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The Pathetic Patriot

Posted on July 1, 2025 by David E Smith

Fireworks and cookouts light up the Fourth, but are we missing the heart of the American Revolution? We cheer heroes like George Washington against 'tyrannical' King George III—yet was the king a mere villain or a complex figure in a turbulent age? This July 4th, ask: when does civil disobedience cross the line, and how does it echo the Declaration of Independence’s ideals?

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Confused About Patriotism

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

Would you agree with this statement: “Patriotism is a hot button issue in schools.” My personal reaction is, “You’re kidding!!” Well, maybe in the late 1700s.

Posted in Faith, Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty | Tagged American flag, Bill Bennett, First Amendment, Fourth of July, independence day, Ku Klux Klan, Mark Pitcavage, Palestine, patriotism, Terry Nichols, WWI, WWII | Comments Off

Creating the Declaration of Independence

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Benjamin D. Smith

Historian David Shestokas says “the principles that are found nation’s founding documents are not Republican or Democrat. And rather than divide us, those principles can unite us.

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A ‘Declaration of Dependence’ on God

Posted on July 6, 2016 by David E Smith

In the wake of England’s historic Brexit vote, and during America’s own Fourth of July celebrations, we’re reminded that man’s longing for individual freedom is a contagion, and that to declare independence from overreaching governmental control is a big part of the cure.

Still, while the UK’s recent “Declaration of Independence” from a decidedly socialist European Union was largely driven by socio-economic considerations, not to mention a desperate attempt to remedy Britain’s demographic suicide cocktail of political correctness, multiculturalism and deadly immigration jihad, America’s own freedom revolution was driven by a longing for both fiscal independence, and, to a larger …

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