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WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he wants the U.S. economy to reopen by Easter Sunday, April 12, despite the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus in some U.S. states and a rising death toll from the disease. Legal experts say a U.S. president has quite limited power to order citizens back to their places of employment, or cities to reopen government buildings, transportation, or local businesses. Here is why. What does the Constitution say about who makes decisions about public welfare? The United States is a federalist system, meaning power is shared between a national and...

A Reluctant Trumper This message comes from somebody who could best have been described before as a very, very reluctant Trumper. I only voted for you because you supported the Republican platform, which (miraculously) still seems to support Judeo-Christian values, and still opposes abortion. I worried about whether your devotion to conservative values was genuine. But in the last 7 months I have become an ardent admirer, enthusiastic supporter, and daily prayer warrior on your behalf. *** America Is Split America is deeply split, split on the definition of morality. Before you, elections skirted any allusion to the ethical conflict...

Should be good..The witness is a hero..God bless him..

One movie I definitely want to see this holiday season is the next Tolkien novel adapted: The Two Towers. Those of you, who have read the book, know that this story captures exactly what is occurring in our nation as we prepare for war, the good people of the West are under attack by a conniving evil that has used the generosity of the West against itself. (Note the parallels between Saruman and the Saudis). The West has so long been protected from the necessity of dealing with far-off evil, that its citizens are not yet convinced that such a...