When we prepare ourselves to vote for a President of these united States or for any other civil office, we are looking for a man who possesses certain knowledge and has demonstrated a certain commitment.

The knowledge we are looking for from a presidential candidate is basically this:

Firstly, does he acknowledge the moral law of God as the ultimate legal standard for everything he will undertake? That is, does he recognize the legal authority of what our founders referred to as “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God”?

Secondly, does he recognize and acknowledge that the authority of the federal government is limited also to the specific enumerated powers contained in the Constitution?

The commitment we seek from him can be summed up in this question:

Has he demonstrated a proper understanding of law and civil government by his past actions and decisions?

Thoughts on the 4th of July
Your Role in Preserving our Grand Republic

America's Founding Fathers pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to the cause of freedom. To those of us who are 236 years removed from the American Revolution that may sound like nothing more than idealism. But it wasn't. Not then. It was realism. It was necessity. It was what they had to do to survive and prevail.

And on this 4th of July, it is what we as patriotic Americans must do again. Not should do - must do. We must do more than wave small American flags as the high school band marches by or cheer the fireworks display or smear sweet, sticky watermelon juice from ear to ear.

You know what is going on in this country, from City Hall to the County Courthouse; from the State Capitol to the U.S. Capitol to the White House. And you may have come to the realization that despite all of the promises politicians make to restore America to greatness, that restoration will never be accomplished through politics.