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PAYNE: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

October 16, 2025 Russ Payne

I still treasure wisdom from an old-time gospel song planted in my mind as a child: What is a mother’s love, dear friend, what is a mother’s love? It’s deeper than the deep blue sea and reaches from heaven above.” Many years ago, my life was powerfully impacted by the eternal truth that “the hand … Read more

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PAYNE: Blueprint for Liberty

September 22, 2025 Russ Payne

Below is an invitation to view the eternal wisdom of our Founding Fathers, the reason for American Exceptionalism that has blessed our nation with more freedom than all other people who have walked the face of the earth. As we as a nation have moved further and further away from these founding principles, the closer … Read more

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Payne: Without Independence There Is No Liberty

July 9, 2025July 4, 2025 Russ Payne

Too many Americans do not realize how blessed our nation is, as it was founded upon the foundation of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This Independence Day, let us not allow hidden forces of subversion to continue targeting these foundational roots of our moral strength. The subtle encroachment of rewriters of history, the educational establishment, … Read more

DiLorenzo: To Make America Free Again

July 9, 2025June 13, 2025 Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Everyone likes to be flattered by being called “great,” especially Donald Trump. Equally as flattering is to have one’s entire country called “great” if not “the greatest,” “exceptional,” or “indispensable.” Or perhaps even “a shining city on a hill,” reminiscent of “The Emerald City” of The Wizard of Oz. In the political world, however, there are … Read more

Opinion: We Need Pro-Freedom AI

July 9, 2025June 10, 2025 Donald Kendal

Artificial intelligence is not just another technology. It is a civilization-level innovation that will increasingly impact nearly every aspect of our daily lives. From how we access information to how we receive health care, from what we see on social media to how our children are educated, AI is on the cusp of restructuring modern … Read more

Payne: Blueprint For Liberty

July 9, 2025June 10, 2025 Russ Payne

It is tragic that the partnership between Elon Musk and President Trump, which created DOGE, is ending. Congress has perpetuated a culture of waste and fraud, enabled by greedy majorities. The electorate’s mindset reflects the leftist political axiom that views government as a source of revenue rather than a watchdog to be held accountable. What … Read more

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Unheeded Warnings from the Founders

February 4, 2025 Michael Boldin

“I would quarrel with both parties, and with every individual of each, before I would subjugate my understanding, or prostitute my tongue or pen to either.” John Adams didn’t pull any punches. Though his presidency was contentious, this 1763 quote underscores his deep disdain for blind partisanship – a concern shared by many of the … Read more

Legal Hopes for Vermont Liberties?

January 19, 2025 John Klar

Alliance Defending Freedom is a national nonprofit organization of Christian attorneys who identify important cases to pursue to preserve and protect Americans’ God-given “inalienable” rights. ADF has been a hero for Vermont citizens who suffer under a far-left supermajority progressivism that has insinuated gender, race, and climate ideologies into public schools and government institutions at … Read more

James Madison’s Six Principles to Stop Federal Tyranny

December 27, 2024December 27, 2024 Michael Boldin

The states are “duty bound to interpose.” That’s how James Madison put it in his Virginia Resolutions, passed on Dec 21 and 24, 1798, in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. His resolutions answer a timeless question: What should be done when the federal government oversteps its constitutional bounds? Today, that’s 24/7/365 – so it … Read more

The Presumption of Liberty

October 6, 2024 Wanjiru Njoya

The presumption of liberty is an established liberal tradition according to which any restrictions on individual liberty require justification. Gerald Gaus and Shaun Nichols depict this as a principle of “natural liberty,” a “general presumption in favor of freedom of action.” As they explain, if natural liberty is a general presumption we expect, it to … Read more

The First Steps Toward a Liberty Platform

September 13, 2024 Ron Paul

Last weekend several hundred of us gathered in Washington, DC, at the Ron Paul Institute conference to again proclaim our dedication to the cause of liberty and our opposition to constant US government assaults on that liberty. Our collaborators included old friends like Judge Andrew Napolitano, who explained that the Bill of Rights was not … Read more

Americas Greatest Teacher of Americanism

April 11, 2024 Op-Ed

In the empty minds of generations of youth, the Marxist heroes like the Beatles, Fidel Castro, and the freakish rock revolution of pot , rock, and revolution filled their minds with the lie that there is no God. John Birch is a hero that American youth were not allowed to know. Another great American Patriot, my friend Jack, suffered the same silence.

Bold and Unscrupulous

January 29, 2024 Op-Ed

In the 1970s, the moral wit of Tom Anderson precisely describes today’s rush toward economic suicide in Washington, DC: “Changing Nelson Rockefeller for Hubert Humphrey is like changing the pins on a soiled diaper without changing the diaper; you continue to get the same mess.”

Divine Seeds of Liberty

January 6, 2024 Op-Ed

Long ago, an unknown Chinese philosopher’s words described the biblical root of liberty that we call Americanism: “The well-being of a people is like a tree, agriculture is its roots, manufacturing, and commerce are its branches and its life; if the roots are injured, the leaves fall, and the branches break away, and the tree dies.”

Essentials for Liberty

December 28, 2023 Op-Ed

In my 87 years of life, one of the most important lessons I learned early, taught to me by my late brother who wasted the tremendous talent God blessed him with: It’s easy to become happy while you’re drinking, but New Year’s Day you wake up with the same problems and a headache.

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Proximal Hedonistic Self-Interest and The End of Human Liberty

May 15, 2024December 21, 2023 Steve MacDonald

You may not be the sort to read something titled “That Moment When You Realize You’re Part of God’s Project; He’s Not Part of Yours” (even if not paywalled), but perhaps that is why you should.

A Short Post Inspired by a Jarhead Friend’s Email

December 1, 2023 NITZAKHON

So #australia is rapidly going CBDC and soon to be followed by all of #europe, no doubt. ~~The Potato~~ Obama doubtless has plans as well.

Is America On Life Support?

October 31, 2023 Amil Imani

I have always been an ardent believer in democracy–The dictionary defines democracy as the rule of the people. Even at its best, “democracy is the worst form of government except for all the rest,” according to Winston Churchill. Is democracy a terrible form of government?

Republican Primary Voters in NH Want To Restrain the Federal Government, Not American Businesses …

September 18, 2023 Op-Ed

The Competitiveness Coalition, in coordination with The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, found in a poll of 800 likely Republican primary voters, released Sept. 5, that these voters want the federal government to focus on inflation, the cost of living, and the economy, and not get distracted by attacking American tech companies.

Two Grok Articles: Make Mine Liberty (a Commentary/Riposte)

October 10, 2024September 6, 2023 Spike

Contributor John Klar on 2-Sep lamented that the agricultural sector is “in decline” if measured by manpower. As is the manufacturing sector, though in both cases, output is up. America is producing more with less — that is what we do — and, all other things being the same, that is the only way that real pay rises.