The assault against American exceptionalism

By Doc Vega There is a siege underway in the United States. It is a battle being fought on several fronts. It is a war of ideology. The conflict is based upon the interpretation of the role of government in our...

Society vs. Checks and Balances

Whenever one hears such statements as "the family is the foundation of society," what one hears is an attempt at tyranny.Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that everyone must be married. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that everyone must have a nuclear family....

Conservatism and True Sources of American Democracy

Like liberalism, conservatism has meant different things in different ages and countries. For a long time, conservatism used to mean monarchism, and liberalism used to mean capitalism and democracy. When confronted with someone who self-identifies as conservative, the...

The Reasons Why We Fight

by Isaiah Carter Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”  --Isaac Asimov A history lesson:...

Liberal "elites" and success in America

In today's political discourse we are hearing a lot about "liberal elites." And yet these are the same people who have claimed for decades that liberals are losers and that conservatives are winners. Which makes their claim the height of hypocrisy.What is an elite?...

Why America deserves better than Puritan values

A number of conservative politicians keep hearkening back to Puritan settlers as being the true character of America or as representing core American values. There are several huge problems with that stance.First of all, America is a vast nation of 300 million people. The...

Kam Cho and Immigration

Most social problems in America get blamed on the liberals. And yet America's worst ever college shooting has taken place in one of America's most conservative universities, in one of America's most conservative areas, by a member of one of America's most conservative...

Why Julian Assange should be a hero to conservatives

I made and I continue to make the claim that American conservatives should be supporting Julian Assange. Having preached for decades that the government should be accountable to the taxpayer, the American conservatives should see as a hero a man who informs the taxpayer of...

How to determine if you are a liberal or a conservative

Be well and do good; or Be good and do well. This summarized the difference between sincere practicioners of American liberalism and American conservatism . The serious conservatives want to (or claim to want to) follow a strong religious ethical code and to make lots of...

Attitudes of Hell

Hell is this: an inversion of truth - an inversion of value - a swamp, an inverted palace, with toads at the top. Consier hell to be mathematical opposite of heaven. All that is true is held to be lie, all that is lie is held to be truth. The good is seen as evil, the...

Personality disorders and domestic violence

The concept of the sociopathic personality disorder has been vastly misused. The sociopathic disorder refers, by itself, to people who are cold, ruthless and lacking in feeling. That's not  however how it has been used. Many of the usages of the disorder have been...

Misdiagnoses of Domestic Violence

The beliefs that are held in the academia about causes of domestic violence are based on biased and inadequate research. The research that has been done is grossly slanted toward cultures that are liberal-influenced and feminism-influenced and fails to include anywhere close...

Rainbow Sash Alliance To Descend on Churches on Pentacost Sunday

The Rainbow Sash Alliance ,  a Global Catholic LGBT outreach program urging the Catholic Church to get progressive on matters of human sexuality, will descend on churches this Pentacost SundayThose who...

LGBT Community Outraged at Tea Party rally 'Straight Pride' Tees

Tea Party Express sale of "Straight Pride" Tees  at Michigan rally April 10 causes state and national outrage from Gay advocates See "Straight Pride"  Tees at the Michigan Messenger  Some...

Religious Manifesto warns of coming civil disobedience

RE-IGNITING THE CULTURE WARS :  Human Rights Campaign feels the declaration is pre-emptive,  and implies that equality and liberty cannot co-exist  In a 4,700 word treatise they have entitled,...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from