The English Bill of Rights was clearly a precursor to our US Bill of Rights.
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 @ 12:35 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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As might be expected, the text of the Magna Carta of 1215 bears many traces of haste, and is clearly the product of much bargaining and many hands.
Published: Saturday, July 2nd, 2011 @ 12:49 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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If we look back on our grade school education, we remember being taught the very fundamentals of what went on at the Constitutional Convention.
Published: Monday, June 27th, 2011 @ 12:40 am
By: Diane Rufino
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During the opening of its coverage of the US Open this past weekend, NBC used the opportunity to make a political statement. It decided to edit the Pledge of Allegiance, taking out the phrase "Under God" (and also the word "indivisible").
Published: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 @ 9:54 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Those who understand the intent behind the Constitution to protect individual liberty take to heart what Thomas Jefferson wrote - ""Every word of the Constitution decides a question between power and liberty."
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2011 @ 4:10 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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How do you know 'judicial activism' when you see it? Black's Law Dictionary defines judicial activism as a "philosophy of judicial decision-making whereby judges allow their personal views about public policy, among other factors, to guide their decisions."
Published: Thursday, June 16th, 2011 @ 9:16 am
By: Diane Rufino
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How nice it is for some people to declare that other people should continue to pay more and more in taxes to support a reckless and corrupt government.
Published: Sunday, May 15th, 2011 @ 11:29 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I'm writing in response to Ms. Winborne's letter which recklessly attacks the Tea Party and the GOP.
Published: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 @ 11:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Young adults often wonder what their rights are in the public school system with respect to religion.
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 @ 10:59 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On Wednesday, April 6, about 800-1000 Tea Party and other conservative groups stood on the Capitol lawn in Washington DC to tell the government to "Cut Spending!"
Published: Saturday, April 9th, 2011 @ 12:03 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Our President has announced worldwide that the United States is the largest Muslim nation. We are at the verge of building a magnificent mosque at Ground Zero as a symbol of Islam's conquest.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2011 @ 10:07 am
By: Diane Rufino
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It seems that the Mainstream media suddenly woke up and determined that Palin should go away and Michelle Bachman should be muted.
Published: Saturday, February 12th, 2011 @ 10:11 pm
By: Doug Rufino
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Socialized health care has always conjured up the fear of rationed health care to those deemed of lower social value, such as the elderly and the disabled.
Published: Sunday, January 16th, 2011 @ 5:08 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On Saturday, January 8th, the country witnessed a tragic and horrific act of violence. Six innocent individuals were killed at a shopping center in Tucson, Arizona.
Published: Saturday, January 15th, 2011 @ 9:57 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Your article insults my intelligence. You provide no evidence to support your "belief", yet you spout ignorant rhetoric.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2011 @ 11:26 am
By: Doug Rufino
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They wanted to use our hard-earned tax dollars to pay for insurance coverage for abortions, a procedure that too many find offensive to their conscience.
Published: Friday, December 17th, 2010 @ 10:33 am
By: Diane Rufino
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In 1787, a group of brilliant Americans met in Philadelphia with the task of setting up a government to effectively manage a union of independent, and sovereign states.
Published: Monday, October 4th, 2010 @ 10:09 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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In this edition of our comedy opus, we discuss humor that is radical Islam.
Published: Friday, September 17th, 2010 @ 11:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Scholars view the Constitution from 2 viewpoints: Some see the Constitution as an unchanging document; and others see the Constitution as a "Living Document."
Published: Thursday, September 16th, 2010 @ 4:36 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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It's becoming a Ground Zero for a heated exchange between those who respect the events of 9/11 and the Muslim community (represented by Imam Rauf) who doesn't seem to.
Published: Thursday, September 16th, 2010 @ 12:21 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I went to Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally two weeks ago, and then got right back into my van and drove back up to Washington D.C. for the 9/12 Rally.
Published: Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 @ 9:35 am
By: Diane Rufino
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This 6th installment in Diane Rufino's series examining Our Founding Principles considers the many clauses of the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 @ 12:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In this 4th segment of Diane Rufino's examination of our Founding Principles, she examines: Compact Federalism, the Federalist Farmer andAlexis de Tocqueville.
Published: Friday, September 10th, 2010 @ 9:03 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I don't know about you, but I'm tired of honest, well-intentioned, patriotic Americans being called names, and especially racist ones.
Published: Thursday, September 9th, 2010 @ 12:20 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; It is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.
Published: Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 @ 1:42 am
By: Diane Rufino
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As we initiate this ongoing series, this category on what made this a once great nation, we examine our nation's first document.
Published: Friday, September 3rd, 2010 @ 9:00 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On Monday, Aug. 30, the Huffington Post posted a vile piece offering $100,000 for a sex tape or other incriminating information on Glenn Beck so they can permanently remove him from the airwaves.
Published: Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 @ 12:38 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Glenn Beck had a dream. He thought that if Americans can unite in order to restore honor to our nation, it would be the first step in taking our country back.
Published: Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 @ 12:38 am
By: Diane Rufino
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On August 4, a federal court in California struck down the gay marriage ban, popularly known as Proposition 8, and handed a victory to thousands of gays and lesbians.
Published: Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 @ 1:49 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Lawyer Rufino has supplied our funnybones with a bit of sustenance for one our favorite subjects: the plight, or is it blight, of lawyers.
Published: Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 @ 11:58 am
By: Diane Rufino
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TEA Party rally along the waterfront in Washington on Oct. 2
Published: Sunday, August 8th, 2010 @ 3:14 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Lawyer Rufino has supplied our funnybones with a bit of sustenance for one our favorite subjects: the plight, or is it blight, of lawyers.
Published: Thursday, August 5th, 2010 @ 11:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As a human being, I am touched at the virtues that Shirley Sherrod came to embrace. I am thankful that her lesson is the one we are talking about instead of divisive racist inuendo.
Published: Thursday, August 5th, 2010 @ 12:57 am
By: Diane Rufino
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It's not everyday that we have such a pristine example of the differences between these two cultures. Then again, I could be wrong ... I may have overestimated its significance.
Published: Sunday, August 1st, 2010 @ 8:53 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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