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^{Bruce Chapman
November 1, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

Strange and Maybe Wonderful Case of a New Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

_{Bruce Chapman
November 1, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

It is now newsworthy (in the New York Times) that North Dakotans are in the process of building a $333 million Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. It is a private philanthropic venture not connected to the National Archives collection of presidential libraries that go back to the middle of the last century. Read More ›

Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church view in Cambridge Massachusetts, USA

^{Debra J. Saunders
October 25, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

Too Pure for Harvard?

_{Debra J. Saunders
October 25, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

The BDS -- or Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions -- movement began in 2005 as a progressive effort to defund and isolate Israel. The goal has been to pull money from Israeli institutions, isolate the Jewish State and stoke cowardice in corporate boardrooms. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
October 22, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

Beyond Orwell: The Players and Strategies of Today’s Censorship and Cancel Culture Part II

_{Scott S. Powell
October 22, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

When crises come—whether a pandemic or war—most people become fixated on the immediate events and fail to connect the dots that provide a context for how those events may fit together in a deep state or globalist agenda. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
October 21, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

Beyond Orwell: The Players and Strategies of Today’s Censorship and Cancel Culture

_{Scott S. Powell
October 21, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

Just a few generations ago, most Americans understood that George Orwell’s classics Animal Farm and 1984 were written as a warning about how freedom is lost to the tyranny and intolerance of totalitarianism. Read More ›

^{Jay W. Richards and James Robison
February 13, 2024
Citizen Leadership, Economics}

Fight the Good Fight

_{Jay W. Richards and James Robison
February 13, 2024
Citizen Leadership, Economics}

Hard choices lie ahead, Christians. The bestselling team of James Robison and Jay Richards show what’s at stake in our post-Christian society, how to prepare, and why we must never forget that the battle, above all, is spiritual. Our rulers have kicked aside our Constitution and common sense. They have demonized our heroes. Now they’re trying to erase the difference Read More ›

Tel Aviv skyline off the shore of the Mediterranean sea - Panoramic aerial image

^{Bruce Chapman
October 16, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

Myth and Reality of Israel’s Success

_{Bruce Chapman
October 16, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

Allysia Finley of the Wall Street Journal does us all a favor in her column, "Our enemies are the CEO’s…Our comrades are in Gaza," describing the labor Union SEIU units that are seeking to portray Israel’s vital and pathfinding economy as the product capitalism and colonialism. They get the historical facts wrong, she writes, quoting at length from George Gilder. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
October 11, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

America at the Crossroads: A Free Republic or a Police State?

_{Scott S. Powell
October 11, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

It’s not easy for elites in the public and private sector in America—who live in luxury and are removed from majority of the people—to acknowledge their failures and wayward priorities. But that awareness can be driven by the people, who can more easily recognize that acknowledging failure and the need for God are the keys and cornerstone to spiritual revival, which will in turn open the way for America’s recovery and renewal. Read More ›

^{Bruce Chapman
September 29, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

I’m Running for President — You Could Do Worse (and Probably Will)

_{Bruce Chapman
September 29, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

My fellow citizens: I hereby announce my candidacy for president. I'm 82 now, and am finally old enough. When I told my wife, she said, “Well, they could do worse. And probably will.” That will be my campaign slogan, “You Could Do Worse.” Read More ›

United States Constitution with quill, glasses and candle holder

^{Scott S. Powell
September 16, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

Constitution Day—September 17—Reminds Us that People’s Potential Is Unleashed by Limited Government

_{Scott S. Powell
September 16, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

With Constitution Day coming up on September 17th, it’s the right time to get reacquainted with the Judeo-Christian foundation and structural basics of the Constitution that were intended for the sole purpose of good governance. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
August 21, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

Seeing Through Hoaxes and Deceit Is the Opening to Find Truth and Real Progress

_{Scott S. Powell
August 21, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

A key benefit of Americans going through unprecedented tough times is that it prompts people to rethink everything that doesn’t make sense. Read More ›