Response to “The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers”— Who Were They Hiding...
Christian Pinto and Adullum Films have produced a DVD titled The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers in which they argue that America was not founded as a Christian nation. Rather, Pinto says, the...
View ArticleRecess Appointments: Focusing on the Wrong Word?
President Obama has stirred controversy by appointing several persons to powerful positions without seeking Senate confirmation. He claims authority to do this based upon Article II, § 2 of the...
View ArticleWendell Mitchell, RIP
The first time I met Wendell Mitchell was about 22 years ago. As the Dean of the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, he was interviewing me for a professorship, and he asked me, “Could you fit into the...
View ArticleLutherans for Life on HHS: “Here We Stand!”
Last Saturday 18 Feb 2012, during our Lutherans for Life Board of Directors meeting at Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO, the Executive Director asked me to prepare a statement concerning...
View ArticleJudge Roy Moore & Foundation Defend Memorial Cross in Supreme Court Brief
The Foundation for Moral Law, a non-profit organization dedicated to defending religious liberty and the public acknowledgment of God, filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court on...
View ArticleGrand Canyon’s Trail of Time: Must Creationists Take a Hike?
It’s good to be back in the office again! I’ve just returned from a speaking engagement in Phoenix, Arizona, and a side trip to the Grand Canyon. This is the fourth time I’ve hiked the Canyon, not...
View ArticleOn the Eve of a Landmark Decision
During the March 27th oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care legislation, swing Justice Anthony Kennedy asked the U.S. Solicitor General a key...
View ArticleIn the Aftermath of a Landmark (?) Decision
ON THE EVE OF A LANDMARK DECISION John Eidsmoe, Colonel (AL), Alabama State Defense Force [Note: This article is written in two parts, Part One the day before the health care decision, and Part Two in...
View ArticleTHE LAST JEFFERSONIAN — Recommended Reading
At least once a year, I visit a rural cemetery near Beresford, South Dakota, where my parents, grandparents, and many other Eidsmoes await the Resurrection. Elsewhere in the cemetery is a large...
View ArticleMarbury v. Madison (Wisc.): Faith, Football, and Freedom OF Religion
This morning I had the privilege of standing with hundreds of students, parents, and citizens at Marbury High School in Autauga County, Ala., as they held signs and displayed shirts (like the one...
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