I’ve probably heard “it” as many times as I’ve said “it”. And having family and friends who’ve fought and even died for “it”, makes “it” all the more precious to me. Indeed my fellow Americans, “freedom is not free”. Nevertheless, it is God given but must be defended and ultimately paid for with the blood and toil of those who understand it. So when I read news snippets about the “Common Core Curriculum”, and how its work sheets are written with the stated intent to “educate” the next generation, you can imagine my confusion.

“(The president) makes sure the laws of the country are fair,” “The wants of an individual are less important than the well-being of the nation” and “the commands of government officials must be obeyed by all.”

Is this what so many American Soldiers fought for? Is this representative of the values and principles on which this great nation was founded? Is this how those who oversee our embarrassing public education system understand the three branches of government and their functions? Or is this the “indoctrination” of our children as opposed to their education? Regrettably, I believe it is the latter.

Some of you may remember my earlier writing and how I envisioned a crossroads in our future, a time when Americans would either accept the truth and pass a greater and stronger nation to our posterity, or fold in the face of revisionism and “the free ride”. May I have your attention please? We are their…