And seeing from afar a fig tree having
leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He
came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for
figs. In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever
again.” And His disciples heard him. -Mark 11: 12-14
To
champion the nation's founding principles is to commit to a downsizing
of government the likes of which can barely be imagined, in today's
climate. Who in America is prepared to handle the whole truth and
nothing but . . . or commit to so radical a cause? Who on talk radio
would dare hint of mounting a righteous crusade of abolition against the
welfare principle, as such? Which Tea Party candidate will run for
office pledging to slash his constituents' benefits and put the civil
servants in his district or state out to pasture?
Jerome Huyker,PhD, author of Locke in America: The Moral Philosophy of the Founding E