Conservative RefocusBy Barry Secrest "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity".... Charles Dickens in part,… more »

Big Government / David J. Bobb A recent paper, published by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, claims that “exposure to Fourth of July at an early age” makes young people more likely to later vote Republican. So before venturing out to the loc… more »

Yahoo News by Mike Krumboltz There are a lot of stories surrounding the Declaration of Independence. One of the most famous concerns John Hancock and his comically large signature. According to legend, the founding father signed his name bigger than… more »

AFP  Global freedom declined for a fifth straight year in 2010 as authoritarian regimes dug in worldwide and crime and unrest plagued democracies like Mexico, a US watchdog said Thursday. In "Freedom in the World 2011" the Washington-based Free… more »

LATimes The United States' Declaration of Independence may well be the most cited yet least read or understood document in American history. Some have suggested over the years that each responsible U.S. citizen should take the occasion of the Nation'… more »