Bold and Blunt

Democrats don't like the idea of self-governance, and they certainly don't like the notion of God-given rights and liberties. Why not? It cuts into their power. So what Democrats do in order to destroy American Exceptionalism and the concept of individualism and God-given rights is they divide the nation into tiny segments of easily controlled special interest groups. Then they pit those smaller groups against each other to cause little angry wars. Then they swoop in and pretend like they're the ones who can calm the wars and bring peace to society. Race-based politics and race-baiting political enemies are Democrats' favorite tools. A.J. Rice, author of "The White Privilege Album," talks about the Dems' favorite divide-and-conquer games, and tells how civil America can prevail against these petty political strategies.

If you take a look at the lay of America's political landscape, it's difficult to see why Democrats are so vicious, so divisive, so angry. But then if you look at the high numbers of atheists and secularists and "nones" who call the Democrat Party their political home, it all starts to make sense. New research from George Barna shows there is indeed a direct link between a worldview that's devoid of God, and mental illness. America doesn't just need citizens to believe in God to keep the government moral and to keep society free. America needs citizens to believe in God so there aren't so many mentally ill people roaming the streets, starting trouble and engaging in violence. Jesus is the peacekeeper, after all.

Democrats do love their race cards. That's because they really don't have principles and platforms upon which to stand -- at least, they don't have the principles and platforms that resonate with the American people. So they have to disguise their true intents by distracting from their true intents. Democrats figure if they can drive emotions high enough and spark anger and fuel fury, and point the source of America's problems at Donald Trump, then their candidate, Kamala Harris, will win this November. What drives emotions and sparks fury better than racism? Thus: this is how Democrats campaign. Albin Sadar just penned a piece called "Beware the party of 'acceptable racism.'" He discusses why Democrats do so love to accuse of racism.

All things through Christ -- and that applies to the fight to restore the American Dream, as well. America may be facing attacks from communists and socialists and collectivists and secularists who want to turn this nation's government and culture into something it's not -- who want to rebuild the country by ripping out its very roots. But the demise of America isn't set in stone. It's not a done deal. As Tim Goeglein with Focus on the Family says -- the 1960s may have ushered in a time of cultural upheaval and moral degradation. But a nation rooted on godly principles can recover and emerge in unity. This is the fight before us, he says.

If America is to keep intact its God-given rights and liberties, then America must keep God at the helm -- it's just common sense. Remove God from "God-given" and there's a void. What happens is government steps in and takes over God's domain. Government becomes a sort of god to the people. God-given morphs into Government-given. And what government gives -- government can take. This is the root of all that ails in America right now. Rob Pacienza, faith leader and public speaker, has much to say about the need to keep God at the helm of society.

America's divided, that's true. But it doesn't have to be that way. If Americans would return to the time when political opposition didn't bring out the daggers and knives, and instead, could solve differences with courteous rhetoric -- well, then, half of the divisions in this nation would go by the wayside. But with a most contested presidential election on the horizon -- and coming as it does on the heels of an attempted assassination on a former U.S. president -- the chances of cooler heads prevailing is slim to none. Dr. Warren Farrell has some ideas on getting along with others, though. And it's well worth the while to listen and heed his advice.

The endless war that seems to be taking shape between Ukraine and Russia is born of the Democrat Party. And isn't that interesting because it's always the Republican Party that's called the party of war-mongers? If Kamala Harris is elected president, count on more tax dollars being spent in Ukraine. If Donald Trump is elected president, count on the war coming to a speedy end. The question, in the meanwhile, persists: What is America's real interest in this war? Shea Bradley-Farrell, president of Counterpoint Institute, sheds some light.

It's not enough to watch the news and read the newspaper and listen to talk radio to get the truth -- today's voters have to be discerning about which outlets are purposely stifling truth to advance an agenda. The Democrats have made entire campaigns out of changing realities by advancing perceptions, by advancing lies, by repeating lies enough times so voters are confused. That's really how the left wins elections; by disguising their communist and socialist agendas. But voter manipulation has reached all-time highs in America, and this November is crucial for Americans to beware the lies. Craig Huey weighs in with words of wisdom to see the truth from the lies.

Time is ticking on America's ability to beat back the evil of communism that China wants to spread around the world. Political leaders don't have much longer to take serious and dramatic action to reel in the CCP. But with the right commander-in-chief, and the right policies put forth, and the right level of determination, America can keep communism at bay, says Dennis Unkovic, author of "The Fragility of China." The CCP has several weaknesses, namely its economy, and America could take advantage -- if only politicians awaken and resolve to win this fight.

One of the harshest questions for those who've suffered some sort of terrible and undeserved tragedy to ponder is the one that plagues believers and nonbelievers alike -- and it goes like this: Why does God let bad things happen to good people? Such is the stuff of daily struggle for those seeking to understand why there's so much suffering in the world -- or maybe, more personally, why they themselves are suffering. Ben Locke was well on his way to having a star-like life, when tragedy struck. He struggled for a long time to understand why. And now he's written the book, "In Our Suffering, Lord Be Near."