Opinion

[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 […]

Ronald Reagan once observed, “Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.” I thought of that quote when I read some of the details of the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that is touted as “COVID relief.” Critics have called this […]