Dave Racer, MLitt Far too many people don’t understand the basic functions, distinctions, and separations in our form of government. The federal republic, known as – the United States of America – and the 50 states all have been granted enumerated powers by We the People. The responsibilities of each are different. But Americans know …
By Dave Racer, MLitt This is a “what if” piece. If the U.S.A. Constitution’s meanings are subjected to the learned opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and are not anchored in the meaning of the Constitution itself, then We the People live under tyranny. That is not the intention of our …
It’s April 25, 2022, the last minutes of the last day of the Twenty-first Session of Student Senate. “Before we adjourn,” Student Senate President Colin Paschen said, “I have an announcement.” Paschen walked to the podium where he stood in front of the 20 other Senators, their parents, friends, and me, and called Student Senator …
The universe, most likely, knows that Democrats impeached Donald J. Trump in December 2020, at the end of his “first” term in office. Democrats brought one charge against him. On Saturday, February 13, 2021, the United States Senate voted “not guilty” of the charge levied in the impeachment. (Those are the legal terms Senator Leahy …
You can’t have a free society without free speech. Google, Amazon.com and Facebook prefer censorship. On this, conservatives like Governor Mike Huckabee and liberals/libertarians like Glen Greenwald agree. (NOTE: In 2008, I joined Gov. Huckabee and Dr. Dave McCarthy for a health care forum emceed by LaVar Burton. They all received America’s Creed from me.) …
Some folks say Christmas gives them a headache. What if, however, the headache nearly kills you? Like me, you’d be glad to live in the United States and have access to high quality health care services. Christmas Eve, 2012 – 6:45 AM. The alarm awoke me abruptly after a good night’s sleep. I felt relatively …
No one in his or her sane mind wants to get sick. We all do at some time, of course, but if you can avoid it you do – especially sickness that leads to death. Except for Covid-19, most of us habitually ignore data and news stories about death, save for an isolated report here …
Why do people give up their own goals to serve someone others? I suppose the answers are as varied as there are people. In my case, what happened to me in October 1995 changed my life – dramatically. I wanted to share this life-changing story with you. It’s an application of a Scriptural passage from …
Rosanne, my wife of forever, turned 60 a few years ago. For years prior she talked about wanting to skydive. For her 60th. birthday present, I gave her a skydive at an airfield in Baldwin, Wisconsin. On a beautiful early summer day, several of her children and grandchildren and I gathered at the airport. We …
NEW YORK CITY, JUNE 26, 1989 – THE EIB NETWORK. “This past Friday I did a Rush to Excellence Tour event in Minneapolis,” paraphrasing Rush Limbaugh on his Monday, June 26, 1989 live talk show. “And I have to tell you about this man up there who hosted the tour stop – Dave Racer. He …