On December 1, 1862, during his second annual message to Congress (a written equivalent to today’s State of the Union Address), President Abraham Lincoln reminded his fellow citizens of the grave dangers faced by the nation – a nation torn apart by civil war, the outcome of which was unpredictable at that time. Lincoln used…
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In 2005, President George W Bush signed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) into law (one of the few good laws that Bush managed to get passed during his two terms in office) as a way of protecting firearms manufacturers from frivolous lawsuits. The PLCAA shields gun manufacturers from lawsuits in situations…
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Seventy-eight years ago today, on November 28, 1942, during World War II, the assembly line at Ford Motor Company’s huge Willow Run plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan turned out its first production bomber, a B-24 Liberator. By the time the plant reached its peak production in the summer of 1944, it was producing a bomber an…
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Article II, Section 1, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the US Constitution reads as follows: “The executive power of the United States shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and together with the Vice President, chosen for the same…
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The following prayer is abridged from President George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789. It rings as true today as it did then. May we all unite in rendering unto God our sincere and humble thanks— For His kind care and protection of the people of this country, for the great degree of tranquility, union,…
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If you look at the latest election map on a state by state basis, you will see that Oregon is a solid blue state. Unfortunately, and like many other blue states, that map doesn’t show the true picture. If you look at Oregon on a county by county basis, you will notice the state is…
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While we await the outcome of President Trump’s effort to have a fraudulent election overturned, our focus needs to be on the two runoff elections in Georgia for its two Senate seats. If Trump‘s efforts are not successful (and things aren’t looking real good just now), the future of the United States just might hinge…
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By now, if you are even half awake to what is going on in the world, you have most likely heard the term “The Great Reset” bantered about by the mainstream media. If not, then you probably need to get your daily dose of disinformation from somewhere other than your BFF’s Facebook page. So, what…
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Fifty-seven years ago, on Friday, November 22, 1963, President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. I remember that day well. I was twelve years old and in the seventh grade, living in Plano, Texas, just north of Dallas. A friend and I had planned to skip school that day and his mother was…
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On November 21, 1620, after a two-month voyage from Plymouth, England to the New World, the Mayflower anchored at what is now Provincetown Harbor, Cape Cod. Before going ashore, 41 male passengers – heads of families, single men and three male servants – signed a contract entitled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, agreeing…
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