Protest is as American as baseball and apple pie.  Protesting by burning the flag may be un-American, but it is nevertheless constitutionally protected free speech according to the Supreme Court.  But what about protests that turn destructive, torching police cars, blazing public property and igniting buildings with anarchist glee?

The First Amendment of the Constitution was put there by our founding fathers that freedom of speech would be guaranteed because it is so crucial to freedom itself. Why is the debate being driven to the level of the individuals’ ‘sense’ or ‘feel’?

Written by: John Kenyon, CCO Today is Independence Day, the 4th of July. Even with our present-day historical amnesia, most know today is the nation’s birth date and that the document that established it is called the Declaration of Independence; now 243 years old. As we mark this anniversary, there is no debate that America […]

Written by: Steven Grant, Board Member I have had Memorial Day very much on my mind lately, partly because the American Memorial Day observance always has a tremendous emotional impact on me. As a passionate student of American history, I have become intimately aware of the American story, the sacrifices that went into the making […]

The fact that Americans and our visitors can exercise their religious faith freely without fear, including attending the place of worship of their choice, is one of the blessings of the American Revolution and the American way of life.

Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays were remembered because of their unparalleled contributions to the nation.  But now Presidents’ Day itself has become the melting pot of America’s presidents.

Consider these twelve insights concerning life from our sixteenth president’s sojourn on earth.  These are but a few that I have selected as they have made a fruitful impact on my life.

The politically correct interpretation of the West has gained ascendancy and in its hegemony, it has decreed that the indigenous peoples of the “new world” be given their due respect at the expense of the great discoverer.  

Underneath the raw power of manual labor that moves mountains, builds bridges, loads trucks and trains, constructs immense machines and tears down obstacles—the things that facilitate our American way of life—is a belief that work itself is not inherently evil, but a blessing.

Or, for those of us who have forgotten our Roman Numerals, July 4, 1776, making this year, 2017 (MMXVII) the 241st anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.  I find numbers interesting so let’s discuss July 4th by the numbers.