Topic: America at 250. America will soon be celebrating our 250th anniversary as a nation. Noted columnist Don Feder, who writes regularly for the Washington Times, wrote an article recently on why the whole world—not just America—should celebrate this birthday. Feder notes: “God is an integral part of the American identity. To ask what England […]

Topic: Contrast Between the US and the USSR. NYC Mayor Zohran Mandami said in his inauguration address that we need to reject the “frigidity of rugged individualism” and instead embrace the “warmth of collectivism.” Well, communism has a track record, and it’s not good. Dr. Gregory P. Seltz, the executive director of the Lutheran Center […]

Topic: The Need for Reform in Education. Education was very important to the founding fathers. They even wrote up the Northwest Ordinance and passed it in 1789. There’s a section in there about education. It reads: “Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary for good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of […]

Topic: Somali Medicaid Fraud. In the Constitution, the founders were very careful to divide power so that no one person or small group could abuse power. Theoretically, Minnesota is still under the U.S. Constitution. So what went wrong when it comes to the recently-exposed Somali daycare scandal, where billions of dollars were spent on social […]

[Image of Samuel Adams] Here we are at the very outset of the year in which America celebrates its 250th birthday on July 4th. There’s a man who played a pivotal role in that birthday, but most Americans seem unaware of his immense contributions. Samuel Adams is perhaps the most overlooked of our founding fathers. […]

Topic: Names of God and America’s Founding. When the founding fathers of America spoke about God, they often used words like, Providence, the Great Governor of the Universe, the Invisible Hand, and so on. Were these just fancy words for the God of the Bible? Or are they references to more of a god acceptable […]

Topic: Dating First Christ’s Coming to Our World. The coming of Jesus Christ into our world was so significant that it divided time into two—Before Christ and AD (Anno Domini) in the Year of our Lord, which by the way is how the Constitution is dated, in the year of our Lord 1787. Of course, […]

Topic: Anti-Semitism Today. George Washington’s favorite Bible verse was Micah 4:4, which talks about how every man shall be able to rest under his own vine and fig tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid. To the father of our country, this verse from the Old Testament was a picture of what […]

Topic: “This Year Make a Resolution to Know the American Revolution.” Our nation’s 250th birthday is coming up soon. And yet many Americans today do not appreciate our nation’s history and the sacrifices so many of founding fathers underwent that we might be free. Our 2nd president John Adams once remarked: “Posterity! you will never […]

The founding fathers are a font of wisdom. Since a new year is upon us, when we resolve to turn over a new leaf, I thought it might be good to list some of their advice on various subjects.   ECONOMIC ADVICE Don’t spend more than you make is wise advice, no matter what century […]