Did you know that in colonial times and long after the birth of our nation, pastors used to preach “election sermons” in preparation for elections? Given the hostility toward Christianity displayed by the political and academic class today, as well as their historical revisionism, that probably surprises you, but it’s true. The founders of our great nation understood that our liberties and inherent value come from God, not government, and that Christians have not only a right, but a duty to vote (and vote rightly) in elections.

The more I think about it, the more I am disturbed that the chairman of the South Dakota Republican Party, Tim Rave, has received financial backing from a pro-homosexual activist group like Equality South Dakota. Normally, you would expect that the head of an organization would be the person most dedicated to the values and priorities of that organization, the individual most sold-out to advancing its agenda. Yet on a recent Republican scorecard of a variety of textbook Republican issues, Rave only scored 38%. He scored 33% on the previous year’s scorecard.

Schools is in session, and Andrew Klavan provides a lesson badly need by RINOs, Democrats and other liberals. Cronyism isn’t capitalism. It can sometimes be mistaken for capitalism, because it does involve money and the free market. However, unlike capitalism where the free market punishes stupidity and incentivizes both fair business practices and wise decisions, cronyism is when the government meddles in the free market for the benefit of bureaucrats and their cronies.

After the victory over the British at Yorktown, many of the Continental soldiers became disillusioned with the new American government, as they had not been paid for years. Disgruntled, a group in New York, referred to as the Newburgh Conspiracy, plotted to march and occupy the Capitol, to force Congress to give them back pay and pensions. With some British troops still on American soil, a show of disunity could have easily renewed the war.