Month: December 2012

  Orland Park, IL police chief Tim McCarthy has a secret.     On March 30th, 1981 he wore a new suit to work as a special agent with the United States Secret Service. By days’ end he’d wear something else: The title of the man who saved president Ronald Reagan’s life!     I was in high school when the news broke that there was an attempt on President Reagan’s life. What happened that day is etched in my mind.           The video speaks for itself:   McCarthy heard the gun fire, turned, and...

  Our nation’s Founding Fathers were great men – men of science, religion and morality. They debated not to dictate, but to persuade. They fought not to conquer, but in defense of Liberty.  They formed a new government not to impose their will upon others, but to peaceably coexist with them. They were men of great faith. They had faith in mankind; faith in self-governance. They had great faith in God that their struggle would ultimately bring freedom to the land. Their faith lay against a backdrop of great fear. They had personal fear for the safety of their...