Blog Posts – Page 12 – Bethanne Kim

“Allahu Akbar”

Freedom of Speech The Constitution gives us freedom of speech in the 1st Amendment, but that doesn’t truly mean we are free to say anything. There is the famous example of yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater, but there is also the reality that there are words we simply cannot say because society has decided […]

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

Current Events Featured General

ISIS went a little too far

Islamic extremists repeatedly do barbaric things and, frankly, Islamic countries don’t seem all the upset by it. They certainly aren’t standing up to decry suicide bombings as wrong, or homicidal rampages by gun-wielding lunatics as a problem. But this time, ISIS has managed to cross the line that honestly didn’t seem to exist – the […]

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

Featured General

My Personal Views

What I don’t want Here are my personal views: I don’t want the government in my personal business. I don’t want to tell the IRS how much money I have saved this year, what I spent marketing my books, and how much Christmas money my kids have saved in their bank accounts. It’s none of […]

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

Ages and Stages Family Featured General

What It’s Like Having the First Responder Gene

How would you react in a disaster? Would / do you freeze, panic, or act? I don’t know what the term is, really, but I’ve always thought of it as having the “First Responder Gene”. It doesn’t have anything to do with working as a First Responder – EMT, Firefighter, etc. – but rather with […]

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

Featured General US History and Constitution

United We Stand, Divided Politicians Profit

United We Stand, Divided We Fall. And Politicians Profit. We have all heard the quote. Patrick Henry said it in the Revolutionary Era. The Allied Forces said it during WWII. And it’s still true. United we stand, divided we fall. But today, it’s not an outside military force that is dividing us. It’s our own […]

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 9, 2022

Ages and Stages Family Featured General

It’s all about the kids

I have had a blog at HistoricalConstitution.com for several years but had a hard time posting regularly because I felt like my posts needed to be more “scholarly” and devoid of my personal biases and feelings as much as possible. Frankly, that just hasn’t worked for me. Some of my view skew left, some right, […]

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

Ages and Stages Family Featured School

The Michelle Obama School Lunch Bill

First, I don’t like the Michelle Obama school lunch bill. There is a huge difference in what the high school linebacker needs – truly needs – to eat and what a scrawny ninth grader who is barely 90 lbs soaking wet needs to eat, and the law doesn’t take that into account. Second, I am […]

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

Featured Fun and Games General

Miley and Those Headlines

If you haven’t seen the headlines about her, then you haven’t looked at online news recently. As we all know, Miley Cyrus made a choice in early 2014 to dress in a nude latex bikini and perform a dance routine that belongs in a strip club, not on prime time television, and both (much older) […]

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

Featured Fun and Games General

Converse and the American Flag

This image from the Library of Congress shows a display of Converse sneakers set up to look like the American flag. Clearly, it’s not exact (they are working with sneakers here), but isn’t it nice to see a company displaying our flag instead of banning it?

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 1, 2022

Featured US History and Constitution

An Article V Convention Debate

A few weeks ago, I attended a debate on whether the time has come for an Article V Convention to amend the US Constitution. It was between Michael Farris of the Convention of States Project and VA House of Representatives Member Bob Marshall. The debate moderator was Ken Cucinnelli, who meticulously ensured that both speakers […]

Bethanne Kim 10 years agoFebruary 1, 2022