In Silver Spring Township, Pennsylvania, five miles outside of Carlisle on Route 11, we recently almost lost a part of our nation’s history. A building is located there in the Cumberland Valley that once belonged to a captain during the … Continue reading
As each year comes to an end, I like to take a few moments to reflect on events of the year–the good times and the bad–things in my personal life and in politics. I also often re-watch movies that were … Continue reading
As some of you may already know, today is Veterans Day. We honor all those who have served in our United States Armed Forces–the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard. They are the … Continue reading
On this date in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, convention president and deputy from Virginia George Washington and 38 other delegates from 12 states signed the official copy of the United States Constitution. This is the opening … Continue reading
Anne Frank, just 15 years old on this day in 1944, was found hiding in a secret room in Amsterdam by the Nazi Gestapo and arrested, along with nine others including her family. They were hauled off to the Auschwitz … Continue reading
RiteAid and the Delhaize Group–which includes Food Lion–will begin putting the magazine Cosmopolitan behind blinders to protect your children from seeing “salacious images and headlines.” The decision is a response to a big push from the Cosmo Harms Minors campaign … Continue reading
I must be an odd Yankee. The onslaught of stories about the War on the Confederate Flag continue to bug me. While other stories relating to the honored/enraging Southern symbol have mainly affected its use on the local or state … Continue reading
Declaration of Independence. The public act by which the Second Continental Congress, on July 4, 1776, declared the Colonies to be free and independent of England. The document embodying it. Declaration. Noun. The act of declaring. Announcement. A positive, explicit, … Continue reading
Progress, progress, progress. I keep hearing this word from the Left. Marriage is now a constitutional right…Progress! Obamacare…Progress! Abortion in facilities not up to surgical standards and in the third trimester…Progress! Just what exactly does the Left think that word … Continue reading
Note: the title of this post has been edited. A disturbing trend has been growing in America for some time. The thought police are progressively castigating our speech and thoughts, and social media advances the cause. Sensational news stories, and … Continue reading
