by Tim Donner | Jul 9, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Crime & Punishment, First Amendment, Politics, Race, Social Issues, Trump Administration
Tim Donner: Much to the chagrin of his many critics, President Trump delivered a July 4 stem-winder at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington with soaring rhetoric honoring the nation’s heritage of freedom. President Trump: With a single sheet of parchment and 56...
by Sarah Cowgill | Jul 4, 2019 | Articles, Culture and Entertainment News, Social Issues
Our Founding Fathers were a mixed bag: From small farmers and merchants to lawyers — and in President George Washington’s case, a surveyor turned warrior turned gentleman planter. Some were statesmen; others lacked formal education. Many had wealth while...
by Graham J Noble | Jul 4, 2019 | Articles, Culture and Entertainment News, Culture Rot, Politics, Social Issues, The Constitution
Independence Day in America – July 4 – is not for the political left to celebrate. Not anymore, at least. Those who have spent decades belittling basic American values, demonizing displays of patriotism, and publicly insulting – and even physically assaulting – anyone...
by Kelli Ballard | Jul 4, 2019 | Articles, Culture Rot, Politics, Social Issues, The Constitution
At a time when Americans are torn between patriotism and identity crisis, now more than ever we must look back on the importance of the Fourth of July, the day America gained its independence from Britain. Have we lost the meaning of this national holiday? Are we too...
by James Fite | Jul 4, 2019 | Articles, Healthcare, Military Affairs, Social Issues
Fourth of July fireworks are a tradition as old as the Republic itself. Boston and Philadelphia each held pyrotechnic displays while celebrating the first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1777, and it only grew from there. Now fireworks are...