Points of Light
Somebody once said that we are all points of light. That is true. We all have a voice, too. If you, alone, scream it might be for a...
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tomward39
Mar 4, 20202 min read
The Framers of the United States Constitution were geniuses.
The framers not only crafted a pretty darn good blueprint for running our country their marketing brilliance was off the scale! In...
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tomward39
Feb 4, 20203 min read
The Fourth Amendment
The Fourth Amendment was adopted in response to the abuse of the writ of assistance, a type of general search warrant issued by the...
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tomward39
Feb 4, 20202 min read
Two very large influencers
Fear and ignorance. They feed off one another. When a person is ignorant of a subject, they are likely fearful of it. And if they’ve been...
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tomward39
Jan 24, 20202 min read
Commerce clause
The Commerce Clause, as stated in Article 1. Sec. 8. Paragraph 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several...
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tomward39
Jan 22, 20204 min read
The 3rd amendment
Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791. The first 10 amendments form the Bill of Rights. The Third Amendment...
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tomward39
Jan 22, 20202 min read
The 2nd amendment
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms and was adopted on December...
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tomward39
Jan 22, 20201 min read
House of Representatives' district size
Why are there only 435 Representatives in the House? The Constitution states that districts are to be no larger than 30,000. Based on the...
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tomward39
Jan 21, 20202 min read
The First amendment
1st amendment Commonly called “Freedom of speech” the first amendment was proposed in 1789 by James Madison. Although Madison wrote and...
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tomward39
Dec 31, 20191 min read
Be that restraint
My dog decided she was going to sleep on the couch last night. My brother saw this and scolded her. She ran into my bedroom until my...
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tomward39
Dec 31, 20191 min read
Liberty
Liberty Just what is it? We’ve all heard ‘Give me liberty or give me death’. So is liberty the opposite of death? Let’s see what the...
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tomward39
Dec 18, 20192 min read
Children of the Congress
The Democrats in Congress, every nook and cranny of government on every level, have spent the last century acting like spoiled little...
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tomward39
Dec 6, 20191 min read
Purpose
Everything and every behavior in Nature has a purpose. Bees pollinate flowers so they can reproduce. Bees fly so they can pollinate more...
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tomward39
Dec 3, 20192 min read
Courage
We are Americans...or at least we used to be. Our ancestors were people of action, they were risk takers. They were a people of...
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tomward39
Nov 17, 20191 min read
Lions and Lambs
There seems to be a small, and aging, group of lions amidst of a nation of lambs, or sheep. The people of this country are afraid to...
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tomward39
Nov 15, 20191 min read
Fear
I was recent testifying at a state committee hearing. There was a lot of fear in that room from the opposition. I am a volunteer for the...
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tomward39
Nov 8, 20192 min read
You have three choices
Alright. We have three choices available to us as a nation. Oh, I’m aware this won’t get read by many because this is not a cute little...
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tomward39
Nov 7, 20191 min read
Urgency
I believe this nation as a whole lacks a sense of urgency. I often hear people say that we are one election away from losing our country...
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tomward39
Nov 7, 20192 min read
I have a dream!
I dream of living in the kind of nation that is modeled in the U.S. Constitution. Not a dictatorship, oligarchy, monarchy or even a...
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tomward39
Nov 5, 20192 min read
Patriotism
What is Patriotism? Some would describe that as what those 300 Spartans did so many years ago, some would suggest that what William...
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