This is an important question, and it has several facets, each of which is worthy of reflection. For the moment I’d like to focus on whether this is a Christian nation in the sense that it is supposed to be one, or at least was one in the beginning. In this context, the clear truth is that America was a Christian nation—at least that was the intent of the Founders. There are volumes of laws, court rulings, articles and letters all of which establish that the Founders and those in power for the...
Faith and American History
Obedience to the Unenforceable
In our friend Fitz Allison’s insightful new book, Truth in an Age of Arrogance, I found a quote by someone I’d never heard of, Lord John Fletcher Moulton. I looked him up; he was a brilliant English mathematician and jurist at the beginning of the last century. The words that Lord Moulton spoke which struck me are, “The greatness of a nation, its true civilization, is measured by the extent of its obedience to the unenforceable.” Rule of Law is absolutely essential to freedom, commerce and...
2020 Vision: How to Fix the Next Ten Years in Ten Steps: Step Four
4. For 2011, every branch and department of government at every level, except Defense, will have to get by on ten percent less income, including salaries. Let the government’s skilled managers decide how to accomplish this reduction in each department at every level; it will likely be a learning experience for them.
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