Written by Daniel Horowitz
An estimated 2.2 million civilian federal workers serve at the pleasure of the president, despite only 4,000 being designated as political appointees. Donald Trump’s first priority as he prepares to retake office must be to establish that he can fire any of them. Whether they hold political appointments, U.S. Senate-confirmed positions, or civil service roles, all federal employees are subject to the president’s authority to terminate their employment. This includes workers in any department or so-called “independent” agency.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amy Coney Barrett, Bill Clinton, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Donald Trump, Ex Parte Hennen, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Election Commission, federal employees, Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, James Madison, Janet Reno, Jerome Powell, Merit Systems Protection Board, Morrison v. Olson, Myers v. United States, Politico, Securities and Exchange Commission, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court, William Howard Taft, William Sessions
Executive Branch, Federal Issues | David E. Smith | November 13, 2024 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Trump Must Take Action Against ‘Untouchable’ Bureaucrats
Written by Dr. Everett Piper
Did you know that the 11 words inscribed on the Liberty Bell, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the Land Unto all the inhabitants thereof,” were written by Moses?
Did you know that Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams originally proposed that the Great Seal of the United States include an image of Moses with the motto “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God”?
Did you know that when the nine justices of the U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Bruce Feiler, Cicero, Great Seal of the United States, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hobbes, Hume, James Madison, John Adams, Liberty Bell, Locke, Montesquieu, Moses, Plutarch, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Sojourner Truth, Ten Commandments, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, U.S. Supreme Court
Education, Faith & Religion | David E. Smith | June 24, 2024 5:22 AM | Comments Off on What’s The Big Deal About The Ten Commandments?
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Every Republican seems to agree that our country has been taken over by a post-constitutional junta that usurps power to achieve its insidious objectives rather than follows the rule of law. But when it comes to redressing those usurpations with the only tool James Madison gave us — federalism — our elected officials too often shirk their responsibilities. Worse, they declare that the egregious usurpations are, in fact, the law of the land.… Continue Reading
Tags: Chief Justice Earl Warren, Chief Justice John Marshall, Cooper v. Aaron, Daniel Horowitz, Federalist 49, Jonathan Skrmetti, Judicial Branch, Kentucky Resolution of 1798, Restoring State Sovereignty Through Nullification Act, Roger Sherman, Supremacy Clause, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | March 16, 2024 4:00 AM | Comments Off on What Too Many Republicans Get Wrong About The U.S. Constitution
Written by Peter Heck
The over-politicization of our culture has ruined so much. Among plenty of other things, our language has been one of the greatest casualties of our 24-hour “news” culture, our obsession over ideological purity and political scandal. Words don’t mean what they used to mean anymore.
People who aren’t bigots are called bigots because it’s easier to call names than make arguments.
Things that aren’t racism are deemed racist because shaming is easier than logically engaging.… Continue Reading
Written by Bill Donohue, President, Catholic League
The Left is very good at making up bogeymen, and one of their favorites is Christian nationalism. The latest iteration of this madness is an article in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion; a subsequent analysis of it was recently published in psypost.org. As a sociologist, I am particularly interested in this issue: sociologists are the ones most responsible for promoting the fiction that America is threatened by Christian nationalists.… Continue Reading
Written by Dr. Everett Piper
With the midterm elections just a couple of days away, the woke cries of Christian nationalism are again on the rise. We hear the portents from coast to coast. Everyone from California’s dear leader, Gavin Newsom, to George Soros’ sock puppet, President Biden, is warning that “Christian nationalists” are perhaps the greatest threat to our country.
“Beware of the heartland conservatives,” they shout! “These Bible-thumping rubes are dangerous. They’re destroying democracy and must be stopped, or the next shoe to fall will be forced conversions, inquisitions, public floggings and witch hunts.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Rush, Gavin Newsom, George Soros, George Washington, James McHenry, Joe Biden, John Adams, John Jay, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson
Exclude From Homepage, Faith & Religion, Political | David E. Smith | October 27, 2022 7:00 AM | Comments Off on The Boogeyman of Christian Nationalism
Hail and well met! Welcome to the inaugural episode of Self Evident!
Hosts Jenna, Eliana and Kenna introduce themselves and why they decided to begin a podcast together. They–by discussing and dismantling subjects prevalent in the Western culture–want to make truth self evident again. Their goal is to to make current cultural events and worldview issues relatable to generation z, and point all those listening to the Gospel and what the Bible says.
Eliana’s website
Kenna’s blog: Good Clean Reads
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Written by Walker Wildmon
After one year of the Biden presidency, it is clear that his administration is focused on weakening and even removing the constitutional underpinnings of America. The same underpinnings that our Founding Fathers put in place to safeguard us from human nature.
The question is – are we surprised to see where we are as a country? I’m not. When I look around at our culture, I see darkness. A culture made up of people that have little regard for biblical morality.… Continue Reading
Written by Dr. Jerry Newcombe
If there are riots now in America, what will it be like 20 years from now if the New York Times gets its way?
The New York Times sponsored The 1619 Project, which postulates that America’s real beginnings as a nation are when the first African slaves were brought over….to Jamestown in 1619.
Many historians note that this is a distortion of our nation’s roots. Worse, it makes young people turn against this country.… Continue Reading
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Bob Woodson, Carol Swain, CNN, D. James Kennedy Ministries, Dr. Carol Swain, Dr. Richard Land, George Orwell, George Washington, Mitch McConnell, New York Times, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Teddy Roosevelt, The 1619 Project, Thomas Jefferson, William Wilberforce
Education | David E. Smith | May 8, 2021 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Teaching Kids That America Was Always Racist
Written by Robert Knight
It may be Christmastime, but our ruling elites are keeping up their campaign of cultural cleansing.
Not even Honest Abe is safe.
In San Francisco, a committee tasked to rid the school system of now-disgraced public figures at 44 sites says that a high school named after Abraham Lincoln, who freed the slaves and held America together through the Civil War, ought to drop the Great Emancipator.
“Lincoln, like the presidents before him and most after, did not show through policy or rhetoric that Black lives ever mattered to them outside of human capital and as casualties of wealth building,” explained first-grade teacher Jeremiah Jeffries, chairman of the renaming committee.… Continue Reading
Tags: 1619 Project, Abraham Lincoln, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Asbury United Methodist Church, Black Lives Matter, Cultural Marxism, Dan Snyder, Dianne Feinstein, Francis Scott Key, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Floyd, George Washington, James Garfield, James Monroe, John Muir, Junipero Serra, National Football League, Paul Revere, Proud Boys, Teddy Roosevelt, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Thomas Jefferson, Washington Redskins, William H. Lamar IV, William McKinley
Education, Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | December 21, 2020 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Ruling Elites Continue Cultural Cleansing Rampage And Not Even Honest Abe Is Safe