by RaShell Southerland | Apr 19, 2024 | Principles
On the night of April 18, 1775, a Brigade of over 700 British soldiers, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Smith, were marching toward Lexington, with “hostile design”. These were the coming “Red Coats” who were the reason for Paul Revere’s midnight ride,...
by RaShell Southerland | Nov 14, 2023 | Enumerated Powers, How Government Works
Hello again! In previous articles, “A Rare and Fun Day in a Constitutional Nerd Kinda Way”, and “What Can Congress Do?”, we have been working on covering all of the enumerated powers of Congress that are listed in Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution. In...
by RaShell Southerland | Sep 21, 2023 | How Government Works
I have 5 boys and all of them wear their hair short. With haircuts at $10 – $15 each, it didn’t take too long for me to think about buying a set of hair clippers and cutting their hair myself! So one day, I did just that. I bought the clippers,...
by RaShell Southerland | May 13, 2023 | Enumerated Powers, How Government Works
Hey… welcome yall… if you have been reading this blog for any period of time at all, you know how I like to write. I like to open with a fun, light hearted story that will illustrate the material that I want to cover… then I cover the material,...
by RaShell Southerland | Mar 4, 2023 | Enumerated Powers, How Government Works
“Hey, come here, look at this!” My wife tilted the computer monitor so I could see it clearly. We have often been quite critical of our Representative in the U.S. House, and one of our Senators from Texas. Even though they run their campaigns touting...
