Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2010 10:40 Written by John Eidsmoe Tuesday, 01 September 2009 12:41
John Witherspoon was not only a Founding Father, but in his roles as preacher and professor he taught and influenced many of the great men of the Founding era.
On November 15, 1794, a 72-year-old Presbyterian preacher lay dying on his farm near Princeton, New Jersey. In some ways he may have welcomed death. His wife had died five years earlier, and for over two years he had been blind, so his associates had to lead him into the pulpit, where he still preached with his usual earnestness and perhaps with more than his usual solemnity and animation. Even though his bodily infirmities increased, his mind remained active to the end, and he continued to exercise his duties as pastor and college president until the end.
Read more: John Witherspoon: Preacher, Professor, and Patriot.
Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2010 10:41 Written by Cody Harness Tuesday, 07 July 2009 15:06
What did the Founding Fathers intend the executive branch of our government to be used for and why? What has happened to it since? This article answers these questions in easy to understand terms.
Last Updated on Monday, 01 March 2010 14:18 Written by Cody Harness Tuesday, 07 July 2009 14:45
Using an example of a shipwreck and some castaways this article explains what government is and what it should be used for. This is a good article for anyone wanting to understand basic government.
What is government? What purpose should it serve? Should there be government at all? If so, how should it be structured?
Of perhaps equal importance: How did government arise? And what have been the consequences?
Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2010 10:54 Written by Cody Harness Tuesday, 07 July 2009 12:52
We believe this story originated in 1963 by Tom Anderson, a conservative author. It appeared later in THE NEW AMERICAN magazine Vol. 8, No. 23 November 16, 1992 This story applies very much to today's day and age.
"Many years ago, a drove of wild hogs lived in a big bend of the Ocmulgee River in Georgia. They had survived floods and fires and freezes and hunters and droughts. Hunters bragged when their dogs fought the hogs and returned alive. Finally one gallant man came by the country store on the river road and asked how he could find the wild hogs....
Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2010 10:42 Written by Cody Harness Tuesday, 07 July 2009 12:11
A foundational document setting the stage for the Rule of Law, Natural, or God-Given Rights, and the future development of English common law and the American form of government, the Magna Carta is a very important early document. We have placed it on the Freedom Project blog for students as a learning resource.
Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2010 10:43 Written by Cody Harness Tuesday, 07 July 2009 10:42
For any student of America's history, heritage, and government it is important to read the writings that made us a nation. We hope this will be a great learning resource.
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"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property . . . Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them."Thomas Paine, Thoughts on Defensive War (1775).