The U.S. Constitution was created in order to define the limits of the federal government’s power. When our Republic began the chief focus of our Founding Fathers was to safeguard the unprecedented liberty that their sacrifice and bloodshed had won. The Founders were worried that this experiment in self-government would be short lived if the … Continue reading The Dangers of Constitutional Cherry-Picking
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Principled Arguments in the Two-Party System: The MLK Way
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a great personal inspiration to me and to all Americans interested in solving real, difficult, and painful issues in a way that promotes peace and encourages love, but is still unrelenting in the pursuit to get results. Like Gandhi, Dr. King prescribed non-violence to make right the immoral parts … Continue reading Principled Arguments in the Two-Party System: The MLK Way
To Be or Not to Be…in a Political Party
In 1798, at the end of his second term as the first President of the United States George Washington gave a foretelling public address in which he pointed out what could befall our nation if we were not cognizant of the dangers posed by party politics. Specifically, he highlighted the danger to personal liberty in … Continue reading To Be or Not to Be…in a Political Party
With Great Freedom Comes Great Responsibility…
The problem with the title of this post being true is that in modern American society, responsibility is undervalued. In fact, being responsible often seems like an exception instead of a rule. Let’s take for example that a large number of people in America identify themselves as pro-choice. By that they mean a woman should … Continue reading With Great Freedom Comes Great Responsibility…
The American Dream: A New Third Way
Since the dawn of man no people in any civilization have lived as freely and comfortably as we do in the United States of America in 2016. This unprecedented freedom and prosperity came at great sacrifice to previous and current generations of Americans that believed and still believe in the idea of American Exceptionalism. This … Continue reading The American Dream: A New Third Way