton 

     Upon completion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, a woman approached Benjamin Franklin and inquired of him what form of government the Framers created Continue reading