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…
Episode #27 – Green New Deal, Greta and Practical Environmentalism
We’re hearing a lot about environmentalism with the Green New Deal and Greta from Sweden… let’s talk about practical environmentalism that doesn’t require top-down government bureaucracy and force…
Is There Absolute Moral Truth?
The other day, I heard a statistic that two-thirds of Americans do not believe there is absolute moral truth. Many today believe that because we are a highly technological society that “old outdated principles” should be disregarded. Many believe that the laws observed and articulated by our Founding Fathers need to be dismissed in favor […]
Episode 26 – A Case for Morality
The problems of our society will never be fixed by more laws or more controls. We have enough laws. What we need is self-mastery, self-government. In a word, morality.
Freedom: What Matters Most
We each must decide what we want to give our lives to — what matters most to us and what will give our lives meaning. For me, there is nothing more valuable than freedom.
The Trouble with Labels
The trouble with labels is all you have to do is label someone as racist, homophobe, xenophobe, misogynist, narcissist, or Islamophobe and you don’t have to deal with them anymore. You don’t have to converse with them or understand their point of view or respect them. Everything they are or any good in them is […]
Episode 25 – The Danger In Abandoning Standards
What do morality, time, governments, and money all have in common? Standards. They all need standards of measurement outside of the system they measure.
Episode #24 – What Really Makes America Great?
We hear the slogan Make America Great Again, but what really makes America great? What does greatness look like and how do we return to it? What really can make America great again? In the 1840’s Alexis de Tocqueville came from France to America to observe first-hand what he referred to as “this great experiment.” […]
Episode 23 – Electoral College Vs National Popular Vote
Why do we need the Electoral College and why is the National Popular Vote (NPV) Interstate Compact so dangerous to our freedom? The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact binds states with contracts that require them to appropriate their electoral college votes to the Presidential candidate who has the national popular vote. This episode explores the […]
Episode 22 – Why the U.S. Census Is So Important
“Are you a U.S. Citizen?” … a question proposed for addition to the 2020 U.S. Census has caused controversy. In the past there were two questions. The first asked where the person was born and the second asked those who were foreign born whether they had been naturalized. These questions were not asked in 2010 […]
Restoring Liberty Interview on Truth Seekers K-Star Radio Show
I was interviewed about my book, “Restoring Liberty” on The Truth Seekers radio show on K-Star Talk Radio. You can listen to it now on this archive. https://www.talkshoe.com/episode/7106193 In this segment, we talk about The role of personal responsibility in maintaining a free country. Democracy vs. Republic The Silencing of Conservative Voices Freedom of Speech […]
Episode 21: Mass Shootings and Personal Responsibility vs The Blame Game
We have a bad habit of playing the blame game in America. We want to blame everyone but ourselves. Everyone but the person who committed the crime (or the mass shooting). We don’t have the luxury of playing that game in our free nation – a constitutional republic. Here’s why and what we should be doing about it.
Episode 20: The Giant is Awake, Let’s Teach Him Principles that Govern a Free Nation
We have been given a unique window of opportunity to teach Americans correct principles – the principles that govern a free nation. In the past, conservatives went to sleep when their man was in the oval office. With President Trump, they aren’t going back to sleep. They’re either keeping a close eye on what he’s […]
Episode 19 – Corporations and Government Corruption
Many are upset about corporate greed and corruption. Whether it’s Big Pharma or corporate bailouts of entire industries, something smells fishy in Washington. Corporations and government corruption go hand-in-hand. Why is it so easy for corporations to get away with things and run smaller businesses out of the market? Why is Washington DC swarming with […]
Episode 18 – Why Is the U.S. National Debt So High?
Why is the U.S. National Debt so high and what can be done about it? This episode of Front Porch Sense explains why our national debt is out of control and what needs to happen to stop the runaway train. The solution will require repealing the 16th and 17th amendments, reverting to the Founder’s definition […]
Episode 17 – If You Want Something Done, Do It Yourself
In this episode Marnie Pehrson Kuhns shares examples of people who take personal responsibility and move into action around things they believe in. They don’t wait around for “somebody else” or government to solve the problems, they roll up their sleeves and get to work and rally others to do the same. Their do-it-yourself attitude […]
Episode 16 – Let’s Get Down to the Core Values and Root Issues
If we are ever to have a civil discourse in our country, we need to cut through all the emotion and finger-pointing and look at the root issues … the core values. Where are they the same and where they are different between the right and the left? If you’ve ever wanted to understand your […]
Episode 15 – What Do You Stand For?
My 2020 Presidential Election Prediction Political candidates and parties that rally people around what they stand FOR are more likely to succeed in getting elected than those whose primary focus is defeating another candidate. In this episode I go out on a limb and make my prediction for the 2020 Presidential Election and explain why […]
Episode 14: Stop Walking on Egg Shells
In our families, parenting, spousal relationships, and as a society at large, we are allowing other people to manipulate us. It’s time we stop walking on egg shells and own our own personal responsibility in how we respond to people who make excuses, demand free stuff, or violate the rule of law to get their […]
Episode 13: Reparations & The Sins of the Fathers
Are we responsible for the sins of our fathers? How far do you go back and make reparations? How do people prove that they are due reparations? What about people who have ancestors who were on both sides of situations that modern America deems offensive? Should our own individual contributions be nullified because of the […]
Episode 12: What Is Common Sense Anyway?
What is common sense for some makes no sense to others. Each person comes to conclusions based on their core beliefs. We may think others are irrational but their views are quite rational when you root back to the fact that they have different fundamental beliefs than we do. This episode of Front Porch Sense […]
Episode 11: Betsy Ross Flag Nike Shoe
In this episode of Front Porch Sense, Marnie addresses Nike discontinuing the Betsy Ross Flag Nike shoe because Kaepernick was offended by it. Why do modern people disrespect the Founding Fathers and the sacrifices they made? Why are people so hopped up to judge people throughout history and each other? Marnie talks about the ingratitude, […]
Betsy Ross Flag and Gratitude for Founding Fathers
The Betsy Ross flag is supposedly a symbol of oppression now. I’m assuming this is because the Constitution was ratified with slavery still going on. The US Constitution motivated the states to eventually abolish slavery — that’s what the 3/5 of a person count for slaves was about. The states received representation based on population […]
Episode 10: Are You Accepting or Rejecting Freedom?
Are you accepting or rejecting freedom in your life? Many of us are actually rejecting freedom without even realizing it. This episode is an exploration of why some people actually don’t want freedom and why many of us outright reject it. How can we truly embrace the freedoms available to us? What is the purpose […]
Episode 9: Checks and Balances
We often think of the three branches of government as the checks and balances we have in the United States, but there are more checks and balances intrinsic in the U.S. Constitution. This episode explores 3 additional important ones that we need to be protecting. All the checks and balances are under attack, but especially […]
Episode 8: Abortion
This episode addresses the right to life vs pro choice and what is happening in the world with abortion. How does the inalienable right to life relate to a woman’s right to choose? Are we asking the right questions when it comes to pro choice? What price are we paying for abortion? For world abortion […]
Episode 7: The Proper Role of Government
Today people are trained to turn to government to find solutions for nearly every challenge. Government is involved in everything from health care to education to redistribution of wealth. How do we know what situations are appropriate for government intervention and which are not? In this video Marnie discusses the proper role of government. Please […]
Episode 6: Big Dreams, The Pursuit of Happiness and Entitlement
What do big dreams and the pursuit of happiness have to do with entitlement? Very little! In this episode, Marnie explores why taking away challenges and giving people things for free diminishes their happiness and keeps them from becoming the people capable of achieving great things. Let’s stop robbing people of their big dreams and […]
Globalism vs. National Sovereignty
When we talk about immigration in America, you usually hear opposition calling for open borders. What does open borders mean? Ultimately it means the end of national sovereignty. Do you want to have a sovereign America? Or do you want to be ruled by the UN (one world government)? One side is for a sovereign […]
Episode 5: 5 Concerns for America
Marnie’s dad, Jack Morton, joins her on her front porch to talk about what’s happening in the world. Jack, an octogenarian, shares the 5 concerns for America that he has. These are five things that he’s seen drastically deteriorate in the last fifty years (since Marnie was born). For more common sense conservative insights, please […]
Episode 4: Immigration and Globalism
What do open borders really mean for our country and the world? Marnie explores the root agenda of the left in eliminating national borders and national sovereignty in this episode of Front Porch Sense. For more common sense conservative insights, please subscribe. The article mentioned in this episode is What Progressives Want. Get your copy […]
Episode 3: The Key to Freedom is the Family
The destruction of the family is closely tied to the loss of freedom in our country. This episode of Front Porch Sense explains why families are so important, why they are under attack, and why preservation of the family is the solution to restoring liberty in America. From Marnie Pehrson Kuhns, best-selling author of Restoring […]
Episode 2: Racism and the Proper Role of Government
In this episode of Front Porch Sense, Marnie Pehrson Kuhns, author of Restoring Liberty: Personal Responsibility and Freedom in America, looks at hot-topic issues (like racism) and how we’re discussing them in America. Are we taking into account all the perspectives, geographic areas, cultural differences? The discord we’re experiencing is a clue to a much […]
I Might Be a Racist. Depends on Your Definition.
Today I’m coming out of the closet … I’m willing to admit it: I may be a closet racist. It’s true. If racism is feeling (or reacting) differently about one skin color compared to another, then, perhaps, by that definition, I am racist. If racism is the classic definition – believing one race is superior […]
Right to Life: Who Defends the Defenseless?
Some are saying men shouldn’t be allowed to make laws about women’s bodies. So does that mean men get no say about the right to life of their own gender? What about the roughly 30 million baby boys who have been aborted? Who speaks for them? And are we to believe the 30 million little […]
Episode 1: Progressive Agenda of the Democratic Party
In this first episode of Front Porch Sense, Marnie Pehrson Kuhns and her father, Jack Morton, discuss the shifts in the political climate – the changes that are happening in both the democratic and republican parties over recent decades, why the left has become more bold in their progressive (aka socialist) agenda, and what we […]
The War on Morality
There is a full-out war being waged on morality. It is no coincidence that those who advocate for socialism and big government also promote aberrant behavior and the destruction of the most basic, time-honored moral codes of our society. What’s the connection? Why do they do this? Simple: power and gain. A free society requires […]
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.
…
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.
…
From the mountains
To the prairies
To the oceans
White with foam.
God bless America,
My home sweet home