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The Declaration of Independence... [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man.” —Thomas Jefferson
Recent Entries
INDEPENDENCE DAY 2008
If our nation’s Founders could visit us on this, our 232nd Independence Day, what would they make of us? What would they declare of us? ... read more
"OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES, OUR SACRED HONOR"
It was a glorious morning. The sun was shining and the wind was from the southeast. Up especially early, a tall, bony, redheaded young... read more
Reverse Globalization
They say every cloud has a silver lining, and perhaps that is even true of the hubbub over fuel costs. Each day, as we are bombarded with news... read more
Iowa Floods Means Mexican Instability
Serious floods in Iowa have sent corn prices spiraling upward as the United States faces severe impact on its 2008 corn crop. At a time when food pric... read more
A1's Quotable Award - June 17, 2008
“Ideological descendants of Marx and Rousseau now lead the Democratic Party and they have turned it into a disloyal opposition to an increasingl... read more
How to Destroy America
We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Recently there was an immigration overpo... read more
The Mayonnaise Jar
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar.A professor stood before h... read more
A Valentine’s Day Massacre (Of the Constitution)
In some ways I’m surprised it took them this long. On Valentine’s Day, 14 February, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) began a campaign to grab just abo... read more
Separating Fact from Fiction
First, let’s be clear that the current debate about climate focuses on “global warming,” which is not synonymous with the debate about the envir... read more
On Sunnis and Shi’ites
The historical complexities and theological nuances of the 1,400-year-old rift in Islam make the 600-year division between Roman Catholicism and Prote... read more
