Opinion

The Foundation of American Liberty film series by Dr. Jerry Newcombe, executive director of the Providence Forum. Newsflash: an episode in the Foundation series has won another award. Also, Charlie Kirk interviewed Jerry Newcombe in reference to one of the episodes, “The Road to Independence,” and Charlie called it “an amazing film.” The series celebrates […]

Topic: Understanding Church-State Relations. The First Amendment to the US Constitution begins, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Historically, the first clause there (the establishment clause) was understood to mean: Here in America, we will have no National Church, like the Church of England. But […]

Topic: The Battle for Control of Congress. One of the beauties of our republic is the way the founders have empowered “we the people.” In our Constitution, we see far more emphasis is spent on the LEGISLATIVE branch than the other 2 branches of government. Why? Because the legislative branch is closer to the people. […]

Topic: Smithsonian Distorts American History. There is a credible allegation that the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History presents a very distorted view of American history. Our leading American history museum, sometimes called “America’s Attic” because it contains the artifacts of the nation through the centuries, is accused by the Trump Administration of ignoring “America’s […]

Topic: Young People and Faith. Much of America’s success gets back to the key role the Bible played in the foundation of our nation. As one of our presidents noted, “The Bible is the bedrock upon which the republic rests.” But today many young people, even from a church background, are not necessarily well-grounded with […]