I love a lot of things that happen in our current American life but there isn't enough room on a FR home page to include the current and past and keep the thing from being a tome. FR is very much about what is happening right here, right now; plenty of places where we can learn those things. If you look at my posting history over a week, you'll see I go to a lot of threads on different topics.
I have always loved history and political science and respect what our founders knew and gave us. I was fortunate to be taught American history before the PC crowd took the heart and truth out of it. A lot of FReepers weren't so fortunate, so why not give our heritage a little exposure, says I.
I do understand what Winston Churchill experienced, whose country and world changed dramatically in his life time, and of whom even his contemporaries said he identified very much with the way of life that was departing. In my case, while I agree with God's wisdom, Proverbs 22:28 "Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set," I am very much a student of my day and love looking forward to what is coming. I believe what we are moving into now, as a nation, and around the world, is better than what we have had, and I am very glad to be living in this time.
What rules my life ... the very ancient, and living, Bible, and the very modern and timeless God who changes not. But current events do in large part shape us all.