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Toby Keith’s New Song Should Be a Call to Action for Americans

Country music singer/songwriter Toby Keith released a new song to commemorate America’s 245th birthday entitled “Happy Birthday America”. The lyrics are as follows: Happy birthday America, It’s the 4th of July I get to wake up in your freedom, But sometimes I wonder why Seems like everybody’s pissin’ On the red, white and blue Happy…

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Land of Weak and Home of the Slaves: What Are We Celebrating?

“Land of the free and home of the brave?” If we are honest with ourselves, a more accurate description of the average Americans’ attitude today toward freedom in the modern-era would be “land of the weak and home of the slaves.” Ever since I had my political awakening in my early 20’s, I have struggled…

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Colin Kaepernick Condemns July 4th As ‘Celebration Of White Supremacy’

Peter Hasson on July 4, 2020 Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick denounced the July 4th holiday as a “celebration of white supremacy” on Saturday. “Black ppl have been dehumanized, brutalized, criminalized + terrorized by America for centuries, & are expected to join your commemoration of ‘independence’, while you enslaved our ancestors,” Kaepernick posted on Twitter…

Why It Must Be the People Who Preserve the Flame of Liberty
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Why It Must Be the People Who Preserve the Flame of Liberty

We are learning that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are not enough to maintain liberty. Freedom is maintained when a critical mass of the public acts in adherence to the timeless principles of individual liberty bequeathed to us. The words in the Constitution, explains Eric Metaxas in his book If You Can Keep…

The Real Spirit of the Declaration of Independence
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The Real Spirit of the Declaration of Independence

What is America, and what does it represent? These seem to be relevant questions at a time of political discord and disagreement that appears to make peaceful and polite discussion almost impossible. Certainly, asking such questions is appropriate at that time of the year when we celebrate the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of…