Tag: Declaration of Independence

Why is America still considered exceptional?

ex•cep•tion•al (adj): exceptional or unusual; not typical. Is America an exceptional place? Yes. Without discussion. Without question or even reasonable argument. But we aren’t exceptional just because we think we are, and we don’t think we’re exceptional in the same…

GOP-controlled Congress dismantles the 4th Amendment

While John Boehner’s budget disaster made all of the headlines last week, he and his Washington-insider buddies were busy dismantling the Constitution–specifically that pesky part that deals with the right of Americans to be free from unreasonable search and seizure (the Fourth…

Judge chooses NSA over the Constitution

On the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I took a lot of flak from many of my readers for an article I wrote stating the following: As we approach another anniversary of the terrorist attacks that took place in…

September 11, 2001 – The day liberty died

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness – Declaration of Independence __________________________________________ As…