Picture this situation: You have a group of one hundred people; fifty, say two plus two equals four, and fifty, say two plus two equals five. Five refuse to budge and hold that two plus two equals four, and five hold that two plus two equals five. Ninety people compromise and agree two plus two equals four and a half. This 90% feels that cooperation is a higher value than truth. By compromising and agreeing that …
Our First Amendment protects our right to speech, religion, the press, freedom of peaceful assembly, and the right to petition our government for a redress of grievances. The right to protest is rare in the world, and Americans are proud of this right of the people. It is a symbol and reminder that the government works for the people. The right to assemble and petition to redress grievances means we can gather in crowds to …
There is a simple reason why nations and borders exist: people are different and associate with others like them while avoiding those who are different. It is simply human nature. Around the world, different cultures exist, yet can’t coexist in the same geographic area unless all are willing to respect the differences of others and the same system of law. When moral fundamentals differ, people disagree on what rules should be in place. Unfortunately, there …
The debt we owe for being born into a prosperous and free country is to preserve that environment for those yet to come. Freedom must always be protected and preserved, just as any natural resource requires preservation and protection. One generation that selfishly consumes more of a resource than can be replenished denies future generations of that resource. At times, entire generations may prohibit using a resource to allow that resource to replenish so future …
The one tool tyrants need to attain power is a police force that mindlessly follows dictates (mandates) without regard to the Constitution. The Constitution means nothing if law enforcement ignores or violates it. No provision in the Constitution suspends any aspect of it in the event of an “emergency.” All a tyrant has to do to end a Constitutional republic is declare an emergency, suspend the Constitution, and never return to it. For a civil …