Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
Walt Tollefson 
I want to make something clear about my support for President Donald Trump. Supporting many of his policies does not mean I approve of his personality, every word that comes out of his mouth, or every person he chooses to place around him. I do not believe Christians are called to surrender their judgment to a political party, and I certainly do not believe we are supposed to turn any president into an object of devotion.
When Schools Teach Young People What to Think Instead of How to Think
My fellow West Point graduate John Dube, Class of 1983, recently shared a lengthy Facebook post written by Mike Rowe. Most people know Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs and from the work he has done promoting skilled labor, personal responsibility, and common sense. After reading what John shared, I decided I probably ought to follow Mike on Facebook myself.
Before and during World War II, the Nazi Party did not gain and maintain power through military force alone. It worked patiently to shape the way ordinary Germans thought, spoke, worshipped, learned, and related to one another.
One of the most overused words in American politics today is “fascist.”
The label is thrown around so casually that it has nearly lost all meaning. Many Americans are told daily that Donald Trump is a fascist, that MAGA supporters are fascists, and that anyone who supports conservative policies is somehow a threat to democracy.
But before we condemn millions of our fellow citizens with one of history’s most serious political accusations, perhaps we should take a moment to understand what fascism actually is.
As America approaches its 250th birthday, I find myself asking a question that would have seemed absurd when I was young:
How did so many Americans come to hate their own country?
This lesson is not written to tell anyone how to vote.
It is written to remind Christians that our first loyalty is not to a political party, a social movement, a news network, a favorite politician, or a cultural tribe.
There is a strange and dangerous sickness growing in parts of the modern church. It wears religious language. It quotes Scripture selectively. It claims to speak for justice, compassion, prophecy, or “the oppressed.” But beneath the robe is an old hatred with a new mask.
It is Christian anti-Semitism.
One of the hardest things about discussing January 6th is that many Americans no longer seem interested in finding the truth. Too often, we are more interested in defending our tribe.
This lesson is not written to tell anyone how to vote.
It is written to remind Christians that our first loyalty is not to a political party, a social movement, a news network, a favorite politician, or a cultural tribe.
One of the most dangerous things happening in America today is that political disagreement is no longer being treated as disagreement.
America, we need to remember how to disagree without hating one another. When I was growing up, many of my neighbors and friends were Democrats. My family was conservative and Republican. We disagreed. Sometimes we argued politics at the dinner table. But when the weekend came, we still went swimming together, canoeing together, watching movies together, eating together, and living as neighbors. Political disagreement did not require hatred. It did not require destroying friendships. It did not require treating half the country as enemies.