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Jerry NewcombeTownhall |
Virtually every week there is some news item about the war on America’s founding ideals. In Concord, Massachusetts on April 19, 1775, the “shot...
The war on America as founded continues unabated. As well know, the Francis Scott Key Bridge was destroyed recently, and already the woke elites are...
The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the cornerstone of historic Christianity. But is there scientific evidence it really happened? Some...
Last week an item on Fox News.com caught my attention. It was a “this day in history” article, commemorating the first rock music concert held, on...
For more than 50 years, the left has promoted abortion in America. But last week we saw something new in this battle. For the first time ever, a...
Can anybody name one-square inch on the planet where Communism has done anyone any good? Anywhere? Not for the ruling elites, but for the people...
We have become a nation of rude people. Does that matter? I actually think it does because there is a link between manners and morals. As a...
Since we celebrated Presidents' Day recently, I thought it might be interesting to reflect on the faith of the first six men who held that office....
In recent decades the quality of American education has plummeted. When you scan the headlines related to education, you realize how far we have...
Are parents who are concerned for their children’s education “haters”? Are they bigots? Do they deserve to be treated as “domestic...
Almost 250 years ago, 13 separate colonies in North America, founded mostly by the British, made a pact together to form one unit. Instead of being...
Around this time of year, we remember the infamous Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade of January 22, 1973, which condemned some 65 million preborn...
Recently, the Biden administration was going after a statue of William Penn in the city he founded, Philadelphia, in a state literally named after his...
Here’s a quick quiz. When you think of December 25th, what comes to mind? No doubt Christmas is the answer. How about February 14? St. Valentine’s...
History is filled with people who quit too early and thus never fulfilled their key tasks in life. With a new year upon us, it’s good to think...
The idea of the United States as an independent nation was saved by an unusual act on Christmas night in 1776. It was a battle, and, God in His...
I once asked my grandchildren, “What were the first Christmas gifts?” And one of them showed she was on the right track….up to a point. The...
This year is the 100th anniversary of the Hollywood sign. It used to say “Hollywoodland.” But today the city is on hard times. A recent headline...
December 7th, 1941 is “a date which will live in infamy,” declared President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Japanese pilot that led the infamous raid...
For the last few generations, Western civilization has been under attack. But recently there were some excellent defenses of it made by Bill Maher...
Another Thanksgiving is upon us. But it’s amazing how ungrateful people can be these days. One comedian quipped, “My grandfather tried to warn...
Around this time of year, when we remember our veterans, grade-school children in a Washington state school won’t be taught to honor those who have...
America is falling apart at the seams or so it seems. About a decade ago, Dr. Richard Land---then the president of Southern Evangelical Seminary,...
After Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson was voted in as the Speaker of the House, many on the left threw a fit about him. He has been described as:...
It’s amazing how, in our age of the great unraveling, we see the value of a college education imploding before our eyes. The evil Hamas did in...
George Washington, the father of our country, envisioned an America where people of all faiths could enjoy peace. In 1790, he wrote to the synagogue...
It seems that just about every time there’s a major conflict in the Middle East---such as the recent horrific attacks by Hamas on Israeli men,...
What’s that book those presidents swear in on every four years? Of course, it’s the Bible. Is it just a prop or is there meaning to that...
In scanning the headlines, it’s amazing how many of them chronicle the fall of those who have given themselves over into one temptation after...
Communists are burning flags in Chicago. If you will, they were “trying that in a large town” in their protests at a Jason Aldean concert in the...
September 17th each year marks the historic moment in “the year of our Lord 1787” when the Constitution was signed in Philadelphia. This was a...
By now, word has gotten out about a 12-year-old boy in a Colorado school getting in trouble, temporarily, because of a small patch seen on his...