Opinion

Distortion of the First Amendment is nothing new. But here’s a glaring example of misreading “the separation of church and state.” This glaring example is out of the Golden State. In California schools, it would seem that Jesus is out, but worshiping human-sacrifice-requiring Aztec deities may soon be in. In a 1996 book I wrote […]

[Winston Churchill is cited in this piece] During one of the darkest periods of World War II, Winston Churchill asked aloud, “Will Britain surrender too?” Never. At the time, in the summer and fall of 1940, the great leader of the U.K. declared, “I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon […]

[Pictured: Thomas Jefferson] Here is a video blog (vlog)—a video commentary—by Dr. Jerry Newcombe on how George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln used to be heroes in our culture. (They still are to millions of Americans). But with today’s woke crowd, they are somehow villains.   https://www.djameskennedy.org/?play=2110fgac-yesterdays-heroes-todays-villains

Washington’s Character Today’s cancel culture is working overtime to destroy George Washington’s good name. Dr. Jerry Newcombe, executive director of the Providence Forum, shares the truth about our first president’s sterling character.   https://www.djameskennedy.org/?play=2109fgac-washingtons-character

[Pictured: Christ Church, Arlington, Virginia] It used to be a joke to see signs in historic places boasting “George Washington slept here.” But I think in a very real sense, a handful of churches could legitimately have a sign proclaiming, “George Washington worshiped here.” His active Christianity reflects a key aspect of our nation’s founding—the […]