Recent events, when viewed collectively, leave one wondering what exactly the U.S. government is preparing for and whether American citizens shouldn’t be preparing, as well, for that eventuality when our so-called “government of the people, by the people, for the people” is no longer answerable to “we the people.”

When was the last time you saw a bunch of Republican senators calling for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to be “strong” and “tough” on standards, claiming government intervention in the free market was a good thing to be sought after, and promoting environmentalism and advancing the global warming agenda?

Ask people in the United States what a dhimmi is and perhaps a handful might know. In Europe, and as far as India and the far east, the number would be higher because of latent memories of battles fought against invading Moslem armies across the span of centuries.

Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges and three other cases concerning whether states will remain free to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Gene Schaerr and Ryan Anderson spoke recently at the Heritage Foundation about marriage.

Democrats have a history going back over 150 years of treating certain Americans differently, of considering themselves better than certain Americans, and trying to run the lives of certain Americans that they consider inferior. While the tactics have changed a bit, nothing important has really changed in all that time.

As the mother of a fallen Navy SEAL killed in action on August 6, 2011, I spend a lot of time talking to men and women who have served this nation since the Towers fell on that fateful morning of September 11, 2001. Young adults who launched themselves into action with reckless abandon, believing in their hearts that their sacrifice—their commitment to the cause—would make an impact on American security.