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Our Wonderful Bill of Rights: The First AmendmentThe First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was intended to protect our right to practice our religious faith freely; and yet, the Supreme Court has often invoked this amendment to justify decisions restricting our freedom of religion.
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Our Wonderful Bill of Rights: The Ninth and Tenth AmendmentsThe Ninth Amendment affirms that rights enumerated in the Constitution do not preclude the existence of other rights belonging to the people. The Tenth Amendment says the States and the people retain all powers not granted to the Federal Government.
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Our Wonderful Bill of Rights: The Sixth and Seventh AmendmentsOur right to a trial by jury, guaranteed by the Sixth and Seventh Amendments, is being undermined.
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Our Wonderful Bill of Rights: The Fifth and Eighth AmendmentsAmericans routinely find their property devalued by governmental edicts restricting their use of it - or even taken from them altogether in the interest of some putative common good.
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Our Wonderful Bill of Rights: The Second, Third & Fourth AmendmentsThe Second Amendment protects the right of the individual to own and use guns. Without this right, our country would never have existed.
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Celebrate Bastille Day Without MeIt's a sad commentary on the quality of our educational system that so many Americans seem to think that Bastille Day is simply the French version of our own Independence Day. It is nothing of the sort.
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Let's Look for Life Here on Earth FirstPeople are so fascinated by the possibility of life in space that they tend to overlook the reality of life here on earth.
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Good Parents Must Censor CurriculaParents have the right and the duty to censor the educational texts and curricula of their children. Teachers should respect and facilitate this right, not oppose it.
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Gleason's Farewell: How Sweet it Was!In his latter years, Jackie Gleason seemed to be losing his talent, and it is richly ironic that he made a triumphant comeback playing a character facing this same crisis.
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The Electoral College Enhances Majority RuleFor most Americans, universal suffrage and the principle of "one man, one vote" are so manifestly just that they cannot even conceive of alternative approaches. But our Founding Fathers could, and did.
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An Epidemic of GratitudeThe greater part of what passes for appreciation these days is not the genuine article, but a facsimile, and a poor one at that.
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The Pleasures of Unplanned ParenthoodIf you wait 'til you're "ready" to have kids, you may never have any.
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Our Clay Idols & Our Unsung HeroesI'm tired of hearing the missing-heroes report, because it isn't true. The world is full of heroes. Heroes and heroines abound.
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Dear Government: Stop Regulating Our Lives!If busybodies were the only ones to be victimized by their own misguided policies and programs, who would care? The problem is that busybodies are always the last to feel the effects of their boundless stupidity.
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Capital Punishment: An Act of MercyDeath penalty opponents place too much emphasis on this life, and too little on the next.
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Count on CompetitionLessons in economics sometimes come from unexpected sources. Even the career of a famous jazz musician can teach us something about the miraculous workings of our free enterprise system.
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Censorship and Music: Are There No Limits Whatsoever to Free Speech?Poisonous ideas will destroy the mind as surely as poisonous substances will destroy the body. There is nothing admirable about withholding judgment as the minds of our children are poisoned. There are limits to free speech, and they should be enforced.
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Some Men Have to Be Persuaded to Get Married; Others Have to Be TrickedIt all began innocently enough. In an unexpected gesture of solidarity, some buddies of mine offered to treat me to a night of epic intoxication.
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Rejoice in What's Right with AmericaDo you know what's wrong with America? Ask that question of a hundred different Americans and you'll get a hundred different answers -- and that's what's right with America!
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Developing an Ear for GrammarWhat with all the rules and exceptions to the rules they are obliged to memorize in English courses from first grade through college, students often fail to learn one fundamental rule of grammar: You can usually hear the difference. -
Write Now! Helping Your Children Master the Art of CommunicationWant to help your children master the art of communication? Here are ten suggestions from professional writer F. R. Duplantier.
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Something Better Than A DietMarriage changes a man; it makes him fatter. But now there's help!
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Diet Plans That Make a StatementThere have been some silly diet plans published over the years, but none as silly as the new Thematic Diets.