Fixated on Trump While Ignoring all Else “Calm down! We’re here to talk about new streets, not Donald Trump!” By Dave Racer, MLitt This short opinion piece is a call to rational thinkers who prefer dignified, if not spirited, discussion about politics, culture, economics, education, faith, or any number of important concerns. In short, American …
By Dave Racer, MLitt (NOTE: This is Chapter One of Dave’s new textbook, How Our Government Really Works, expected to be released in the Fall of 2025) Why should you care how our government works? In fact, maybe you would prefer that government simply leaves you alone. “Government is run by those who show up.” …
Which of these forms of government would be your preference as a way to organize and govern the country in which you live? Alternative One. A government that attempts to make your best interest its first obligation. Therefore, it decides where you will live, chooses your type of work, ensures you have the essentials necessary …
Democrats are at war with the 77.3 million Americans who voted for Donald J. Trump. The federal district courts are the battlefields. Our Republic and our citizens are the potential losers. Democrats are abusing the federal court system to fight for power and disrupt the government of the United States. Congress can end the war …
The Textbook for Today’s Teens (and You) Released on January 1, 2025, American Government-For Real!! How We the People Designed our Government to Work, is the perfect way to prepare your teens to be tomorrow’s leaders. From the most foundational ideas about government, to the foundations upon which We the People built our Republic, it …
Yuval Harari labels Jesus a “brand” and a myth[1] Without faith in Jesus, does the free flow of information, A.I. and “Democracy” threaten our Republic? Dominic Green of the Wall Street Journal reviewed Yuval Harari’s book, Nexus, and reveals the author’s view of a world without the God of the Bible. His is the spirit …
Each election cycle we’re told, “This is the most important election.” In some ways, that is true of every election. How about 2024?
But it could cost you dearly By Dave Racer, MLitt Health care and private insurance are nearly unaffordable. As a result, it is predictable that sometime in 2024, the DFL legislature will give Health Care for All Minnesotans its long-sought victory. The party in power will finally force government-run health care on nearly all Minnesotans. …
By Dave Racer James Phillips, a black man, taught Ninth Grade Civics (called CORE class) at Cleveland Junior High School on the East Side of St. Paul, Minnesota in the early 1960s. I first walked into his class during September, 1961. When I matriculated from his class in June, 1962, even though only in ninth …
“Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.” What does it mean to “identify as Black?” Or who belongs to a group known as “other than white Latino(s)” and is it good or bad to be excluded from it or included in it? These are but the beginning of questions …