Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: INVOKING THE TENTH When the government of our nation Seeks to act without authorization, Its bad laws don’t apply And the States nullify The presumptuously passed legislation. From the archive: MAD ABOUT US (The History Chant) …
The biggest problem we have in this country — the reason we’re so close to losing our freedoms — is that the American people have not been taught the truth about our history and form of government. How can they appreciate something they don’t even know they have? My History …
Hillsdale College has launched a major national campaign to educate millions of citizens about the meaning and history of the U.S. Constitution as an online course, Constitution 101, and it’s free! If you can’t answer these 32 questions, you should sign up for Constitution 101. In the meantime, you can …
The promotion and protection of marriage — the union of one man and one woman as husband and wife — is a matter of the common good and serves the well-being of the couple, of children, of civil society, and all people. The meaning and value of marriage precede and …
Below are the questions from a midterm exam I prepared for a civics class for homeschooled teenagers. Every American voter should know the answers. 1. Name the three classes of citizens in Plato’s Republic. 2. According to Aristotle, what are the three proper forms of government? 3. What are the …
Abstract: In the article, we argue that as a moral reality, marriage is the union of a man and a woman who make a permanent and exclusive commitment to each other of the type that is naturally fulfilled by bearing and rearing children together, and renewed by acts that constitute …
When NEWSWEEK recently asked 1,000 U.S. citizens to take America’s official citizenship test, 29 percent couldn’t name the vice president. Seventy-three percent couldn’t correctly say why we fought the Cold War. Forty-four percent were unable to define the Bill of Rights. And 6 percent couldn’t even circle Independence Day on …
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was intended to protect our right to practice our religious faith freely; and yet, the Supreme Court has often invoked this amendment to justify decisions restricting our freedom of religion. The nation’s highest Court has prohibited the teaching of religion in public schools, …
The biggest problem we have in this country — the reason we’re so close to losing our freedoms — is that the American people have not been taught the truth about our history and form of government. How can they appreciate something they don’t even know they have? My History …
Modern day movies, television comedies, or skits onYoutube.com might portray public officials or public policies in unflattering ways. Yet if a covered transmission during the blackout period creates the background for candidate endorsement or opposition, a felony occurs solely because a corporation, other than an exempt mediacorporation, has made the …
