A Toast to Doolittle’s Raiders
Apr 26, 2012 No Comments ›› Site AdministratorLast night, as Trinity Presbyterian Church held a special patriotic program to dedicate five military flags (Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, and Air Force), I was asked to represent the Air Force and present the story of Doolittle's Raid over Japan. The text of my speech is below. My thanks to Justin Rojek for the ...
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Judge Roy Moore & Foundation Defend Memorial Cross in Supreme Court Brief
Mar 9, 2012 2 Comments ›› Site AdministratorThe Foundation for Moral Law, a non-profit organization dedicated to defending religious liberty and the public acknowledgment of God, filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court on Friday, March 9, 2012, asking the Court to hear a case involving a memorial cross on Mt. Soledad near San Diego, California. Read the Foundation's Mt. ...
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The Angel of Hadley and Judges Cave: A Robust Thanksgiving Tale
Nov 23, 2011 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeLast weekend I made my annual “pilgrimage” to Plymouth, Massachusetts, for a Board meeting of the Plymouth Rock Foundation. The hallowed landmarks continue to inspire: the statue of William Bradford, the statue of Chief Massassoit, the vault containing the bones of many of the pilgrims who died during the first winter, the Church of the ...
Continue ReadingOtto von Hapsburg: The Prince, the Professor, and the Sinner
Jul 19, 2011 4 Comments ›› John EidsmoeOtto von Hapsburg (Habsburg) (1912-2011), the last Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, died at the age of 98 on 4 July 2011. After a 13-day period of mourning, he was entombed in the Imperial Crypt under the Capuchin Church in Vienna. The funeral embodied the dignity and regal splendor that befitted the heir of the ...
Continue ReadingSnyder v. Phelps — A Judicial Travesty?
Mar 14, 2011 6 Comments ›› John EidsmoeLast Saturday, after speaking for a Kansas Lutherans for Life Issues Conference in Topeka, my host drove me by the Westboro Baptist Church, the home base for Fred (I refuse to call him Reverend) Phelps and his band of deranged followers as they spew forth their hatred against practically everyone and everything. The building is quite ...
Continue ReadingOn the Air: Foundation Attorneys On America & Islam
Sep 14, 2010 No Comments ›› Site AdministratorFoundation attorneys Col. John Eidsmoe and Ben DuPré recently joined our friends at the City on a Hill radio program to discuss America's struggle with Islam, past and present. Col. Eidsmoe talked about President Thomas Jefferson and our first War on Terror: sending in the Marines to fight Muslim Barbary Pirates on the "shores of ...
Continue ReadingOf the Crusades, the Magna Carta, and Servicemen’s Civil Relief
Sep 7, 2010 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeBack when I was an active-duty Air Force Judge Advocate, I regularly counseled military personnel and their dependents concerning the Soldiers & Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940, recently amended and renamed as the Servicemen's Civil Relief Act of 2003. The Act provides, among other things, that if a service person is sued while serving on ...
Continue ReadingProtected: Crossophobia; Not Protected: the Medal of Honor
Aug 19, 2010 1 Comment ›› John EidsmoeWhat sorts of messages do the First Amendment guarantees of freedom of expression protect? Based upon two U.S. Court of Appeals decisions released yesterday, the courts are saying that the First Amendment (1) prohibits the Utah Highway Patrol Association from commemorating a patrolman killed in the line of duty by erecting a cross by the highway ...
Continue ReadingIs It “Inappropriate” to Speak the Truth About Islam?
Apr 23, 2010 2 Comments ›› John EidsmoeOne would think a group that calls itself the Military Religious Freedom Foundation would be in favor of religious freedom in the military, right? Why, then, does the MRFF claim "victory" when the military rescinds an invitation to Rev. Franklin Graham to address a Pentagon Day of Prayer breakfast? They objected to Graham's invitation and ...
Continue ReadingOld Hickory and the Hand of Providence
Jan 7, 2010 1 Comment ›› Ben DuPréOn January 8, 1815, General Andrew Jackson (later our 7th President) fended off a British assault in the victorious Battle of New Orleans, fought at the end of the War of 1812 (actually, shortly after the official end). Later that month "Old Hickory" gave credit to God in a letter to Col. Robert Hays. He ...
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