Observations©
By Donald S. Conkey
Last week I paid my tribute to Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president. Today I will pay tribute to Georgia Washington, America’s 1st president – and whose 279th birthday anniversary will be next Tuesday, February 22. He was born in 1732 in Virginia.
The accolades I could use for George Washington are far too many for my limited space so I will reflect only on the … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
The Egyptian military has suspended Egypt’s constitution, dissolved its parliament and assumed control of the country. Basically, the Egyptian Armed forces, consisting of approximately 450,000 armed personnel, now control the lives of 85 million Egyptians.
No one should kid themselves about the place in which Egyptians find themselves. This is not the U. S. military where 200 years of history has ingrained the subservient role of … Read more...
We’ve heard a lot, the past weeks, about budget “cuts”. Those of us who can do basic arithmetic have noticed that mostly the “cuts” are, at best, decreases in increase and, at worst, a bald-faced lie. The good news is that a number of credible sources have done the analysis to show that real cuts can be made and will improve government as well.
… Read more...All governments are very efficient at producing and then distributing poverty.
All governments are highly inefficient when they try to redistribute the prosperity that is produced by the efforts of those who work in the nation’s private sector economy.
… Read more...Observations© – By Donald S. Conkey
This tribute to Abraham Lincoln on the 202nd anniversary of his birth was inspired by a recent TV movie on the events leading up to the actual delivery of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863 – an address to honor the dead and wounded who had given their all in the Civil War’s deadliest battle fought July 1-3, 1863 near Gettysburg Pennsylvania. That … Read more...
BY J. Randolph Evans – Column No. 1055 (2/11/11)
All things must come to an end, and sometimes they should sooner than later. There is no place where that is more true than in a government position. This is true regardless of whether the position is elected or appointed. It is true regardless of whether the job is federal, state, or local. In the battle between the people and the … Read more...
What are the legal issues involving birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment? What was the drafters’ original intent when they drafted the 14th Amendment?
The Federalist Society does a great job presenting experts on both sides of the debate.
Click here to listen or download the mp3: Birthright Citizenship
… Read more...By J. Randolph Evans – Column No. 1054 ( 2/4/11)
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Unfortunately, that appears inevitably true as the world watches the unraveling of order in Egypt. So far, President Barack Obama has done little better than President Jimmy Carter did over thirty years ago. If the pattern repeats, the security of the United States will be irreparably harmed in … Read more...
Observations© – By Donald S. Conkey
February used to be known as the birthday month for two of the nation’s greatest presidents: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Both Lincoln and Washington had their own national holiday: Lincoln’s was on February 12; Washington’s on February 22. Washington was honored as the first president of the United States and Lincoln was honored for holding the nation together and for signing the Emancipation … Read more...
by Les Dunaway
Since 1995, the Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation have published the annual “Index of Economic Freedom”. If you aren’t familiar with it, a short explanation is here.
In the 2011 Index, America fell to ninth place – right below Denmark, Ireland and Canada. … Read more...
Observations©
By Donald S. Conkey
The threat of a federal law suit by Americans United for the Separation of Church and State against the Cherokee County School system, as I understand it, is to keep the school system from using the Woodstock First Baptist Church as it graduation venue because the church has a large Cross sitting on top of its building. This has generated heated discussion throughout the … Read more...