We won, now what?

On November 19, 1863 Abraham Lincoln stood overlooking the Gettysburg battlefield trying to assess what had been accomplished there.  When the smoke cleared, two things were obvious:  both armies had suffered overwhelming casualties (over 51,000) and the north had won...

Will conservatives ever learn how to play together?

By Dan Fisher   When I was a kid playing with the others in my neighborhood, invariably, we’d have someone in our group who’d insist on getting their way or they’d threaten to go home.  If we wanted to play football, they would threaten to go home if we didn’t play...

The Black Robed Regiment: Preachers who fought

By Dan Fisher   On Sunday morning, Jan 21, 1776, pastor John Muhlenberg climbed into his pulpit in Woodstock, VA to preach.  In his black clerical robe, the traditional dress of 18th century preachers, Muhlenberg preached from the third chapter of Ecclesiastes.  He...

Jesus was a capitalist – not a socialist

I am appalled today to hear many of our leaders openly advocating socialism.  Not that long ago, being associated with socialism would have ended a political career – but not today.  Leaders not only openly admit to being socialists, they promote it as superior to...

“Separation of church and state, fact or fiction?”

It took 158 years from the ratification of the Constitution for America’s esteemed Supreme Court to find a “wall of separation between church and state” in the Constitution.  In Everson v. Board of Education, 1947, in a 5-4 decision, those five “kings in black robes”...