A biweekly news magazine of Constitutional politics in the United States. Articles include expert analysis of current events, editorial commentary, free-market economics, history, and culture. Published by the John Birch Society.
The foreign aid gravy train rolls on, thanks to Bush's "compassionate conservatism," globalist-style. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill returned recently from a fact-finding junket in Africa, in which rock star Bono, vocalist for the Irish band U2,...
The familiar story of the Trojan horse offers an apt metaphor for ongoing efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution. Virgil's Aeneid relates how the Greeks used the gift of a giant horse to gain access to the fortified city of Troy and conquer it from...
In Newdow v. Congress, the Ninth Circuit Court's notorious anti-Pledge of Allegiance decision, the court posed as the guardian of a parent's right to protect his child from classroom coercion. Like all organs dominated by the liberal elite, that...
Snake-oil Salesman ITEM: Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) is rekindling the health-care battle, enthused Thomas Oliphant of the Boston Globe on June 23rd. The senator "has returned to the overall struggle," said the columnist. "Kennedy's comprehensive...
Shortly after the Declaration of Independence had been ratified by the 13 independent colonies, the British routed American forces on Long Island and Manhattan Island in New York. The British commander, Admiral Lord Howe, called for a conference...
On July 8th, African heads of state gathered in Durban, South Africa, to create the new African Union (AU), a pan-African organization modeled after the European Union and designed to achieve the same outcome. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, a...
Shortly after 4 a.m. on April 21st of this year, retired NYPD police officer Luke Blake walked to his car after a meeting of the motorcycle club to which he belongs. As he was about to unlock the driver's side door, he was approached by a young...
The late, great comedian Red Skelton once remarked on national TV, concerning the Pledge of Allegiance, "Since I was a small boy ... two words have been added to the Pledge ...: 'under God.' Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said 'That is a prayer,'...
Militant atheist Michael Newdow "never had a problem reciting the Pledge of Allegiance when he was in elementary school," observed the June 30th San Francisco Chronicle. "He just didn't want to repeat the words 'under God.'" The lawsuit filed by...
UN-occupied Bosnia, in addition to being an international terrorist haven, has also become notorious for its prominence in the Balkan sex trade, reported the June 30th Sunday Herald of London. "There is absolutely no dispute that the sex traffic...
"As Aeroflot Flight 515 from Moscow begins its predawn descent into Teheran, the group of middle-aged Russian experts on board begins to fill out landing cards for Iran," begins a June 21st Christian Science Monitor report. "Pulling out dog-eared,...
On May 2 1st, 11 seniors at Central Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio, were eating lunch in the school's parking lot when, at about 1:15 p.m., they heard someone yell, "That guy just robbed the bank." A branch of the National City Bank was across...
The Long Center is a recreation, education, and athletic complex in Clearwater, Florida. The center regularly hosts youth camps sponsored by the leisure services division of the city of Safety Harbor, including Totally Teen religious-oriented camps....
On July 10th, the UN Security Council gave its member states the opportunity to criticize the U.S. stance on the International Criminal Court (ICC). The controversy over America's reluctance to embrace the flawed and dangerous global court intensified...
Almighty God, Who has given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will. Bless our land with honorable ministry, sound learning, and pure manners....