Gideon was a complicated figure in the Old Testament, and cautionary tale for each of us. He started strong, but became what he’d been fighting against. In this week’s podcast, Michael Quinn Sullivan says we need to be on guard against being led astray by our own...
In this week’s podcast, Michael Quinn Sullivan explains how our republic is being killed because too many Americans have stopped caring about liberty and self-governance. Reflections on Life & Liberty Killing Liberty Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute...
In this week’s podcast, Michael Quinn Sullivan reflects on the sometimes-frustrating “now, but not yet” duality which courses through scripture and is even embedded in our Constitution. He argues that the idea imperfect men strive for a “more...
In this week’s podcast, Michael Quinn Sullivan says out-of-control government spending won’t be solved by addressing “waste” until we redefine waste to mean any spending that isn’t explicitly authorized by the Constitution. Budgets are bloated by the big-government...
“Play it safe,” we’re often told. “Take small steps,” people say. This week, Michael Quinn Sullivan reflects on the importance of Texas’ patriots in 1836 being willing to risk everything rather than live as serfs. Liberty has never been achieved through timidity,...
When the ruling elite in Jerusalem tried to trip up Jesus and ask about the Roman tax burden, He famously deflected. “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Jesus knew they weren’t really curious about tax policy; they...
Politicians working to undermine our republic and erode liberty don’t want witnesses to their dirty deeds, explains Michael Quinn Sullivan in this week’s reflection. Our system of government wasn’t designed to be set on autopilot, but rather requires the daily...
In this week’s edition of his podcast, Michael Quinn Sullivan discusses the modern “isms” arising from Karl Marx. He explains they are rooted in the state stealing all property and distributing goods based on the intellectual whims of those in charge. ...
In this week’s podcast, Michael Quinn Sullivan tells the story of Megiddo – a city that held outsized influence over the ancient world for nearly seven millennia its decline two thousand years ago. He reflects on what it would take for people thousands of years from...
In this week’s podcast, Michael Quinn Sullivan discusses what he calls an “uncomfortable truth: self-governance demands that we first govern ourselves.” Reflections on Life & Liberty Self-Governance And Governing Ourselves Play Episode Pause Episode...
In this week’s podcast, Michael Quinn Sullivan reflects on the importance of voters demanding that politicians keep their promises. Reflections on Life & Liberty Promises, Promises Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30...
In this week’s podcast, Michael Quinn Sullivan writes about the fall of the Alamo, how it inspired Texas’ victory in the war of independence… and how being faithful is more important than being successful.It is a choice, he says, that everyone has to make. Reflections...
In this week’s podcast, Michael Quinn Sullivan says the real fight for the Republic is not between Republicans and Democrats, but the ruling elite and everyone else. While the differences between Republicans and Democrats are real, the self-serving elite are letting...
In this edition of the podcast, Michael Quinn Sullivan explains that men cannot be publicly virtuous and privately scandalous. The private morality of politicians always impacts their public morals. Reflections on Life & Liberty Public Morals And Private Morality Play...
No matter how hard they try, says Michael Sullivan in today’s Reflection, politicians cannot seek both your approval and the approval of the political establishment. Reflections on Life & Liberty Serving Two Masters Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode...
In the physics of politics, explains Michael Quinn Sullivan, political volume can create a mass of support. Conversely, a loud campaign doesn’t necessarily mean it has a lot of support. Rather than get pulled into the personality games of campaigns, citizens should...
Mark Twain famously said God made idiots for practice, then made school boards. Whatever else we might be tempted to think about the idiotic behavior of the local school district, we should start by remembering that we elect them… Or, as is more often the case...
As a governing system, explains Michael Quinn Sullivan in this reflection, socialism demands that government be placed over the God of Abraham. As a result, the dignity – and even value – of the individual collapses before the needs of the state. Reflections on Life &...
In this week’s reflection, Michael Quinn Sullivan looks at the importance of the 1948 discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and what protecting original manuscripts of important documents says about a people. Reflections on Life & Liberty Written Words Matter Play...
The people of ancient Chorazin were given front row seats to the most amazing miracles in history, yet they rejected God and faded away. In this week’s reflection, Michael Quinn Sullivan says America should be careful about repeating that mistake. Reflections on Life...
