Marnie’s a country girl who overcame the stigma that Southern women were barefoot, backwoods and backwards. Now she’s an articulate voice for conservative values and wisdom in America. Sitting on her front porch sharing that common sense…
Long May She Wave: A Patriotic Song Written by My Father
This patriotic song was written by my father, Dr. Jack M. Morton in his 80’s. My dad served in the United States Coast Guard and has spent his life standing for freedom, faith, and the principles of the U.S. Constitution. Now in his 90’s, his love for this country and the liberties it represents remains […]
A House Divided Cannot Stand: The Cure is Christ
I’m rarely one to feel at a loss for words. Historically, I’ve jumped into the fray with my viewpoints and perspectives, expressing my values as clearly as I can. But I must admit that since the assassination on September 10th at UVU, my words have been unreachable—submerged beneath 20,000 leagues of emotion. The next day, […]
The Unknown Story of How the Equal Rights Amendment Was Stopped
Biden claims he can ratify the Equal Rights Amendment which did not get the Constitutionally required 3/4 state votes by the deadline. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was stopped in North Carolina … which never ratified it. Virginia went on to ratify it after the deadline. So Biden claims it is part of the US […]
Whatever Happened to Innocent Until Proven Guilty?
Have you ever noticed how few people who are accused of crimes (real or imagined) in the media actually have any cases brought against them in trial? Or if they do, we don’t hear about it. Or the person ends up being found “not guilty” after they’ve been drug through the mud and paid a […]
What’s Up with Our Crazy World and What Can We Do About It?
It’s Independence Day, and I can’t help but think about the country I love and those who sacrificed to give us the freedom we enjoy. Many are looking around at the hostilities, crime, violence, vitriol, wars, and rumors of wars and asking, “What is going on? What can be done?” Many, like me, have felt […]
Finding Peace in a Contentious World
Recently, I read a moving tribute to a friend’s 17-year-old grandson written by his teacher upon the boy’s death. It seemed evident that this exceptionally loving and kind-hearted young man had taken his own life. The young man had been a light to the teacher during the difficult zoom days of 2020-2021. The boy was […]
Supreme Court EPA Ruling and the US Constitution
A look at the U.S. Constitution and how it applies to the June 30, 2022 Supreme Court EPA ruling …sending power back to Congress. “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” Article 1, Section 1 of the […]
Who Are We Missing?
In 1909, Sarah Lawson was a widow and mother of 9 children. She’d already lost her husband and four of those children. She ran a boarding house in McMinn County, Tennessee to make ends meet. There was a telegraph office nearby in which men came to work, and Sarah’s boarding house stayed full. Sarah’s daughter, […]
Here’s What’s Causing the Shortages
Shortages, supply chain disruptions, packages that never arrive, worker shortages… Are you wondering what’s really causing them and how long they’ll keep using the COVID excuse? Here’s the real root cause of it all. I had the opportunity to visit with a gentleman today who as a young man, fresh out of college, spent some […]
Who Would He Have Been?
My fourth child was due in November of 1994, and I had the usual morning sickness. Then one Sunday at church a friend asked me how I felt. I told her the morning sickness had stopped and I felt great. The next day I went to the doctor for my 16-week checkup. When the nurse […]
Music for Our Nation
I was playing around on the piano … not with any particular song in mind when I started to play, “Let Us Oft Speak Kind Words” and as I got about halfway through, it morphed into “God Bless America.” I didn’t intend to put the two together, but they fit perfectly. Once I realized what I’d done, I thought, “How fitting… isn’t this what our country needs right now?”
Let us oft speak kind words to each other
At home or where ‘er we may be;
Like the warblings of birds on the heather,
The tones will be welcome and free.
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From the mountains
To the prairies
To the oceans
White with foam.
God bless America,
My home sweet home.
Like the sunbeams of morn on the mountains,
the soul they awake to good cheer;
Like the murmur of cool, pleasant fountains,
They fall in sweet cadences near.
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From the mountains
To the prairies
To the oceans
White with foam.
God bless America,
My home sweet home