James Michael Pratt

Controlling and neutralizing the opposition’s speech is the name of the left’s game. The liberal speech police have had us walking on eggshells with politically correct speech lists for so long now that by the time we learn a newly sanctioned liberal term for persons, places, or things, it is outdated and we are suddenly branded hate-filled radicals for using it. (more)

The United States of America was born of revolution by the people. And from the revolution was created a unique document offering a system of government incorporating expressed balance of power elements to make sure those in power would not trample on the people’s hard-won rights. Said Patrick Henry: (more)

Pure magic…the greeting of faith and fantasy evokes kind responses from friends and strangers alike as it smoothes the edges off the daily grind in the final month of the year. (more)

Thanksgiving celebrations have special significance to Americans. For one day in November family, food, faith, and football bring us together in a spirit of gratitude unlike anywhere else in the world. Americans thankfully remember God had a hand in the hearts of those who first ventured to our eastern shores seeking simple freedoms we now take for granted. (more)

Autumn sneaks up on you, where I grew up. The weather doesn’t get that much colder as the seasons turn and leaves fall. Oak leaves are not as ubiquitous as the maple or sycamore. In fact it’s the ghostly limbs of the oak as thick as a grown man’s thigh twisting and branching out that you notice. The cedars, junipers, and evergreens, popular in landscaping along the coasts of California, are the same hue of jade in October as they are in April. (more)

From their protected perches inside the DC beltway, the entrenched party operatives are forced to view a new voter landscape where established rules of the game aren’t being followed. (more)

The established media and ruling political party elites need to overcome any delusion about who is really serving up the anticipated GOP victory November 2nd. The credit belongs to the mainstream media’s brand of “extremists” -- the loosely knit association of Americans who consider themselves members of the Tea Party. (more)

Willful and intentional disregard for the US Constitution has been the name of the game in Washington for decades now. Scheming elected elites, having drunk from the wells of power, have become intoxicated by it. (more)

We the citizens of America, having been faithful to the traditions of our Founding Fathers and those dedicated to the long-established American dream, pledge to be constantly vocal, vigilant, and instructive to Congress and the executive branch of the federal government regarding our feelings for, and rights under, the Constitution. We will persistently call upon the GOP to mean what they say with their Pledge to America dated September 23, 2010, and: (more)

In the end, modern politics is not about “public service” but power.  How can one argue that he or she is a “public servant” when the salaries they earn are, on average, higher than the private sector?  To the point… (more)

Let me just get this out. I’ll make it short and sweet.  I believe that the 1st Amendment is inspired by God. I also believe that God is all wise, all loving, and commands us to be also when we open our mouths. (more)

I had come to Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally from two thousand miles away seeking some sort of reconciliation for my feelings of constant outrage against the government-ruler mentality I had grown to know my entire adult life. (more)

I am a novelist. An observing and curious mind prompts me to look through the lens of “what if” for answers to the big questions of life. Sometimes “what if’s” are long in coming. Other times they smack you in the head before you know what happened… (more)

“Government isn’t the solution to our problems, government is the problem.” – Ronald Reagan January 20, 1981. (more)

In 1972 I was an eyewitness to the utopian ideals of redistribution of wealth and state run production of a South American economy. (more)

Townhall, the conservative online and print magazine, just came out with The 100 Americans the Left Hates the Most. Glenn Beck, #1 on that list, has never doubted that the liberal-progressives loathed him, but a recent poll shows that may only represent about 20% of Americans. (more)

The new era of citizen-empowered politics, where personal investment and political energy is created upon “principle,” means Senator Lindsay Graham (SC) has already lost his re-election bid of 2014; he just doesn’t know it yet. (more)

We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.  (more)

"Conservatives have maintained their leading position among U.S. ideological groups in the first half of 2010. Gallup finds 42% of Americans describing themselves as either very conservative or conservative. This is up slightly from the 40% seen in all of 2009 and contrasts with the 20% calling themselves liberal or very liberal.” – Lydia Saad June 25, 2010 GALLUP (more)

"America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville (more)