Category: US History
The Electoral College
The U.S. Constitution was designed to deal with the failings of the human condition. The Founders had many fears of the excesses of human nature, notably his susceptibility to corruption and his lust for power and control. The Founders viewed with dred the number of despotic states that had within living memory been free and
Confederate statues
The attachment to the Confederacy by some Americans is misplaced loyalty. The Confederacy was fighting to retain slavery through States Rights. How can you justify that?? After the North won the Battle of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Mississippi, Southern leadership knew the South couldn’t win the Civil War. Instead of negotiating an end to the war, they
Foundations of America
What is the ideal country we would like to live in?? This is the exact question our Founding Fathers asked. After much discussion, thought and prayer, they came up with a new form of government. The values and fundamental principles put into place made the new country of the United States of America unique in