Written by Vijay Jayaraj
Late in April Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential elections, acknowledged that he is ready to embrace the Green New Deal aimed at making sweeping changes to America’s energy spectrum.
This signals more danger to the American economy, which is already reeling under the pressure of the coronavirus lockdowns.
There is hope the economy will recover from this coronavirus slump, but not if the nation implements the Green New Deal.… Continue Reading
Written by Tad Armstrong
This op-ed will be hard-hitting. It’s time to tell the unvarnished truth. It is lengthy because I cannot shorten what needs to be said. If you care about Constitutional freedom, you will take the time. If your goal is to take America down the path of socialism, perhaps you might be interested in reading this in order to to better understand your adversary.
Although it is hard for me to believe, we are a divided nation.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amos Humiston, Andrew Cuomo, Anthony Fauci, Bill Maher, D-Day, Donald J. Trump, George Washington, Gettysburg, Iwo Jima, Joe Biden, Mark H. Dunkelman, Mike Pence, Pearl Harbor, Ronald Reagan, SCOTUS, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, WW2
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith |
May 21, 2020 9:00 AM |
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Written by David E. Smith
On this edition of Spotlight, the four C’s: Constitution, constitutional rights, churches, and coronavirus share center stage. Our podcast leads off with attorney and constitutional scholar David Shestokas. Monte Larrick and David discuss how Governor J.B. Pritzker has overstepped his authority by issuing coronavirus-related executive orders that masquerade as law.
Additionally, they contemplate the Governor’s true motivation, especially as his actions directly target churches, freedom of religion, and the right to peaceably assemble.… Continue Reading
Written by Austin Scott Davies
On Saturday, over a thousand Illinois citizens came together at the State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, to declare their God-given rights in the face of oppression by Governor J.B. Pritzker and his administration. Since Pritzker declared every county in Illinois a disaster on March 9, 2020, he has issued executive orders that far exceed his authority and trample on the rights of Illinois citizens. Thousands of businesses and churches have been shuttered and thousands of livelihoods have been needlessly destroyed with no regard for constitutional constraints on government overreach.… Continue Reading
Tags: Adam Neimer, Adam White, Blaine Wilhour, Brandon Morale, Brandon Straka, Brian Mitchell, Carol Davis, Chris Miller, Darren Bailey, Dr. Brian Anseeuw, Entourage Mobile Entertainmen, Erica Rews, Heather Bladel, Illinois Conservative Union, J. B. Pritzker, James Marter, Jason Helland, Jennifer Welch Ostrander, John Cabello, Kathryn Ballard, Krystin Dodge, Marilee Myers, Mark Curran, Northern Illinoisans for Medical Freedom, Oliver Vasilopoulos, Orphans of the American Dream, RC Outfitters, Re-Open Illinois, Sandy Dragoo, Shawn Bladel, Spingfield Tea Par, TSA Productions, WalkAway Campaign
Illinois Politics | David E. Smith |
May 18, 2020 4:00 AM |
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Rockford area conservatives have an opportunity to put TWO Republicans on the ballot for the November General Election: Paul Hofmann is running for the Illinois Senate in the 34th District and Kathie Hansen is running for the Illinois House in the 67th District.
Their opponents’ (Steve Stadelman and Maurice West) voting records will shock you, and motivate you to help with this important effort!
Concerned Citizens for America are helping organize this important project next Saturday.… Continue Reading
Written by Paul Hurst
People of faith are sensing something is very wrong with our government right now. In Illinois, the newspapers might as well publish Jeremiah Chapter 36 as their front page cover story. After all, his Biblical account sounds like it’s taken directly from today’s headlines.
Pending disaster, dire warnings, arrogant leaders, cowardly representatives, people of faith banned from their place of worship, untrustworthy people turning each other in and an increasingly godless society, tempting God’s wrath every step of the way.… Continue Reading
Written by Jerry Newcombe
One fallout of the COVID-19 crisis is its severe thrashing of our economy. Not only have all the impressive economic gains of the Trump administration evaporated, but we are now adding to our national debt in scary ways. I hope that all the bailouts are temporary means to solve a temporary problem.
To use an analogy: One of the saddest things about a midlife crisis is that permanent damage can be done to “solve” what turns out to be only a temporary problem.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Coronavirus, COVID–19, Dennis Prager, Donald J. Trump, Dr. Richard Land, Jerry Newcombe, Margaret Thatcher, PragerU, Scandinavia, Southern Evangelical Seminary, Stephen Moore, Trump Administration
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith |
May 15, 2020 6:18 AM |
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Written by Mason Beasler
As discussed in the previous blog, the left has a growing problem on its hands, and few are talking about it.
The Democrats have written a blank check of acceptance to every belief and every way of life in the world, choosing to simply deem everything as acceptable. All is well until two of those “acceptable” belief systems contradict each other.
You see this in the left’s support of both Feminism and Transgenderism – a combination that led to a lawsuit brought by high school girls after losing in female sporting events to biological boys.… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
Give me your young, your old, your faithful masses yearning to worship freely. This revision of The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus could well be the rallying cry of Pastor Steve Cassell of The Beloved Church in Lena, Illinois. On this edition of Spotlight, Pastor Steve joins me for a timely discussion regarding the perilous intersection of COVID-19, governmental “authority,” and Constitutionally-guaranteed personal liberties.
Pastor Steve and I consider how churches and people of faith should respond to Illinois’ lockdown and examine the dangerous precedent that could be established by our governor’s abuse of his executive power.… Continue Reading
Tags: COVID–19, First Amendment, JB Pritker, lock-down, Peter Breen, religious liberty, shelter-at-home, Steve Cassell, The Beloved Church, Thomas More Society
Religious Liberty | David E. Smith |
May 12, 2020 5:57 AM |
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