American History

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that China would be the beneficiary of the U.S. defense budget proposed in the tentative debt ceiling deal. “I respect Kevin McCarthy. I want to raise the debt ceiling. It would be irresponsible not to do it. I want to control spending. I’d like to have a smaller IRS. I’d...

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, has accused the previous state administration of misappropriating $50 million in government funds. The funds were part of what the federal government provided to Arizona under the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan,” an effort by the Biden administration, signed into law in March 2021, that intended to mitigate the economic impacts of government-mandated restrictions and...

Commentary Can California further socialize the raising of children, reducing the parents’ role even more? Yes, it can. In the May Revision to his budget proposal for fiscal year 2023-24, Gov. Gavin Newsom advances what’s called “Whole Child” health care: “The state is reasonably positioned to sustain the continued multi-year implementation of the California for All Kids plan—a whole child...

Commentary “If the Govt. is to be lasting, it must be founded in the confidence & affections of the people …”—George Mason, at the Constitutional Convention, Aug. 13, 1787. George Mason of Virginia helped construct the Constitution. He then opposed ratifying the very document he helped construct. Through both courses of action, he strongly influenced the Constitution’s final form. Mason...

By Chris Wright, 5/12/23 The American Idea is that We the People are sovereign and the purpose of government is to protect our rights.    But the authoritarian Left doesn’t believe in the American Idea.  It wants to misuse government to rule over us and take away our rights.  Here are just some of the ways the authoritarian Left has...

Commentary The New York Philharmonic’s performance of Gustav Mahler’s 9th Symphony, brilliantly conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, lived up to the piece’s immense reputation. Written in 1909, it is the last gasp of the Old World wrecked by the Great War. It left the audience in tears of melancholy reflection. The ceremonial and traditional silence following the final movement was as...

AP Images Neil Gorsuch “Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country. Executive officials across the country issued emergency decrees on a breathtaking scale,” wrote Neil Gorsuch, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, in a fiery condemnation of the contraction of civil liberties during the recent Covid-19...

AP Images Neil Gorsuch “Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country. Executive officials across the country issued emergency decrees on a breathtaking scale,” wrote Neil Gorsuch, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, in a fiery condemnation of the contraction of civil liberties during the recent Covid-19...

An FBI whistleblower alleged that the bureau has created an “Orwellian atmosphere” that has silenced dissent and retaliated against individuals who came forward with claims about the law enforcement agency. During Thursday’s House “Weaponization of Government” panel hearing, FBI Special Agent Garret O’Boyle said the bureau engaged in a “smear campaign” against him, adding in a later interview with Fox News there...

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) doubled down on the push to get an FBI document that linked Joe Biden to a pay-to-play bribery scheme while he was still vice president under President Barack Obama. “The FBI’s delay in producing a single, unclassified record is unacceptable,” Comer said in a May 19 statement. “The information provided...

How do we fight the madness going on all around us? TNT radio host of “Jerm Warfare” Jeremy Nell joins Alex in this episode live from South Africa and explains with a unique perspective, just how we can fight back against all the insanity of the insidious agendas taking place all over the world right now, while also focusing on...

Wikimedia As strong, lasting, and inspirational as James Madison’s partnership with Thomas Jefferson was, it was nothing when compared to the love, friendship, and fidelity he shared with his devoted wife, Dolley. The story of their courtship and marriage is one rarely told today, but it is worthy of relating and emulating. “e hopes that your Heart will be calous...

Commentary Gouverneur Morris was a “chick magnet.” He was tall, handsome, witty, and rich. Even scalding damage to his right arm, loss of his lower leg in a traffic accident, and reliance on a wooden prosthesis for walking didn’t impair his success with women. Part of his attractiveness to women seems to have been a sincere regard for them. He...

In a landmark decision on May 17, a California district court blocked a state law mandating racial quotas on corporate boards as it violated the U.S. Constitution. The California law, AB979, required that a minimum number of people from “designated racial, ethnic, and LGBTQ backgrounds” have a seat on corporate boards. But the court ruling stated (pdf) that the law...

By Nathan Descheemaeker, 5/13/23 In response to the youths bringing climate change litigation in the case of Held v. The State of Montana, it is necessary to bring the flip side of the coin regarding the youth in the State of Montana and the issues they will face in their future. I’m not talking about fires, drought, or severe weather...

RichLegg/iStock/Getty Images Plus In Book 5 of his Politics, Aristotle presented the predictable patterns followed by tyrants in their slow and subtle abolition of liberty. One of the tactics employed by the despots is to keep the people under surveillance in order to gather information on anyone who speaks or acts — even at home — against the policies of...

The announcement of Joe Biden’s candidacy for a second term as president of the United States in 2024 is getting a lot of attention. Fueled by a majority of voters who believe the country is not on the right track, recent polls show the incumbent president is vulnerable, with an approval rating hovering around 40%. Moreover, Americans are really not...

By Christopher Adamo, 5/15/23 Leftists across America have been throwing absolute tantrums of indignation, ever since President Trump made his appearance at the May 10 CNN “Townhall” in New Hampshire. Yet in contrast to the contrived drama they often exhibit when seeking to lay claim to their phony “moral high ground,” the panic and tumult this time is very real....

John Whitehead “There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.” — Ludwig von Mises Once again, the police state is up to its old tricks, stoking tensions over whether or not the government is forced to shut down, even partially, due to a default on the national debt. Yet while these...

Americans and Christians must know themselves and the enemy in this epic war against the forces of evil that is raging all around us, explains journalist Alex Newman in his speech at the ReAwaken America summit in Miami. Christians in particular should fight the “Great Reset” from hell with the “Great Commission” as Christ commanded, Alex argues, saying that it...