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John Birch: American Patriot
The Life of John Birch, by Robert H.W. Welch, Jr., Appleton, Wisconsin: The John Birch Society, 2024 edition (first edition: 1954), 182 pages, paperback and hardcover. ...
Orwell’s Warning
Animal Farm, by George Orwell, New York: Signet Classics, 2020, 140 pages, paperback. ...
Reagan Movie and the Crusade Against Soviet Communism
The Reagan movie is a highly entertaining movie, which depicts the decades-long crusade of the 40th president to bring down Soviet Communism. ...
“Keep 9 Amendment” Proposed to Stop Court Packing
A new group called "Keep 9 Amendment" has been formed in an effort to keep the number of Supreme Court justices at nine. ...
America’s Patriotic Songs
Americans have sung many patriotic songs throughout the history of their country. While most are good, some are not. Here we take a closer look. ...
The Case for Closed Primaries
Subversion of the ballot box can occur many ways — among them, adopting practices that diminish the role of voters who take the time to become well informed. ...
FDR: Enemy of Civil Liberties
The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance, by David T. Beito, Oakland: The Independent Institute, 2023,...
The Importance of Vice Presidents and Running Mates
While the vice president is largely viewed as a figurehead in American politics, history shows that a presidential candidate’s choice of a running mate can have enormous consequences. ...
The Federalist and a Classic Interpretation Reprinted
The Federalist, by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, Appleton, Wisconsin: Western Islands, 2023, 454 pages, hardcover and paperback. How to Read the Federalist, by Holmes Alexander, Appleton, Wisconsin:...
Justice Thomas Questions Selective Prosecution in J6 Case
All it took Tuesday was one reasonable question by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during oral arguments in a case involving a January 6 defendant to send many on...
ESPN Executives Ordered “Scripted” Interview of Biden
Sage Steele, a former anchor with ESPN, has revealed that top executives at the “sports” network dictated — to the word — an interview she was to conduct with...
Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor Favors Drop Boxes — to Help Democrats
Drop boxes were a critical component of Democrat Joe Biden’s “victory” over then-President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, and if Wisconsin’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, has his...
AP Story on Battle of Horseshoe Bend Illustrates How Media Distorts History
This week marks the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, which was located in what is now Alabama — then Mississippi Territory — during the War of...
End of the UN? Americans Are Waking Up
The United Nations was once almost universally favorably regarded in the United States. But those days are long gone, and calls to get the U.S. out of the UN...
Suicide of Oklahoma Teen Blamed on Opposition to Transgender Agenda
With the decision this past week of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, district attorney not to file charges against anyone involved in a fight in a high school restroom in February...