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Do you agree that Americans must revive responsibility or lose our liberty, as John Andrews warns in his new book Responsibility Reborn? Then join us when (more…)

By John Andrews

Will the USA be around to celebrate 2076? Or will America’s goodness and glory be but a sad memory to our grandchildren? Historians warn that great nations undo themselves with moral and fiscal laxity after about 250 years. My new book, Responsibility Reborn: A Citizen’s Guide to the Next American Century, looks at our chances (more…)

Hearing from Greg Schaller, my CCU professor pal, about an online book club starting up at Redstate.com, I compared their list with mine (more…)

Like most news junkies who had followed the war in Iraq on a daily basis for six years, I thought I was pretty well informed. However when I read (more…)

Imagine a world in the near future where the Left has saddled pro sports with quadriplegic refs, transgendered concessionaires (more…)

Book Review by John Andrews

I’m honored to help an old friend, Allen Orcutt, bring out a little book of poems, prose, and pictures that explores how a year at war can change a man for life. And much for the better in this Marine pilot’s case, searing as the ordeal was. No Rest Elsewhere: Vietnam Notes, 1968-2008, expands on a poetic collection initially published in 1973, just after Allen came home. It includes his account of reconciling war-shattered relationships in later years, climaxing with a trip back to Vietnam in 2007. (more…)

Over the past few years I’ve gotten to know a native Ugandan missionary named Mike Wangolo. He is the leader of a team of Africans (more…)

(Denver Post, Mar. 15) What is the breaking point? Where will the resistance form? Heavy questions, but unavoidable in the current political climate. The productive members of society can only be pushed so far, some say. What they envision is not defiance of law or a reversal of the election. It is people’s growing disengagement from a new economic order that punishes effort and rewards envy – the creepy future that Bill Ritter and Barack Obama intend for us. (more…)

You’ve heard of the Battle of New Orleans, which ended the War of 1812. You may have heard of the Battle of Cowpens, a key engagement (more…)

Looking for last minute gifts for children on your Christmas list? Consider the timeless gift of a book. In a world of video games (more…)

An item on the news today mentioned that the President-elect is planning to reverse ALL executive orders immediately, (more…)

While the mortgage mess gets sorted out, let’s circle back to an important moment the other day when Whoopi Goldberg the celebrity (more…)