Joseph Story on the legacy of American Youth

“Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial blessings of life, the peaceful enjoyment of liberty, property, religion, and independence.” –Justice Joseph Story

Army unit claims victory over sheik

In a wartime success story that hasn’t received a bit of national attention, the Washington Times’ Rowan Scarborough writes of the Army’s 1st Armored Division and their successful campaign designed to stop and defeat Sheik Muqtada al-Sadr’s marauding militia. The Washington Time’s article, “Army unit claims victory over sheik” goes into detail on the scope [...]

James Madison on what a just government is

The Federalist Patriot — Founders’ Quote Daily “Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, that alone is a just government which impartially secures to every man whatever is his [...]

An American Hero: The David Rubitsky story

Sgt. David Rubitsky was asked to lay a communications wire connecting his battalion command post to a rat-infested, enemy-threatened outpost in a New Guinea swamp on Dec. 1, 1942.

AMA backs adoptions by same-sex couples

I found this quite ironic that the American Medical Association (AMA) has “adopted” a political stance on this issue of homosexual couples adopting children in the first place. How can they “have an agenda” on this when they won’t support abstinence and, instead, choose to follow the same old-garbage mantra of safe sex = contraceptives. [...]

Journalism at War: Let’s Not Return to the Old Days

The Ashbrook Center’s blog, “No Left Turns”, has an interesting post that deals with the embedded media members and their impact on the military. In the post, Journalism at War: Let’s Not Return to the Old Days, Mackubin T. Owens, gives us a post from Central Command headquarters that illustrates a recent (June 3rd) incident [...]

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