Seventy-six years ago, on December 28, 1945, the Pledge of Allegiance was made the official national pledge to the US flag by an act of...

The following is an article I wrote last year, and although a few things have changed, I believe the message is still valid and is worth...

In January 1776, Thomas Paine published a pamphlet entitled Common Sense in which he demanded freedom from Britain. His writings...

On the evening of December 16, 1773, a small group of American Patriots calling themselves the Sons of Liberty participated in an act of...

This article was written by a college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who's in grad school for her MBA. I thought it was too good...

Two hundred thirty years ago, on December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights – the first ten amendments to the US Constitution – went into...

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her...

On December 1, 1862, during his second annual message to Congress (a written equivalent to today’s State of the Union Address), President...

On November 28, 1942, during World War II, the assembly line at Ford Motor Company’s huge Willow Run plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan turned...

The following is a proclamation issued by President George Washington on October 3, 1789. It rings as true today as it did then. By the...

Fifty-eight years ago, on Friday, November 22, 1963, President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. I remember that day...

One hundred and fifty-eight years ago, on November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave a speech at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where...

As I sat her at my computer this morning, I started thinking about what it means to be free. I mean to truly be free. To be free to...

Today, November 11, is Veterans Day, a day on which we Americans honor our military veterans from all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces...

"A Confederacy of Dunces" is the title of a book written by John Kennedy Toole, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, albeit...

In Part 1 of this post, I asked you to guess what the greatest threat to the United States of America is and helped you by providing a...

Sunday is Halloween—a day marked by the sudden appearance of ghosts, witches, goblins, and other spooky things. It's a day when kids get...

Last week, in Part 1 of this post, I asked you to guess what the greatest threat to the United States of America is and gave you three...

Do you know what the single greatest threat to the United State of America is? It’s not what you think. In fact, I’ll give you three...

I don’t know if there is such a thing as a “Congressional Dictionary”, but if there is, I’m betting there are quite a few words that...