‘Steve Farrell’ Archives
The Bitterness of Sin, the Miracle of Forgiveness, the Joy of Redemption
American Scripture with Steve Farrell Of all the accounts of the bitterness of sin, the miracle of forgiveness, and the joy of redemption through Jesus Christ, perhaps the greatest of all is the account of one Alma the Younger who, while engaged with his fellow laborers in sin (the Sons of King Mosiah) in the diabolical work of seeking to [...]
More Sure Word of Prophesy
THAT FAITH MIGHT INCREASE, WITH STEVE FARRELL Sometimes we suppose that faith is empty, that material witnesses are of a higher sort than what comes into a mans heart from God. Not so. Peter stated as clearly as it anything may be stated: We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that [...]
Jefferson and Adams on Old Age, Grief, and the Refiners Fire
BY STEVE FARRELL Is grief an evil? More to the point, is there something fundamentally wrong with you or me, or a family member, or the neighbor down the road, or the poor fellow across the ocean having an absolutely devastating day, week, month, year, decade or, perhaps, lifetime – as some of our politicians, physicians and psychologists [...]
Second Southern State May Ban Smoking in Public Places
PUBLIC HEALTH, STEVE FARRELL, THE MORAL LIBERAL Twenty-three U.S. States have banned smoking in public places, but in the South, only one has, Virginia. Last February, according to SouthernPoliticalReport.com, the State of Virginia was the first of the Southern states to do it, banning smoking in all public places with the exception of private [...]
Idahoans Say Yes to School Choice; But What About Fabianism?
By Steve Farrell Idahoans strongly support charter schools and a statewide tax-credit scholarship system for alternative education opportunities, say the results of a poll released today by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. According to the Friedman Foundation's press release, "the tax-credit program would benefit individuals and [...]
Between Good and Evil is Still Evil
By Steve Farrell Part of the problem with conservatism nowadays – and I include churchgoing, believing Christians in that group – is that we have too many among us with cash to burn, and time and talents to consecrate, who really could make a difference in turning the tide against a clear and present danger, ‘enter stage left,’ if only [...]
Regarding Ancient Greek Tyrants, Modern Elites, & Manly Duty
The Moral Liberal with Steve Farrell Writing in his classic "A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States," regarding the Greek monarchy at Ithaca, American Founding Father John Adams observes: That the Grecian kings, claiming from Jupiter and supported by their auguries and bards, thought themselves absolute, and often punished the [...]
Ron Paul on Israel: The Only Honest Man in the Field
By Steve Farrell In an exclusive Newsmax interview (1) Republican presidential hopeful Congressman Ron Paul of Texas confirmed he stands behind Israel, but cautioned against a continuation of that policy which has long made America Israel's Master rather than her truest friend. Boldly setting himself apart from the interventionist Republican [...]
Slavery & Secession: Treason Against the Hopes of the World
Liberty Letters, Thomas Jefferson, 1820 Editor's Introduction: In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Furthermore, with the exception of Missouri, this law prohibited slavery in the [...]
Big Brother Advocates on Both Sides of the Aisle
Steve Farrell, The Moral Liberal Pat Buchanan, writing in his syndicated column today, observes the truth that you newbies to the Big Spending/Big Brother debate better recognize and admit or the charade will continue, our economy will complete its collapse, and our liberties be crushed: But the truth is that adjusting for population growth [...]
Abraham Lincoln: Eulogy on Henry Clay
July 6, 1852, Springfield, Illinois, Address by Abraham Lincoln Editor's Introduction: Via this inspiring eulogy of Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, a decade before his election as President, outlines what was and would be his position on slavery, a practice that was morally wrong, that was religiously wrong, that was politically wrong. But not [...]
Tyranny Unmasked: Defense Bill Will War Against Americans
By Steve Farrell It seems incredible, but Big Brother advocates in both parties, led by Senators John McCain (R-Ariz) and Carl Levin (D-MI), approved by a 61-37 vote (only two Republicans voted against it) a new Defense Authorization Act (see video link below) that empowers the President of the United States, or the U.S. Military, to arrest [...]
On Orchestrated Character Assaults
Liberty Letters with Steve Farrell I do not know Herman Cain, and so I cannot say whether he is guilty or not of the politically motivated character assassinations that are machine gun-like firing upon him, but I can't help but suspect that those who are ultimately behind them are living according to the rules of that "dark system" American [...]
On Thanksgiving: Remember the Great Author of Liberty
By Steve Farrell In 1970, as a seventh-grade student, I remember the thrilling inspiration I felt as I studied the lives and words of the founding fathers. There was Sam Adams and the Boston Tea Party, Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence, John Adams and the Fair Trial, George Washington and Valley Forge, Paul Revere and his [...]
Give Us a Man of Salt
By Steve Farrell In his syndicated Tuesday, Pat Buchanan—never one NOT to courageously tell it like it is as he sees it regarding the Republican Establishment and its incessant dreams of imposing a New World Order on every sovereign nation on earth, like it or not, due to the "threat" they represent, a threat laid, incubated, hatched, [...]
Three Dangerous Extremes: Citizen Beware!
The Moral Liberal with Steve Farrell In 1786, John Adams, a year prior to that Constitutional Convention that produced the world's best Constitution, argued in his "A Defense of the Constitutions of the United States for a balanced republic, complete with divisions of powers, checks and balances, the rule of law (and reverence and submission to [...]
Paul Revere At Lexington: In His Own Words
Americanist History, Paul Revere: 1775 Many of us have read Longfellow's marvelous poem "Paul Revere's Ride;" the account given below is from a deposition which Revere gave shortly after his ride. It describes his being taken into custody by British soldiers, repeatedly threatened at gun point, his gutsy straightforward responses, and after his [...]
Hamilton on the Disastrous Inefficiencies of The Confederation
Liberty Letters, Alexander Hamilton, 1778 Editor's Note: The date is 13 February 1778; the Articles of Confederation had just been sent to the states for ratification three months earlier; and Lt. Colonel Alexander Hamilton, General Washington's Chief of Staff, well in advance of the Constitutional Convention that would be held nine years [...]
Getting Up Front and Personal With the Ten Commandments
By Steve Farrell Should those who believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the fundamental values of the Judeo-Christian ethic be free, like everyone else is free, to defend that outlook, and promote it, and attempt to inject it, in the pubic debate; whether it be in regards to the law, or public policy, or public employment, or in the local [...]
Federal Control of Education and the Decline of Community
By Steve Farrell In an excellent paper presented in a back issue of Modern Age: A Quarterly Review, Carl L. Bankston, III, Professor of Sociology at Tulane University, and author of Public Education-American's Civil Religion: A Social History, argues effectively regarding the undermining influences on family, community, and student performance, [...]
Fast Asleep in Philosophical Tranquility as a Civil War is Born
The Moral Liberal with Steve Farrell In my August 17th column (1), "For the Sake of Party or Principle," I promised to follow-up on John Adams' feelings regarding "party spirit" – that it was an impediment, a censor, a book-burner to the truth; ... and then it really gets ugly. Put party before principle, before truth, before thinking, [...]
We Should Soon Want Bread
Liberty Letters, Thomas Jefferson A quick hint from American Founder Thomas Jefferson on one of several root causes of our current economic dilemma: Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread. Why is that? What can we learn from this simple principle? And I can't help but wonder what it is about [...]
Hooker, Paine, Roots of the Law, and the Need to Reform
The Moral Liberal with Steve Farrell It was in the spring of 1638 when three Connecticut towns, Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield, chose representatives and held a general court at Hartford to decide upon a general government. In the opening session the Reverend Thomas Hooker stood and preached a powerful sermon on the text "the foundation of [...]
Paul Driessen Joins The Moral Liberal
The Moral Liberal is pleased to announce its latest addition to its staff, Paul Driessen, as Contributing Editor. Mr. Driessen is a senior fellow with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow and Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, two nonprofit public policy institutes that focus on energy, the environment, economic development and [...]
Laying Claim Upon the Higher Law
The Moral Liberal with Steve Farrell In his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765) familiar to American colonial students of law, Sir William Blackstone said: Man, considered as a creature, must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator. ... This will of his Maker is called the law of nature. ... This law of nature ... is binding [...]
For the Sake of Party or Principle?
By Steve Farrell Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had different points of view on a few subjects. One significant point of departure, at least in Adams' mind, was on the supposed benefits of party spirit. Jefferson informed the Adamses (John and Abigail) on more than one occasion that there were two kinds of spirit always present among men, [...]
The Public Consequences of So-Called Private Choices
By Steve Farrell Should the decision to partake of illegal drugs become sacrosanct, now and forever? Or to put it another way, are all moral choices, no matter how extreme, beyond the reach of the law because they involve private decisions on moral matters? This is a good question. There are political forces both on the left and on the [...]
Resolve to Conquer or to Die: George Washington
Liberty Letters, George Washington: 1776 Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of a brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die. ____________________ Source: George Washington, 1776, as quoted by Stefan T. Possony, "A Century of Conflict" p. [...]
That Great and Terrible Lie
By Steve Farrell Liberty and license are not synonymous. Parents know better. Too many of them have had the unfortunate dilemma of dealing with the “I am free to do as I please” child who routinely, or upon occasion, exercises that egocentric proclamation to reckless extremes. These parents stand as witnesses that a widely accepted [...]
Hints Towards an Essay on Conversation: Jonathan Swift
Daily Dabble in the Classics, Johnathan Swift (1667-1745) In today's classics offering, Johnathan Swift discusses the various errors in conversation that we tolerate, are humored by, that irritate us, tyrannize us, make a buffoon of a man or bring attention to him, or that tell us the same marvelous story again and again and again, till it is [...]
Stay the Course
Book of Mormon Journal with Steve Farrell Faith in Jesus Christ leads to covenants with God the Father, and covenants inspire commitments with Him to do what is right, to stay the course, to endure every trial maintaining fidelity, come what may. The Prophet Joseph Smith said, "All difficulties which might and would cross our way must be [...]
The Debt Crisis: Who and What’s to Blame?
Dis “n” Dat with Steve Farrell In an exclusive interview at NewsMax.com, Ron Paul tells it like it is regarding who and what caused our debt crisis: But right now all we’re dealing with in Washington is the blame game. Who’s at fault. Is it all Obama’s fault or is it something Republicans did in the past? I think it’s what [...]
Johnathan Edwards: New England and the Latter-day Glory
The Moral Liberal with Steve Farrell In his work, "The Latter-Day Glory Is Probably to Begin in America," Jonathan Edwards writes: And if we may suppose that this glorious work of God shall begin in any part of America, I think, if we could consider the circumstances of the settlement of New England, it must needs appear the most likely, of [...]
Christianity and Religious Freedom: On a Candlestick or Under a Bushel?
By Steve Farrell, The New American Nowadays, in order to justify each and every sin under the sun, each and every assault upon the moral fiber of our family,community, and nation, one approach fits all: opponents of everything good and right, sensible and salutary need only push the claim that their privacy has been violated. But how can [...]
Ex-CIA: ‘Forged document’ released as birth certificate
Dis 'n' Dat Department, Steve Farrell WND.com reports this morning that "Retired Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, the chief of Stand Up America, a national security expert and Fox News contributor, says the "Certificate of Live Birth" released in April by the White House as "proof positive" of President Obama's Hawaiian birth is a forgery, but the FBI [...]
Hang the Ten Commandments Back Up!
By Steve Farrell, The New American I am a fan of hanging the Ten Commandments (and the other great fundamentals of the Judeo-Christian moral system) back up in every public school showcase, every “hall of liberty,” or more to the point, in every public classroom right beside the American Flag so that they might be memorized, discussed, [...]
Candid Common Sense on Morality, Law, and the Nature of Man
By Steve Farrell, New American Hard to find in this day and age is a bit of honesty and common sense about why we creatures dubbed "human" subject ourselves to law, and why it is that since time immemorial those laws have had a moral foundation. Honest common sense answers came readily during the American founding era. For instance, Noah [...]
Divide and Command
The Moral Liberal with Steve Farrell In Federalist No. 7, Alexander warned as to America divided, as to America under a loose offensive or defensive confederation, as some 'save America' groups clamor for today: America, if not connected at all, or only by the feeble tie of a simple league, offensive and defensive, would, by the operation of [...]
The President’s UnConstitutional and Immoral War
By Steve Farrell, The New American I am opposed to U.S. involvement in the war in Libya. I feel confident that the vast majority of Americans, if they once again understood the moral and political fundamentals upon which this nation was founded, would oppose this war as well. I previously stated a couple of reasons why I stand against [...]
Getting Up Front and Personal With the Ten Commandments
By Steve Farrell, TheNewAmerican.com Should those who believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the fundamental values of the Judeo-Christian ethic be free, like everyone else is free, to defend that outlook, and promote it, and attempt to inject it, in the pubic debate; whether it be in regards to the law, or public policy, or public [...]
The President’s UnConstitutional and Immoral War
Steve Farrell, TheNewAmerican.com I am opposed to U.S. involvement in the war in Libya. I feel confident that the vast majority of Americans, if they once again understood the moral and political fundamentals upon which this nation was founded, would oppose this war as well. I previously stated a couple of reasons why I stand against [...]
Politicians vs. Statesmen
Political Quip of the Week with Steve Farrell There are politicians, and then there are statesmen. My observation has been that there are all too many of the former and all too few of the latter, and so now you know why we are in such a great mess in this country. But I heard that it was once said that President Harry Truman had an [...]
Trump Comes Out Guns Blazing About ‘Very Strange President’
The Moral Liberal with Steve Farrell NewsMax.com reports today: In the immediate aftermath of the White House’s release of President Obama’s birth certificate, billionaire Donald Trump came out with guns blazing in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV. Trump described President Obama as a “very strange president” for not [...]
[U.S. Congress] Rep. Poe: Florescent Light Mandate: Unsafe, UnAmerican
![[U.S. Congress] Rep. Poe: Florescent Light Mandate: Unsafe, UnAmerican](http://www.themoralliberal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Mr-Smith-Goes-To-Washington-150x150.jpg "[U.S. Congress] Rep. Poe: Florescent Light Mandate: Unsafe, UnAmerican")
Mr. Smith Award, Honoring Rep. Ted Poe of Texas, by Steve Farrell The Moral Liberal's next Mr. Smith Award goes to Representative Ted Poe of Texas (R) (see video below) for his spirited, on target defense of the Constitution against the wacko anti-American, anti-free enterprise, pro-China, E.P.A., and its ban (2014) of Thomas Edison's great [...]
The Sole Aim of Alliances with the West
Tyranny Unmasked with Steve Farrell Josip Broz Tito, former Secretary-General (later President) of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1939–80), one of the founders of the Cominform, and the Prime Minister and later President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, (1) revealed this about the so-called WWII 'alliance' between the [...]
There’s No Place Like Home
A Way of Life with Steve Farrell The family is where the rubber meets the road, where selfless service is given daily, where eternal values are taught again and again until they are believed, practiced, and passed on to the next generation ... and spread outward to the community at large, where security from a confused and cruel world can be [...]
Mr. Smith … On Steroids
Political Quip of the Week, Alan Caruba While taking his research, his politics, and his love for liberty (and the facts) seriously, Alan Caruba has never been one to miss an opportunity to make us smile, and show his human side, as he did for us in his latest commentary, "Dump the Donald." He began: Listening to and watching Donald Trump [...]
Madison’s Notes: Federal Convention of 1787: Sept. 08
Liberty Letters, 08 September 1787, James Madison Editor's Overview: Motion to require treaties of peace to be consented to by two-thirds of the Senate, briefly debated and agreed to. Motion to strike out the requirement of a two-thirds vote of the Senate for making treating. Disagreed to. Motion to require that in treaties of peace cases [...]
Become as a Little Child
A Way of Life with Steve Farrell "It was Jesus Christ Himself who taught us to look to children as an example," said Jean A. Stevens, First Counselor in the Primary Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, in a recent address given in the semi-annual General Conference of the Church. Stevens noted that when Jesus' [...]
On Federalism: James Wilson
Liberty Letters, 4 Dec 1787, James Wilson Sir, I think there is another subject with regard to which this Constitution deserves approbation. I mean the accuracy with which the line is drawn between the powers of the general government and those of the particular state governments. We have heard some general observations, on this subject, from [...]
