In the Star Wars movie “Attack of the Clones” there is a scene that mirrors Americans’ frustration with our system of government. In that scene, Anakin Skywalker (the future Darth Vader) and Padme Amidala discuss the gridlock of the democratic government that means very little gets done. Anakin expresses his opinion on how government needs […]
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Why We Need the Bill of Rights
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. There are those today who say we don’t need the protections from our government that the Bill of Rights affords American citizens. They are wrong. They argue that those first 10 amendments to the Constitution are outdated and hold our government back from […]
A checkup on how we as a nation are doing in keeping the 10 Commandments
There is a reasonable argument to be made that the 10 Commandments from the Bible are the foundation of America. The Decalogue is the law God gave Moses on Mount Sinai. Assuming that the 10 Commandments are the basis for the rule of law in this country, how are we doing in keeping them? The […]
Why are Easter and April Fools Day on the same day this year?
Today is Easter Sunday, the most important Christian holiday, and April Fools Day, a day commemorated by playing pranks. There has been a joke going around social media that parents should tell their children they have hidden Easter eggs, when they haven’t done so and after the children search unsuccessfully searched for the colored eggs, […]