The American founding document contains a phrase called unalienable rights that echoes through the centuries. But what exactly are these inalienable rights that Thomas Jefferson penned in 1776? These ...

The Surgeon General determined years ago that ‘smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and may complicate pregnancy.” The government went the extra step and advised smokers of the risk ...

With a little over a year to the big celebration of our 250th anniversary of American independence (see America250-Ohio.org for more info!), I asked you to think with me about the specific wording and ...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of ...

With his new plan to curb gun violence already facing legal and political pushback, President Barack Obama on Tuesday made another decision that immediately set off a very different kind of debate. In ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

We are now struggling to emerge from the wreckage of a constitutional republic, transformed into a kleptocracy (government by thieves), collapsing into kakistocracy (government by the worst), and ...