What is the first thing you think about when you think of Independence Day? For many of us, the Fourth of July serves as a day to watch fireworks, BBQ, and have a good time with family and friends. This year we celebrate Independence Day a little differently, and the liberty we all have in our country can be more […]

Upon the signing of our Declaration of Independence, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, that the 4th of July “ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this […]

Several years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the NY Amadou Diallo Case that if a police officer merely believes s/he is in danger of being killed or seriously injured, s/he can use lethal force, even if the suspect proves to be unarmed.  Ever since that ruling, police officers have used the, “I Believed”, defense to convince the Grand Jury […]

By JONATHON VAN MAREN Once we start redefining marriage, ‘those redefinitions have no principled stopping point.’ (LifeSiteNews) – Earlier this year, a Utah Republican put forward a bill to decriminalize polygamy, receiving unanimous consent almost immediately from a key Senate committee. At the time, I noted that this was unsurprising: Once marriage was redefined and placed in a panoply of morally acceptable […]

‘America, America, God shed His grace on thee.’ He certainly has. On this, 244th birthday, the United State is still the envy of the world. But this year, we’ve got some problems. Pandemic, identity politics has divided us and led to rioting in the streets. Cancel culture has condemned us and the cultural marxists want to destroy us so that […]

By Jim Hoft Last weekend hundreds of Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters broke through the gate on Portland Place, a private street in St. Louis. Mark and Patricia McCloskey were eating dinner when the criminal mob marched down their street, painted the street and protested in front of Mayor Lyda Krewson’s home. The McCloskeys, in fear for their lives and […]

(AmmoLand.com) Any Second Amendment supporter has probably been aware of the famous 1976 quote by Nelson “Pete” Shields. They have probably used it at some point when trying to convince fellow Americans to oppose the unjust restrictions that anti-Second Amendment extremists seek to impose. In fact, Shields, with that quote, has probably done a great deal to help Second Amendment supporters […]

Sex workers welcome the chance to earn again but with strict rules about face-to-face contact, hygiene and making clients check for symptoms Amsterdam’s famed red light district has reopened after a long coronavirus shutdown, with sex workers and clients having to observe new rules to prevent infection. The Netherlands ordered all brothels closed in mid-March and had originally planned to […]

From the National Weather Service …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Tennessee… S.F. of the Forked Deer River at Jackson The Flood Warning continues for the S.F. of the Forked Deer River at Jackson. * Until Saturday evening. * At 7:00 PM CDT Friday the stage was 34.4 feet. * Flood stage is 34.0 feet. * Minor […]

From The Week A nationwide fireworks spree is making “some people suspicious,” said Maura Judkis at The Washington Post. In cities large and small, the streets are inexplicably erupting into “festive artillery shelling,” beginning at dusk and continuing into the early morning. The impromptu explosions are rattling windows, keeping people up, and “scaring the bejesus out of every dog in […]

July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 180 days remaining until the end of the year. The Aphelion, the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date. Holidays Christian feast day: Andrew of Crete Bertha of Artois Blessed Catherine Jarrige […]

38-year-old King George III ruled the largest empire that planet earth had ever seen. The Declaration of Independence, approved JULY 4, 1776, listed the reasons why Americans declared their independence from the King: “He has made judges dependent on his will alone… He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people […]

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free. —Galatians 5:1 In 1776, the 13 British colonies in North America protested the limitations placed on them by the king of England and engaged in a struggle that gave birth to a brand-new republic. The infant nation soon adopted that now-famous document known as the Declaration of […]