Lift the Siege

    The continued success of our democracy depends on four essential elements: a strong defense, a robust economy, a vibrant culture, and the rule of law. Alarmingly, all four are under siege.

    We live in an age of conflict. While the world faces growing Russian aggression and Chinese expansionism, Islamic terrorism threatens not only Middle Eastern and European security, but our own as well. We have weakened our military, downgraded our intelligence capabilities, and abdicated our position of leadership in the world. Our allies don't trust us, our foes don't fear us, and no one respects us. In response to a declaration of war by ISIS, our delusional president has said that the greatest threat facing us is climate change.

    The United States is the greatest economic success story in history because the freedom it enjoys permits the flourishing of free enterprise in a land blessed with enormous material and intellectual wealth. Yet, we have an administration bent on squandering our resources with a destructive energy policy, business-killing regulations, and a divisive, socialist ideology that replaces our traditional work ethic with an enslaving dependence on welfare benefits.

    Our culture, once a beacon of Western civilization, is sliding into a secular materialism that scorns religion, devalues life and the family, and harms our children with images of violence, drug abuse, and sexual libertinism. Instead of setting an example, our federal government enrages the populace with its profligacy and legislative impotence.

    Finally, we have liberal icons of higher education caving in to radical students who champion victimization and deny First Amendment rights to others. And then we have a president who violates the constitution with impunity and abets a Justice department that declines to prosecute corruption, and refuses to enforce immigration law.

    It's high time we lifted the siege.