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Michael W. Smith: The Sacrifices Made By The Signers of the Declaration

Happy July 4 to everyone in America. Just a reminder of the price that was paid for our freedom. Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who … Continue reading

July 4, 2025 · 21 Comments

Howard Zinn: Thoughts on Civil Disobedience

They’ll say we’re disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war.

April 28, 2024 · 6 Comments

Aileen Cassinetto: There are no kings in America

There are no kings in America.
Only gilded men we can topple
again and again.

July 4, 2020 · 4 Comments

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield: The Declaration of Independence Told Us What to Do About Tyrants Like Trump

The government’s powers are derived from the consent of the governed, and it is our right to abolish any government that fails to protect our safety and happiness.

July 30, 2019 · 1 Comment

Ellen McGrath Smith: Erasures

. To a Candid World Election Day, 2018   Dependent on his Will alone, the political bands are totally dissolved: light and transient causes, convulsions within, domestic insurrection; Cruelty and … Continue reading

November 14, 2018 · Leave a comment

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