Monitor The Strategic Trends

Introduction:

“It was the best of times and it was the worst of times.”
-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

The Best of Times?

By many reckonings, it appears to be the best of times in America: We enjoy a robust economy, reinforced by continually advancing technologies. At least one computer in every home, and a personal telephone on almost everyone’s belt. People are buying their 3rd and 4th cars. Our military is the most feared throughout the world. Indeed, in many ways, it seems like the best of times.

NEW! Freedom Ain't Free June 18, 2013

NEW! Saving Our Youth June 11, 2013

Roe Brought Us Gosnell May 14, 2013

Onward Christian Soldiers May 07, 2013

National Day of Prayer is May 2 April 23, 2013

Culture Wars Parental Rights in Danger by Dr. Steve Elwart

Preparing For The Coming Battle A Time to Stand by Dr. Steve Elwart

The Progressive Loss Of Freedoms The War on Guns by Dr. Steve Elwart

A Christian Nation In God We Trust? by Dr. Steve Elwart

Faith of Our Founders A Tale of Two Histories by Brad Cummings

Documents

The Many Benefits of Traditional Marriage - The benefits of marriage are most observable within the measurable realms of health, wealth, and (self-reported) sexual fulfillment. In each of these categories, married couples experience immense advantages that cohabitating couples, or individuals who remain single, do not.

Is Homosexuality Genetic? - This site contains a variety of resources on the health dangers of the homosexual lifestyle and evidence that homosexuality is not innate and unchangeable.

The Declaration of Independence -

The Federalist Papers - A definitive review of the Constitution written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

NAFTA -

Related Sites

The American Center for Law and Justice -

Same-Sex Marriage & Domestic Partnerships - Yahoo! Full Coverage

Abortion Rights Debate - Yahoo! Full Coverage

Elian: Sign of America's Decline? -

America's Criminal Class: The Congress of the United States - Capitol Hill Blue

News Sources

NEW! Obama Threatens to Veto Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks - President Barack Obama has issued a veto threat of a bill the House of Representatives will vote on this week that would ban abortions from after 20-weeks all the way to birth. The White House this afternoon issued a Statement of Administration Policy indicating President Obama’s advisors would recommend that he veto the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act if it were presented for his signature.

NEW! FBI, NSA Said to be Secretly Mining Data from Nine U.S. Tech Giants - Citing a leaked presentation intended for only senior analysts within the NSA’s Signals Intelligence Directorate, which was then obtained by the Post, this was all done since 2007 under a highly-classified program dubbed “PRISM”.

NEW! IRS Exempts Terror Front Group Over Tea Party - At the same time the Internal Revenue Service delayed or denied requests for tax-exempt status from hundreds of conservative non-profit groups, it was quietly restoring the tax-exempt status of an Islamist front group accused of collaborating with terrorists.

NEW! Colorado Democrat Sen. Morse Fights Gun-Based Recall - The organizers of an effort to recall Colorado Senate President John Morse turned in Monday more than twice the number of signatures required to force a special election, possibly setting the stage for an expensive, national battle over gun control.

NEW! DHS Flags Tweets About “Militia,” But Not “Jihad” - You can thank the Electronic Privacy Information Center for forcing DHS to release its list of “keywords” that are used to by its agents to monitor you on Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites. Words included such innocuous terms as: “militia,” “exercise,” “cops,” “national security” and “facility.” Interestingly and of note, “jihad” was not included, nor were the words “Middle East,” “Arab,” “Muslim,” “terrorist” or “pressure cooker.” Perhaps those are on a different DHS red flag list?