by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 7, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, George Washington, President, Quotes, Uncategorized
“It appears to me….little short of a miracle that the delegates from so many different states…are also so different from each other in their manners, circumstances, and prejudices… should uniute in forming a system of national government so...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 7, 2013 | Ben Franklin, Constitution, Founders, Quotes, Uncategorized
“I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance [as the framing of the Constitution] … should be suffered to pass without being in some degree influenced,...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 7, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, Government, James Madison, President, Quotes, Uncategorized
“Is it not the glory of the people of America that, while they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and other nations, they have not suffered a blind veneration for antiquity, for custom, or for names to overrule the suggestions of their own...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Dec 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Check this out….. You’ll love it! And here is another...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Dec 14, 2012 | Links, Uncategorized
Mike is a retired (2011) engineer/businessman. He grew up in Eastern Oregon on a farm and became an Electrical Engineer‚ husband and father after college at Oregon State University. After a number of years working for companies in the space industry (Apollo)‚ medical...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Dec 14, 2012 | Links, Other, Uncategorized
This is a Civics Quiz originally developed by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute to determine the amount of civics knowledge students gained in various colleges and universities. What they found was that many actually scored lower after attending college. Now this...
