Tag Archives: Alexis de Tocqueville

Poisonous Lips: Socialist Compassion vs. Its Realities

Posted on October 9, 2026 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

Socialism sells government dependency as “compassion.” But true charity isn’t mandated through inefficient government programs. It begins with people willingly helping their neighbors. The Good Samaritan personally stepped in. We should do the same.

Posted in Federal, socialism | Tagged Alexis de Tocqueville, Bernie Sanders, Daniel Cohen, Lawrence Reed, Socialism | Comments Off

Without a Conscience

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

Many years ago, a disguised Mafia “hitman” was interviewed on national TV. He was asked a variety of questions but the one that stood out in my mind was how he dealt with his conscience. His laconic response was, “What’s a conscience?”

Posted in Culture/Family/Marriage, Faith, Federal, Religious Liberty, Sanctity of Life | Tagged Alexis de Tocqueville, Bill Clinton, Christianity, G.K. Chesterton noted, Hitler, Nazi Germany, totalitarianism | Comments Off

Schools Using Fake ‘History’ to Kill America

Posted on June 12, 2021 by David E Smith

Americans educated by government today are, for the most part, hopelessly ignorant of their own nation’s history—and that’s no accident. They’re beyond ignorant when it comes to civics, too. On the history of the rest of the world, or the history of communism, Americans are generally clueless as well. This was all by design, of course.

Posted in Education | Tagged 1619 Projec, Aaron Sargent, Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization, Alexis de Tocqueville, Chinese Communist Party, Communist Party, George Orwell, Howard Zinn, John Dewey, Mao's Cultural Revolution, Marion Smith, Mary Grabar, Murray Bessette, Nation's Report Card, National Endowment for the Humanities, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Norman Dodd, Outline Political History of the Americas, patriotic education, Pulitzer Prize, Reece Committee, The New York Times, u.s. department of education, Walter Duranty, William Z. Foster | Comments Off

Study: Church Attendance is Trending Down

Posted on June 16, 2017 by David E Smith

A recent Barna Survey said church attendance has been declining nationwide over the past 10 years. While the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area ranked as America's most de-churched, eight of the top 10 "post-Christian" cities in America are all in the Northeastern United States. In Illinois, Chicago came in at number 19, the Quad-cities area at 50 and Champaign-Springfield-Decatur in the center of the state came in at 55 on this ominous list.

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