Franklin Delano Roosevelt https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Fri, 29 May 2020 11:22:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Franklin Delano Roosevelt https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Science-Denying Joe Biden https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/05/science-denying-joe-biden/ Fri, 29 May 2020 11:20:58 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=14296 Written by Dr. Everett Piper

“What you have just seen is the difference between those who voted on the basis of religion versus those who voted on the basis of science.” ~Ron Reagan, 2004

This quote comes from the son of former President Ronald Reagan. It was on the night of the 2004 presidential election, and the younger Reagan was serving as a political commentator for CNN.

As the polls closed and the nation’s votes were being counted, a major news flash was developing.… Continue Reading

]]> 14296 The Unexpected Contest of 2016: Free Market Capitalism v. Democratic Socialism https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/12/the-unexpected-contest-of-2016-free-market-capitalism-v-democratic-socialism/ Mon, 12 Dec 2016 14:08:11 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=6990 berniesanders

Written by John Biver

Democratic Party presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought back to life a debate many thought had died with the old Soviet Union of Socialist Republics, the German Democratic Republic (the former East Germany), and many other current and past failed states throughout history. The question of whether socialism can be made to work returned zombie-like from the dead in 2016.

Supporters of free market capitalism were asking how this could be in light of the fact that no matter where socialism has been tried in the world it has failed.… Continue Reading

]]> 6990 Constitutionalists Need a New Political Home https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/06/constitutionalists-need-a-new-political-home/ Mon, 06 Jun 2016 09:00:09 +0000 http://ifaction.wpengine.com/?p=6330 Constitution-American-Flag-900

Written by Jonah Goldberg

Perhaps it’s time to bring back the American Liberty League.

Forgotten by everyone save a few history buffs, primarily on the libertarian right and the Marxist left, the League was formed early in Franklin Roosevelt’s first term by John Jakob Raskob, a former head of the Democratic Party. Its leadership comprised mostly conservative small-government Democrats, including the party’s two previous presidential nominees — Al Smith, who ran in 1928 (the first major Catholic presidential candidate), and John Davis, who lost to Calvin Coolidge in 1924.… Continue Reading

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