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Chief Justice Roy Moore Defends The American View - Will You? by Jake MacAulay CNN’s Chris Cuomo made the following statement in a recent interview with Roy Moore, the elected Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court:   “Our rights do not come from God, your Honor, and you know that. They come from man... That’s your faith, that’s my faith, but that’s not our country. Our laws come from collective agreement and compromise.”   Perhaps it would do Mr. Cuomo well to quote his

Is America Waging War on Law? by Jake MacAulay “America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!”   Does this song describe the America we live in currently, where preachers like Dr. Kent Hovind are being held in prison? Creation scientist Dr. Hovind, often referred to as “Dr. Dino” due to his passion for dinosaurs, has been behind bars in 20 different prisons for over eight years so far — and could remain there for the

The Man with the Pen and Phone "Weighs in on Deflate-a-Bowl" by Jake MacAulay I know many of you still recall the deflated New England Patriots footballs and how important that is to patriotism. When Barack Obama was asked if it was cheating, the president said, “If you break the rules then you break the rules.”   Apparently our current Executive Branch and concurring Congress takes this same mentality. Congressmen are the ones who write the check to underwrite executive poli

Has History Channel Gone Pop? by Jake MacAulay Starting my commentary this week has been tremendously difficult. I am torn because in just one week ABC reporter George Stephanopoulos stated he was “struck by the final line” of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s speech in which he proclaimed, “our God wins,” followed by the History Channel airing its Sons of Liberty program which even film critic Thomas Verenna concludes is merely “…highly-entertaining historical fiction.” Over

Rick Perry's Gift to Texas' Governor-Elect... A Bible Verse? by Jake MacAulay For this week’s commentary, I just want to say that I love Jesus! He is not only the greatest teacher to ever live, but also the best political leader.   His statutes and judgments were always perfect! People, not himself, were always His priority. He knew when to give harsh critique of the self-righteous and when to give necessary justice in times of political hypocrisy. He acknowledged the need an

Hey Michelle, "Trash cans are fuller than our stomachs!" by Jake MacAulay Many of you can relate with me when I say the words, “school lunch.” I have toured all across America speaking in public high schools and the first thing that brings me back to my childhood is by far the smell of the lunchroom.   Have you noticed that government is making itself more and more at home in all our lives? Not only does government tax and spend in areas we never gave them permission, but fed

Ferguson & the Failure of Civil Rights by Jake MacAulay Events in Ferguson, Missouri, this year have definitely put this city in the center of public awareness.  But these events, which followed in the aftermath of a shooting death of a man by a police officer, have also led to protests in other cities including Dallas, Boston, LA, and New York. Modern day so called “civil rights leaders” like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, have relentlessly and shamelessly used the troubling

Merry Christmas from your Government by Jake MacAulay In this Christmas season I deeply consider giving and…well…shouldn’t we all?  I was taught as a child that to give is better than to receive.  At IOTC we follow the example of our founders: we believe God is above all power, especially Government. God gave you and I an amazing gift called rights - rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - and he set Government to protect those rights.     Government is suppos

Sydney Hostage Tragedy and Its American Cousin by Jake MacAulay   Just a few days ago a dangerous and deadly hostage ordeal unfolded in Sydney, Australia.  According to news reports the Muslim man who perpetrated the event is a self-proclaimed minister of the Islamic state.   As a result of his actions, liberties were sacrificed.   Lives were lost.   And, no matter his motives -- and no matter the motives of those he may have been trying to please – I think we can agree that

Is Belief in God Required to Hold Office In America? by Jake MacAulay There are seven states including Maryland with language in their constitutions that prohibits people who do not believe in God from holding public office. And now, according to a recent New York Times article by Laurie Goodstein, a coalition of nonbelievers including atheists, agnostics, humanists and freethinkers, led and primarily funded by atheist Todd Steifel, says it is time to get rid of these atheist

CIVIL RIGHTS OR GOD GIVEN RIGHTS? by Michael Peroutka Fifty years ago, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed a crowd of 250,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, he called on the people of the various states, and the government of these united States to live up to the principles espoused in the Declaration of Independence. But it was not, as many have falsely claimed, a call for “civil” rights. In fact, in my view, Dr. King was not a champion of “civil” rights. He was a

BIG NEWS:  THE AUTHORITY QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY MENTIONED ON PUBLIC TV! by Michael Peroutka Recently, on Public TV's "NewsHour" Gwen Ifill interviewed Jeff Holmstead of the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council. The topic: A recent regulation "promulgated," as they say, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the coal industry. This regulation, which mandates a cut in carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants by up to 30 percent by 2030, would, as Holmstead