Opinion

Coral Ridge Ministries writes: The first official day of the United States of America was April 30, 1789. That’s when George Washington, the first president under the Constitution, was inaugurated. We often hear that the founding fathers were secular-minded and didn’t want to see religion in the public square. But Dr. Peter Lillback, founding president […]

Topic: Religious Freedom at Risk. America’s founders wrote in the first amendment, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” But for several decades, many judges, including justices on the Supreme Court, interpreted the first part of those words to mean a separation of church and state—by […]

Topic: The Battle for Life. The Constitution of the United States is predicated on the Declaration of Independence, which says our rights come from the Creator and the first of these rights enumerated is the right to life. But abortion rights are at war with the right to life. One of the defenders of human […]

Virtually every week there is some news item about the war on America’s founding ideals. In Concord, Massachusetts on April 19, 1775, the “shot heard round the world” rang out, which was the very beginning of the American War for Independence. But, syndicated columnist Don Feder notes, that town recently “removed three historical markers, which […]

Topic: Dealing with Islam. America was founded on a Judeo-Christian base. But people of all faiths are welcome here and free to practice their faith. We know there are many Muslims in America—that includes those who have left Islam for another faith. Veritas Communications writes, “Kenza Haddock was born in Casablanca, Morocco. She moved to […]