What is the Proper Role of Government?

Recently, a mother and her daughter were being interviewed for possible enrollment in our charter high school. In the course of the conversation the mother asked, “When is breakfast served at your school?” When it was explained that we do not participate in such federal programs at our school, the mother turned to the daughter and exclaimed, “Well, I guess you’ll just have to eat breakfast at home before you come to school!” At least two things are immediately apparent from this incident. First, these government programs are now so much a part of our society that it is considered normal to participate in them. Second, there seems to be less and less understanding that someone st...

America’s Dependence on and Accountability to the Creator

With regard to the principles of all sound religion which we discussed in the last principle of liberty, the Founders were in harmony with the thinkin...