The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Why are the progressives so obsessed with separating children from their parents? Hillary Clinton thinks you can’t raise your children and that “It takes a village to raise a child.” Personally, I like the retort I heard from Thomas Sowell. “It takes a village idiot to believe that!” Why do those who promote the public education system work...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – How many of you remember Superman’s motto? I grew up with that call, that ideal, that not only this fictional superhero but every American should fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Yet today, it seems so many people aren’t fighting for these ideals but against them. Even DC Comics dropped the phrase “The American Way” for...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – As I travel the country speaking to people about the Constitution, one question I’m frequently asked is, "Would I run for Congress?" I have a couple of reasons why I don’t. One is I don’t lie, and we all know that lying is a required skill for members of Congress. The other is a little more nuanced. Since I would uphold my oath to support the...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – There are plenty of disagreements about what policy is best, but does anyone bother to see if those policies actually work? Want a scarier thought? What if these policies actually ARE working? Albert Einstein said that doing the same thing over and over against expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity. But what if those...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – With the release of the Durham Report, we have yet another example of the corruption that seems to be so evident in Washington, D.C. We should ask ourselves, is government corrupt by nature, or is it something else? While I’m sure, many of you may answer that question with a hearty “YES!” I think a closer look will show...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Years ago, I taught Sunday School, and for several of those years, I was teaching high-school-level teenagers. Every year I pointed out to my students that the most difficult question I would ask all year was, “Why?” What makes that the most difficult question for a group of Sunday School students? Because many of them...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – I’m beginning to think all government programs should come with a warning label, just like the ones on cigarettes. You may think I’m being hyperbolic, but look at how many programs that were created to help us are now used to harm We the People. As Ronald Reagan said, “[A] government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Does anyone else remember the Dire Straits song “Money for Nothing”? I think of that song just about every time I hear some people talk about the national debt and the debt ceiling and claim that we just need to raise the ceiling without worrying about spending. There are plenty of people who want to ignore the impact of our...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – I was listening to a comedian the other day. She was talking to a group of millennials and pointed out that she could take out the entire generation with a jar of peanuts. After I stopped laughing, I started thinking, that doesn’t seem to be as outrageous as you might think. Thinking back, very few children seemed to have peanut allergies...

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – My maternal grandfather was from Italy. In fact, his younger brother was born on the boat as they came to America. He was convinced, to his dying day, that the Mafia was not Italian. Similarly, there are those today who cannot fathom the idea that many of our governments today act more like an organized crime family than the representatives...