Edmund Burke https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:37:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Edmund Burke https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 So YOU Elected Pritzker? https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/02/so-you-elected-pritzker/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:00:34 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=31393 Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

The Illinois gubernatorial primary and general elections are coming up in March and November of this year, respectively.

For the past eight years, Illinoisans have had first-hand experience of the radical nature of the Democratic Party in Illinois.

  • Shocking abortion statistics: 38,472 abortions in Illinois in 2014; 89,770 in 2024.
  • The highest combined state and local tax burden in the nation.
  • Heightened violence.
  • Radical school curriculum: sex ed in kindergarten, proficiency testing of LGBTQ history in 8th grade in order to graduate, tampons in boys school bathrooms, and much more.
… Continue Reading ]]> 31393 Voters Must Choose Between Revelation or Revolution This Election Year https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/09/voters-must-choose-between-revelation-or-revolution-this-election-year/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:00:11 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=15206 Written by Dr. Everett Piper

Eric Voegelin was born in 1901. In 1919, he enrolled in the University of Vienna. He studied Karl Marx, read “Das Kapital” and embraced Marxism. However, as he watched the Bolshevik Revolution’s bloodlust play itself out in the streets of Russia, Voegelin concluded he was wrong. Therefore, he abandoned socialism and its assumptions of race and class conflict and became a member of the Austrian economics clan.

In addition to having a first-hand account of the ways of Vladimir Lenin, Voegelin also had a front-row seat to the rise of Adolf Hitler.… Continue Reading

]]> 15206 Republicans Know That America Is Real, While Democrats See It As A Subjective Idea https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/09/republicans-know-that-america-is-real-while-democrats-see-it-as-a-subjective-idea/ Sat, 05 Sep 2020 09:00:14 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=15109 Written by Dr. Everett Piper

The 2020 Democratic Party Platform starts with these four words, “America is an idea.”

And therein lies the problem. These first few words set the context for everything wrong in the 80 pages that follow.

The words “America is an idea” shine a spotlight on the radical difference between our nation’s two dominant political parties. They highlight the primary distinction between the progressive and the conservative agenda. When you cut through all the smoke and mirrors, all the pandering, all the false promises and all the fake people, this one simple phrase from the Democratic platform summarizes it all.… Continue Reading

]]> 15109 How to Lose Freedom in One Easy Step https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/07/how-to-lose-freedom-in-one-easy-step/ Wed, 20 Jul 2016 18:00:35 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=6478 edmundburke136431

Written by Micah Clark

Millions of Americans may be watching the Republican national convention this week.  Some data is finding that this in an election year in which record numbers of voters seem to be interested in deciding who will be our next president.   For example, the Republican primary has seen a 62% increase in voter turnout this year over 2012, from 19.2 million votes four years ago to 31 million this year.

This may be why a new study of church engagement has caught pollsters by surprise.… Continue Reading

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