Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
Upon exiting the Constitutional Convention, a lady of some renown (Elizabeth Powel) asked Dr. Franklin, ‘Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” Franklin replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” 9/18/1787
Today, we Americans are marching to a new ‘Path to Glory” for our country much as our founders and ancestors had to do. Today, we must continue to be Americans First citizens and rise above partisan politics and political parties. We must face the future solving our problems and plans looking through a reality prism not a political one and seek to restore this great country, our Republic and the Constitution. The goal ahead is to select common-sense leaders who understand our challenges and have the vision to lead us to a secure America so all can be in the pursuit of happiness and a thankful life.
Benjamin Franklin’s response to Elizabeth Willing Powel’s question: “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” “A republic, if you can keep it.” 9/17/1787
When I looked at the question, Can a Free Republic be a Superpower?, the conflict between transparency and security troubled me. I set the series aside for a bit and was reminded of it when I wrote a post on LinkedIn, Truth is the First Casualty of War. This is Part 3, and it …
Japanese Admiral Yamamoto reportedly said, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
On the surface, this question seems almost silly. The US has a nuclear arsenal, one of the strongest economies, and outstanding military power. Yet we ran from Afghanistan with our tail between our legs in near total disgrace. We did something like that in Vietnam nearly 50 years before repeating it in Afghanistan. Are these …
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.
A deeper examination of its founding principles reveals a crucial distinction: the USA is unequivocally a constitutional republic.
Citizen Writer, Dachtor Strange says the founders and framers were smart, and they understood that “one person-one vote democracy” for all citizens would be disastrous.
In this first of two pieces in the seventh of our series – Our Great U.S. Culture War. We discuss the requirements for a Republic. They are non-negotiable.
The framers of the Constitution envisioned a system in which the federal government would have clear boundaries to prevent overreach.
Is criticism of the DOJ an attack on democracy? Yes, it is. It is also a defense of the republic.
Ben Franklin famously said, “You’ve got a republic, if you can keep it.” That warning is particularly haunting now, because we seem on the verge of losing it – not from foreign invasion – not from revolution – but because we stopped caring about it.
If there are two concepts that are diametrically opposed, they are the idea of individual liberty and that of “noble birth.”
Defending The Republic, Part 1: Scenarios Over the last year, I’ve been thinking, researching, and writing (Corporatism Part 1, Part 2; Thoughts on Ukraine, Part 7: The Joint Corporatist Scenario, among others) a lot about corporatism. I’ve been searching for a reason why corporations are doing what they are doing with social justice agendas. Why …
The current generation likes to bandy the term, “democracy” about. the framers however, never intended such. Their aim was always a Constitutional Republic.
Democrats and Republicans are saying opposite things from each other most of the time, except at election time we seem to hear more moderate and conservative talk from Dem candidates and their party bosses.
Benjamin Franklin. Image via Pixabay Ben Franklin famously said, “You’ve got a republic, if you can keep it.” That warning is particularly haunting now, because we seem on the verge of losing it – not from foreign invasion – not from revolution – but because we stopped caring about it. America was founded on …
