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It's been more than a year since the movement to cleanse America's past began, as the idea of erasing unpleasant, unpopular aspects of our history is now the way some try to make things better, and includes removing statues and memorials of America's Founders and notable personalities of the War Between the States.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." So reads, in part, the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Last week was certainly interesting. With a high-profile guilty plea, and a surprising not guilty verdict, among other things, it was quite a week.
This year President Donald Trump's administration and the Republican majority in Congress identified areas of government needing reform.
The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, addresses rights that are secured in the body of the Constitution, but in general, less specific terms.
Things have really gotten strange lately. Much of this is traceable to reactions to the 2016 election, and a lot of it is a response to things that individuals simply disagree with but take their dislike to a too-high level.
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have a tax plan up for consideration. Tax relief is badly needed, as is a budgetary overhaul that addresses and works to reduce the annual deficits and the insane national debt.
America's path from slavery to freeing the slaves to today's circumstances has been long and often troubled. But today, we see people like Condi Rice who have risen to the heights of our country.
It is a difficult task trying to determine which federal agency has done the most damage to the country and its citizens. A very strong candidate for this dishonor, if not a shoo-in for it, is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
One thing most of us likely can agree on is that this has been a season of tragedy in the United States, most recently with the California wine country wildfires and, before that, the Las Vegas shooting and the hurricanes. Where disagreement thrives is on how we should respond to them.
From his position in the Mandalay Bay Resort 32 floors above the concert venue, the shooter in Las Vegas fired away with what sounded like an automatic weapon.
It's as predictable as the sun rising in the east: When any notable weather event or series of them occurs, the human-made climate change enthusiasts engage their propaganda machine.
How would you like to have a high-profile job with no firm guidelines for what you have to do, and plenty of money to help you hire as many people as you want to help you do whatever it is you decide to do for as long as you want the job?
A recent survey revealed how shockingly little people know about even the most basic elements of our government and the Constitution that formed it.
The Democrat/liberal crisis of the moment has changed.
In recent years many of our cultural values have been eroding, and in some cases are being consciously abandoned.
