Election 2024: For the Undecided Among Us From one concerned American to another, The following essay is for those Americans who are undecided concerning the casting of their vote in the Election of 2024 for our next president and representatives in Congress. If you are among the
Read more →America’s Defining Moment, Election 2024: Saving the Republic in America From one concerned American to another, I am reaching out to you today as one American to another concerning the election of 2024. The matter is urgent, hence my very serious title for this missive: “America’s Defining
Read more →A Time for Truth Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic In 2010 my colleague, Dr. Jay Lehr and I co-authored “Saving Science after Climate Gate: Recovering from the Loss of Scientific Credibility.” In that paper we stated in our introductory remarks: “The Climategate scandal has brought to light glaring
Read more →Standing Up to the Coronavirus Censors Dear Friends and Freedom Lovers: On Monday July 27th America’s Frontline Doctors a group of board-certified medical doctors founded by Dr. Simone Gold held a Washington D.C. press conference on the steps of the Supreme Court to present their views on
Read more →A Woman of Principle We Need in Public Office Dear Friends and Freedom Lovers: With this correspondence I am doing something I very rarely do–publicly endorse a candidate for political office. I am doing so because I believe Lauren Boebert—a candidate for Congress in Colorado—is the exception
Read more →With the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump a few days away, it seems appropriate to take another look at the phenomenon of his successful campaign while issuing a few cautionary comments concerning his upcoming administration. – Mike Gemmell January 17, 2017 2016: The Year That Was and
Read more →Following the brief discussion below concerning free speech is the main essay for this issue of “The Week in Review.” The Roots of War discusses the ideas presented in Ayn Rand’s seminal essay and why they are relevant in today’s world more than ever. – Mike Gemmell
Read more →“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.” – Leonardo Da Vinci Why Are We Lionizing Fidel Castro? I’ve decided to start this post with the following question: Why are political and cultural leaders all over the world fawning over Fidel Castro following his
Read more →Lisa VanDamme founded the VanDamme Academy in 2001 after working several years as a private homeschool teacher for two children. According to Miss VanDamme, the goal of education is the following:
“The proper goal of education is to foster the conceptual development of the child—to instill in him the knowledge and cognitive powers needed for mature life. It involves taking the whole of human knowledge, selecting that which is essential to the child’s conceptual development, presenting it in a way that allows the student to clearly grasp both the material itself and its value to his life, and thereby supplying him with both crucial knowledge and the rational thinking skills that will enable him to acquire real knowledge ever after.
Read more →With this, the third post of ROAR’s “The Week in Review,” I have decided to change the format a bit. We’ll start with bullet points concerning the theme of the post and then following the bullet points will be some analysis and conclusions. This week’s post “A Moment In Time” concerns reflections upon the recent election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States and the political/cultural implications of his election – Mike Gemmell November 18, 2016
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