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“Forcing one American to serve the purposes of another is one way slavery can be defined.”

– Walter Williams

Wishing You A Respect-Filled New Year        By Theresa Fritz Camoriano            I hope that, in the new year, we all will treat one another with greater respect.  So, for example, if I want a business to cater to my tastes, I will speak respectfully with the manager to explain my wishes and then will spend my money in the businesses that serve me best.  I will not lobby the city or state or feds to force the business to do things my way.  If I want children to be better educated, or if I have some other pet cause, I may send money to support that cause or may personally take action to promote that cause, such as tutoring a struggling child, but I will not ask the legislature to take more money from my neighbors by force in order to use the money for my pet cause.  I will respect my neighbors’ right to use their money to support their pet projects – even if they are projects I would not support myself, and I will not try to dictate to them by force how to live their lives.      (click to read more)

KEEPING ABREAST OF THINGS           By Terry Gray           When I heard the Louisville city attorney in the adult bar issue say that the constitution doesn’t guarantee freedom of nudity, I was shocked.  Will we now have to come up with a way to dress babies in the womb just before delivery?  Will the city of Louisville petition God and demand that babies be clothed?      (click to read more)

Childhood Memories           by Tom Preble       Wow, the essay that follows describes a large part of my childhood on Long Island.  As ordinary and carefree as can be.  Now I see that is what made it wonderful.      (click to read more)

The fall of the Athenian Republic vs the USA          (submitted by a reader – source unknown)         At about the time our original 13 states adopted their new constitution in 1787, a Scottish history professor by the name of Professor Alexander Tytler had this to say about "The Fall of the Athenian Republic" over 2,000 years previous to that date:       (click to read more)

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man encouraging class hatred. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

Reverend William J. H. Boetcker

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