Tag: Government
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Outwitted
He drew a circle that shut me out– Heretic, a rebel, a thing to flout.But Love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in! Edwin Markham This quote came to mind today when I was finishing the third chapter of “The Coddling of the American Mind”. The first…
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America Welcomes the World
In May of 1895, the ship Teutonic left the port in Liverpool, England, bound for the United States of America. On the ship was a three-year-old girl, Hannah Askew. She and her family were traveling to America to be reunited with her father. The family had moved from England to Australia in 1888, because…
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Vote FOR Evan McMullin . . . not AGAINST another candidate.
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, … to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and…
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Ten Years
I assumed that first period AP Chemistry class that day would be just as it had been for the first few weeks of school. When I walked into the classroom, however, I knew that something was wrong. The TV was on and I saw that the first tower of the World Trade Center was on…
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It is for Us the Living
On this Memorial Day we remember those that have made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve and protect our sacred freedoms. Those brave men that have gone before us deserve our honor and respect. They also deserve our continued vigilance to preserve freedom and the Constitution of the United States. As Abraham Lincoln said in his…
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Morning vs Mourning in America
This was posted on Facebook earlier today and I thought it might be something that a few of you would enjoy. I have to thank my friend Eleesha for pointing out these videos. I’ve become quite the admirer of Ronald Reagan and I thought it was fun to see this old ad and how the…