What are the minimum duties that a government is expected to perform and is our government meeting those minimal expectations?

First of all, it is the duty of government to protect the life and property of law-abiding citizens. As a Christian conservative, I would include the life of the unborn in that declaration. If government cannot or will not protect the citizens and their property from harm what purpose is there in having it?

The Public Theater of New York City recently decided that it would be a good idea to stage Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar” in a modern setting. In this version of the play the dictator, Julius Caesar, looks a lot like Donald Trump and, of course, in act three he’s murdered in order to save the country.

Yesterday NaNoWriMo.org, the organization behind the event felt, compelled to send me an email in which they stated, “Because of this core organizational value, we join the many voices standing against the presidential executive order that bans refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.”

Why is National Novel Writing Month involving itself in issues of immigration, foreign policy, and national security?