Opinion

Topic: Lessons from the Pilgrims. Are there lessons we can learn from the Pilgrims, who founded Plymouth in 1620 and cast a long and positive shadow on America? In a film series I’ve made on America’s godly heritage, there is an entire episode dedicated to the Pilgrims. In that documentary, Dennis Prager says, “The Pilgrims […]

Topic: Church-State Relations. America’s founders wisely chose to not allow a state-church at the national level. There would be no Church of America like there was a Church of England, to which all citizens must conform. Historically, that was understood to be the meaning of the opening of the First Amendment to the Constitution, which […]

Topic: Our Lurch Toward Socialism. The United States of America has greatly prospered because of God’s blessings and the fact that the settlers and the founders of this nation eschewed socialism and instead embraced private property and free enterprise. Rabbi Daniel Lapin writes, “Why is Switzerland a nicer place to live than Somalia? In exchange […]

Topic: America’s Moral Collapse. America’s founders expected that the people would be virtuous in order for our limited government to succeed. And what would be the source of that virtue? Voluntary religion. Syndicated columnist Laura Hollis wrote a column recently, to which we’ll link, entitled, “First, the Moral Collapse….” She notes, “The United States is […]

Topic: The War on Fathers. Today there’s a war on fathers in the West. In this country, we often talk about the “founding fathers.” George Washington was “the father of the country.” James Madison is often described as “the father of the Constitution.” And so on. But today society is in chaos in part through […]