Ben Carson on The Declaration of Independence
Foreword An educated citizenry is an essential element of self-government. As James Madison noted, “A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever...
Review of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote "Democracy in America" in (1835) Excerpts from the Original Electronic Text at American Studies at the University of Virginia. (NB. Paragraph numbers and subheadings belong to this excerpt, not the original source.) TYRANNY...
Democracy in America
Alexis de Tocqueville, Table of Contents: Volume I Colophon The Author's Preface. The Exterior Form of North America Origin of the Anglo-Americans, and the Importance of this Origin in Relation to their Future Condition. Social Condition of the Anglo-Americans....
Lesson on Federalist Paper #10
Lesson on Federalist Paper #10. What are Factions and why are they important. Madison lays out a great strategy to achieve political stability.
The Civil War was about Slavery
In a brief and well done video, Colonel Ty Seidule, the Head of the West Point History Department, completely destroys the Neo-Confederate Myth that the Civil War was about anything other than Slavery. Watch it for yourself below: I would say that pretty much clearly...
Don’t Remove Confederate Symbols! Add Slave Symbols!
John Kelly, Trump Chief of Staff, thinks it we shouldn't remove Confederate symbols in a interview with on 10/31/2017. I agree with him when he says that the push to remove Confederate symbols shows,"a lack of appreciation of history and what history is." So, the...
Both Lincoln and the Confederacy Were Awful
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Karen Handel Finally Speaks Out about Charlottesville but Not About Trump
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Rep. Justin Amash: The Republican Party Needs to Die
"Hopefully, over time, [the] two parties start to fall apart," says Rep. Justin Amash (R-Michigan) in an interview with Reason recorded last week at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas . "I can go straight to Twitter or Facebook or elsewhere and tell people exactly what I stand...
America needs a national dialogue to heal our political battle wounds
More specifically, “In 2016, Pew reported that 45 percent of Republicans and 41 percent of Democrats felt that the other party’s policies posed a threat to the nation.” Democrats and Republicans tended to view people who supported the other party as “exceptionally...
Can the New Activist Passion of Suburban White Women Change American Politics?
This story is important and I agree completely. And, let me add that, as someone that lived through the 60's, I think the fact that women are so engaged reminds me of how it felt during the 60's. Because their boyfriends and husbands were being shipped off to Viet...
Comey testimony: The liberal media ignores big questions about Obama’s Justice Department
This goes into the Media Literacy Learning Track. The Official GOP comment on the Comey testimony is to tell another media outlet what they should focus on. Look at the comment below. They are welcome to focus on anything they want. And liberal media is welcome to...
Voting While Black: Georgia Edition
FiveThirtyEight published an article by Patrick Ruffini titled Black Voters Aren’t Turning Out For The Post-Obama Democratic Party. In his piece he argued that the lack of black turnout in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District primary could be a politically disastrous...
Donald Trump’s petty speech to NATO was an ugly surprise even to his own team
If this is true, and I believe it is true, it is important. If you support Trump you probably don't believe this true. That it is "fake news!" Right? So there are two questions: 1) Do you believe that Trump's top national security officials were surprised he did not...
Wisconsin bill that would expel or suspend students who disrupt speakers moves forward
This feeds the narrative that we are moving more to the "Alt-Right." MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Assembly Republicans moved closer to creating tougher penalties for University of Wisconsin student protesters Tuesday, advancing a bill that would suspend or expel students who...
Black Voters Aren’t Turning Out For The Post-Obama Democratic Party
Then-President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The special election in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District is the first major test of the Democratic resistance to...
Do Trump Voters Want the Candidate with Most Votes to Win the November Election Too? I Suspect Not.
In 2000 Bush received 50,456M Gore received 50,996M Gore won the popular vote, but lost the election. My question to Trump Voters, given your position on who should win the GOP Primary, who do you believe should have won the 2000 election. Trump Voters say that the...
5 Things We Need to Discuss About the Oregon Uprising by Armed White Folks (AWFs)
Here are 5 important things to discuss about the Oregon Uprising by Armed White Folks (AWFs). First, let's be clear, this latest uprising by AWFs should come as no surprise to anyone that's paying attention. When Sharon Angle, Nevada Senate Candidate in 2008, said...
Still Think the Civil War was About Slavery? Listen to the Head of West Point History Department Completely Destroys that Myth.
In a brief and well done video, Colonel Ty Seidule, the Head of the West Point History Department, completely destroys the Neo-Confederate Myth that the Civil War was about anything other than Slavery. Watch it for yourself below:I would say...
Alexander H. Stephens – Corner Stone Speech
When perfect quiet is restored, I shall proceed. I cannot speak so long as there is any noise or confusion. I shall take my time I feel quite prepared to spend the night with you if necessary. I very much regret that everyone who desires cannot hear what I have to...
TOP 5 THOMAS JEFFERSON QUOTES ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Freedom in America is and has been under assault.Not to make Bill O’ Reilly and Mike Huckabee cry, but our nation was founded not by Christians but rather Deists.These were great men were products of The Enlightenment, thus these men who did not believe the bible was...
The Civil War Was About Slavery. Confederate Leaders Were Totally Clear On This.
Symbols of the Confederacy are an inescapable fact of life in Southern states. The Confederate flag is displayed prominently near the South Carolina statehouse, evoked in multiple Southern state flags, flown in frontyards, on T-shirts and...
35 Founding Father Quotes About Religion
In honor of our presidents and our nation’s founding, here are 35 quotes from the Founding Fathers that prove they did NOT found a ‘Christian’ nation. Painting of the Founding Fathers by Junius Brutus Steams, 1856. The separation of church...
10 Things you Need to Know about Slavery
Written by Imara Jones Wednesday, January 9 2013, 10:02 AM EST http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/01/10_things_django_wont_tell_you_about_slavery.html Much hullabaloo has been made recently about slavery as entertainment in movies like “Django Unchained" and...
The Impacts of the Printing Press are: The Reformation and the Age of Enlightenment.
The impacts of the Printing Press are the Reformation and the Age of Enlightenment. In the essay below, Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, presents a thoughtful and I think very important conclusion. As she puts it: The impact of printing, experienced first by literate groups...
The Internet is to our Age as the Printing Press was to the Reformation and Age of Enlightenment
The problem for anyone that locks their world view into the 1st century bible is we live in a 21st century digital age. It is very hard to copy the Torah, it is less hard to copy the Bible, and infinitely easy to copy 21st century digital bits. The fact that we can...