Opinion

Topic: Girl Scouts New Racial Equity Training. The founders of America said that for our constitutional republic to work the people need to be virtuous. For instance, John Adams said, “Our Constitution was made only for moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” For years, voluntary groups like […]

Topic: Martin Luther, King, Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did a lot to try and get America to live up to its creed, as seen in the Declaration of Independence, that all men are created equal. King wasn’t like some of today’s so-called progressive leaders who say that America was and is hopelessly racist, […]

  Topic: Defeating the Left’s Agenda. The founders of America articulated a vision of freedom for this nation because we have God-given rights. But today many Americans feel that the nation is headed in the wrong direction. Scott Powell has written a book on our nation’s Christian roots. It’s called Rediscovering America. Scott Powell, a […]

[File photo of Penn and the Indians, photo at the U.S. Capitol rotunda] Recently, the Biden administration was going after a statue of William Penn in the city he founded, Philadelphia, in a state literally named after his family. The administration was calling for the “rehabilitation of Welcome Park.” Welcome was the name of the […]

Recently, there was the threat of removing the statue of William Penn in Welcome Park in Philadelphia. Dr. Jerry Newcombe, executive director of Providence Forum, sought out a statement on this development from Dr. Peter Lillback, founding president of Providence Forum. Here is the statement from Dr. Lillback (sent by email, 1/12/24): “It is truly […]