As we celebrate February as Black History Month, I specifically write today about my favorite patriot, Frederick Douglass. Born a slave in 1818, he learned to read and write in the shades of secrecy and immediately became an avid fan of John Adam’s antislavery petitions in 1831. Later he became an advisor to Pres. Lincoln even though he often grew ...
From Pres.John F. Kennedy’s 1963 SOTU address: “America has enjoyed 22 months of uninterrupted economic recovery. But recovery is not enough.If we are to prevail in the long run, we must expand the long-run strength of our economy. We must move along the path to a higher rate of growth and full employment. For this ...
Today is my favorite holiday. American flags will fly in the air. You’ll see red, white and blue cupcakes, flowers and T-shirts and the fireworks at night. You’ll smell the grill and the warm apple pie and today you will share a smile with your family, friends and neighbors. Will you talk about the real meaning ...
Born in Atlanta and assassinated in Memphis, a courageous life cut short at age 39. Martin Luther King, Jr. a national hero, a great orator and a preacher of tolerance. As we reflect on the Tuscon tragedy we must remember Martin Luther King’s most significant doctrine….non-violence. He believed that the path was the ...
Let’s reflect on the document we celebrate today. Ask your friends, colleagues, neighbors and family to describe the Declaration of Independence. Watch as they repeat the media mantra from the progressive corruption of the intentions of our founding fathers. Then challenge them to DEFINE instead of REPEAT the constant drumming from the Left. Your task is simple…. explain ...
For all of our fathers, let us celebrate your lives: For the father who sings a lullaby to his daughter or reads a bedtime story just before sleep… For the father who sneaks into the back row of his son’s acting debut…. To the fathers who spend sleepless nights waiting for their teenage daughter to ...
For all those bashers of Israel and lovers of Europe, please listen and watch this video of Ronald Reagan’s 1984 speech at Pointe-du-Hoc, Normandy. ...
As Pres. Obama speaks to 700 financial leaders today at Cooper Union we must remember 140 years ago in 1860 when another man from Illinois, a strong pre-Presidential candidate stood in front of 1500 elite New Yorkers. Pres. Obama lectures Wall Street about financial regulation and free markets. He stated” The free market was never meant to be a ...
235 years ago today Paul Revere rode through the dead of night to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming. A silversmith by trade and an energetic inspiration of more than 50 fellow artisans(imagine how many Facebook friends he would have had!)he was the ultimate tea party activist of the time. ...