<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Backbone America &#187; Constitution</title>
	<atom:link href="http://backboneamerica.net/category/constitution/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://backboneamerica.net</link>
	<description>Rallying citizens to shoulder personal responsibility and restore consitutional government.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:00:02 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Madison rolls over</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2010/03/23/madison-rolls-over/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2010/03/23/madison-rolls-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Davenport</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leftists]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=4075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As “Black Monday” dawned to the realization that the fraud-filled spectacle of &#8220;ObamaCare&#8221; has finally passed the House of Representatives, you may have noticed some rumblings under foot.  It wasn&#8217;t an earthquake in the literal sense, though from the perspective of our constitutional republic, it might as well have been. It was the sound of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2010/03/23/madison-rolls-over/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Get off the couch</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/12/24/get-off-the-couch/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/12/24/get-off-the-couch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Davenport</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leftists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=3691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This great country &#8212; and I do mean EXCEPTIONAL &#8212; is in the grips of a domestic enemy. Let&#8217;s leave aside the politically correct platitudes and politeness for a moment and be honest. The left is the enemy to traditional American values of individual freedom, personal liberty and entrepreneurship. They want to create a Nanny [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/12/24/get-off-the-couch/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Health care and justice: Reply to Sasseen</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/12/02/health-care-and-justice-reply-to-sasseen/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/12/02/health-care-and-justice-reply-to-sasseen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=3565</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your understanding of the health care debate is truly comprehensive and thoughtful. We must always be concerned with both individual rights and the common good. You have shown the way to deal with the present crisis in a way that is consistent with the Constitution and distributive justice. I do wish to make a few points. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/12/02/health-care-and-justice-reply-to-sasseen/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Is health reform a matter of justice?</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/11/24/is-healthcare-reform-a-matter-of-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/11/24/is-healthcare-reform-a-matter-of-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Column</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressivism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=3551</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Author: Robert F. Sasseen) Is affordable healthcare for all a question of individual rights, or a requirement of the common good? The public debate in the US seems to assume that it is both. It is not my purpose here to examine what reforms are necessary or wise, but to identify some of the issues of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/11/24/is-healthcare-reform-a-matter-of-justice/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Frank Rich: proof positive that the left doesn&#8217;t get it</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/11/01/frank-rich-proof-positive-that-the-left-doesnt-get-it/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/11/01/frank-rich-proof-positive-that-the-left-doesnt-get-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Davenport</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leftists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberalism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=3383</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Frank Rich, the former NY Times drama critic turned left-wing opinion guru, has today written an opinion piece which provides a great window into how liberals view the world. Not surprisingly, they believe that only right-wing fascist nut-jobs are crazy enough to oppose their enlightened policies and programs. There is no rational, intellectual basis for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/11/01/frank-rich-proof-positive-that-the-left-doesnt-get-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>High court&#8217;s power grab may backfire</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/28/high-courts-power-grab-may-backfire/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/28/high-courts-power-grab-may-backfire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Hillman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=3370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an audacious power grab, the Colorado Supreme Court recently embraced, by a 4-3 decision, a judicial doctrine that would relegate the other two branches of government — and the voters — to a perfunctory role. The high court&#8217;s activist majority used Lobato vs. State not only to intrude on the legislature&#8217;s constitutional authority to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/28/high-courts-power-grab-may-backfire/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Constitution Day 2009</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/21/constitution-day-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/21/constitution-day-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Schaller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timely & Relevant]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=3143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions By Greg Schaller On September 17, 1787, thirty-nine of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention, having met for four long, hot, and humid summer months in Philadelphia, had finally completed their task. On that day, they lined up and signed their names to the completed document. The debates had often [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/21/constitution-day-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Constitution?  What&#8217;s that?</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/18/constitution-whats-that/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/18/constitution-whats-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Davenport</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leftists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberalism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=3122</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know that Barack Obama doesn&#8217;t think much of the Constitution.  And he certainly won&#8217;t let it get in the way of the government takeover of health care.Courtesy of  Kim Strassel at the WSJ today comes some insightful commentary about what we can now expect from Obama and the merry leftists in Congress. The [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/18/constitution-whats-that/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Remembering our landmark Constitution</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/17/remembering-our-landmark-constituion/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/17/remembering-our-landmark-constituion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=3117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we celebrate the 222nd anniversary of the completion of the United States Constitution by a hardy assemblage of patriots in 1787, meeting for four months in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. They produced the world’s first written constitution, which has turned out to be the longest continuing constitution as well. While we revere our Constitution we [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/17/remembering-our-landmark-constituion/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Democrats socialistic? Of course they are</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/24/democrats-socialistic-of-course-they-are/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/24/democrats-socialistic-of-course-they-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leftists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The greatest single weapon in the Democratic Party’s arsenal has been its ability to confuse the voters. Even though it has practically defined itself since the 1930s as the party of Big Government, with high taxes and spending, massive regulation and intervention, and continual encroachment on private property, its leaders and spokesmen have vehemently denied that [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/24/democrats-socialistic-of-course-they-are/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Constitution will survive Dems’ assaults</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/17/constitution-will-survive-democrats%e2%80%99-assaults/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/17/constitution-will-survive-democrats%e2%80%99-assaults/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last fall I shared in the disappointment of 47 percent of the voters who did not cast their ballots for Barack Obama and feared his stated intention of &#8220;transforming&#8221; America into a socialist regime. With Democrats in firm control of both houses of Congress, this seemed a likely as well as a fearful prospect. But [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/17/constitution-will-survive-democrats%e2%80%99-assaults/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Public assemblies, American style</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/10/public-assemblies-american-style/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/10/public-assemblies-american-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration has been the occasion for numerous Tea Parties and Town Hall Meetings, which are different species of the genus public assembly.  How they are seen and understood depends a great deal on one’s point of view. As American government is based on the consent of the governed, it is perfectly appropriate and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/10/public-assemblies-american-style/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Our language controls our political thought</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/13/our-language-controls-our-political-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/13/our-language-controls-our-political-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2672</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Modern English . . . is full of bad habits which spread by imitation . . . If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step toward political regeneration.&#8221;–George Orwell, 1946 Had George Orwell, author of those dystopian classics 1984 and Animal Farm, lived long [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/13/our-language-controls-our-political-thought/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The meaning of American independence</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/04/the-meaning-of-american-independence/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/04/the-meaning-of-american-independence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Civilization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2610</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The national holiday we celebrate today is more often referred to as the Fourth of July than Independence Day, but at least that makes clear what date we are marking. We should, however, commemorate the historical event and all that it symbolizes, for the common world calendar ensures that the whole world has a July [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/07/04/the-meaning-of-american-independence/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Abortion, slavery both founded in violence</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/15/abortion-slavery-both-founded-in-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/15/abortion-slavery-both-founded-in-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pro-life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent murder of George Tiller, the famous late-term abortionist in Kansas, brought differing reactions from the pro- and anti-abortion movements. The former saw it as the predictable consequence of anti-abortion speech and the latter reaffirmed their commitment to peaceful political action to overturn abortion on demand, the decree of Roe v. Wade (1973). The [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/15/abortion-slavery-both-founded-in-violence/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Constitution is still the supreme law</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/08/the-constitution-is-still-the-supreme-law/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/08/the-constitution-is-still-the-supreme-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We must never forget it is a Constitution we are expounding&#8221;- Chief Justice John Marshall Last week I discussed the controversy over the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, focusing on the standard for evaluating nominees. This week I will examine our Constitution, the basis for that standard. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/08/the-constitution-is-still-the-supreme-law/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Coalition opposes Sotomayor</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/06/block-sotomayor-leaders-urge/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/06/block-sotomayor-leaders-urge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sotomayor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timely & Relevant]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Denver, June 5) A coalition of Colorado groups and concerned citizens joined forces today in opposition to President Obama&#8217;s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court. Organized as the Colorado Judicial Network, they are urging the US Senate confirm only highly qualified individuals who put the rule of law ahead of personal [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/06/block-sotomayor-leaders-urge/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Judicial impartiality and the Constitution</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/01/judicial-impartiality-in-defense-of-the-constitution/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/01/judicial-impartiality-in-defense-of-the-constitution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With President Barack Obama’s nomination of federal judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, the nation is in a debate about both the qualifications of the nominee and the proper criteria for selection. That the nation is divided over both obligates us to clarify their relationship to each other. Judge Sotomayor, whose [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/01/judicial-impartiality-in-defense-of-the-constitution/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Torturing the truth more than our enemies</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/05/11/torturing-the-truth-more-than-our-enemies/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/05/11/torturing-the-truth-more-than-our-enemies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 22:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On September 11, 2001, a date which certainly ought to &#8220;live in infamy,&#8221; 19 violent enemies of the United States carried out vicious airliner attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., killing nearly 3,000 persons. This is known to all, of course. Yet the ruling party today is determined to deprive us of the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/05/11/torturing-the-truth-more-than-our-enemies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>America is better than Utopia, Mr. President</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/04/21/america-is-better-than-utopia-mr-president/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/04/21/america-is-better-than-utopia-mr-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Reeb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backboneamerica.net/?p=2044</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Utopian visions have stirred men’s souls at least since the time of the ancient Greeks. The philosopher Plato unmasked the folly and the evil of all such schemes in his famous &#8220;Republic.&#8221; He did not merely criticize a current tendency but a perennial human temptation. President Barack Obama is a utopian who believes that there [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/04/21/america-is-better-than-utopia-mr-president/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

