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By Steven Maikoski, Author: “The Real Constitution and its Real Enemies”
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9-21-2025 

This morning, Andrew Wilkow (the Wilkow Majority) observed that while Kamala Harris is on her book tour, suddenly Hillary Clinton is booking appearances on several news shows.  It seems somebody doesn’t like Kamala getting all that attention. Cat Fight!

Now to get serious: Does forgiveness matter?

What is the purpose of law and justice?  That was the subject of Plato’s book, The Republic, written over two thousand years ago.  Plato uses the dialogue between Socrates and Thrasymachus to illustrate how evil individuals will disregard good laws when they are not properly enforced.  Conversely, when laws are enforced, society enjoys the symphony of a better society.

In my seventy-plus years, I have bounced between several religious philosophies.  A great awakening occurred when I visited the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site in West Germany. That experience intensified my thoughts, changing my simple curiosity into a greater study.

After the visit, I read a few books about the Holocaust. I was impressed with the interviews of survivors of the death camps, especially of one man who commented that he heard God’s name called many times over the long years, but He only came in death, by starvation, disease, or by running into a zone where the prisoners knew they would be shot.  

It taught me that the earth is in a constant battle between good and evil. We are here to prove ourselves.  It was through this experience that I no longer believed in the forgiveness that so many churches preach. I believe there is no forgiveness, that I will be subjected to the proper praises and punishments in my final judgment. 

Some people do not believe in an afterlife or a system of punishment and reward. Life is what they make it, or take it. Enforcement of the law or against the law is the only power they respect.  

Now I’ll talk about the memorial for Charlie Kirk.

When Erika Kirk forgave that man for murdering her husband—and father of her two young children—the words of forgiveness were obviously hard for her to voice. As they left her lips, her torment was obvious.  So, what brought her to excuse the evil man who had ended one life and irreparably damaged the lives of so many people? 

She preceded her pardon with scripture, Father, forgive them, for they not know what they do.”

Just who were they? I have long believed they were the men who were doing the crucifixion. They were following orders.  The Romans were known to be strict disciplinarians, so if the workers shirked their duty, they may have been hanged on the next cross. But this doesn’t matter.

This matters: the killer, Tyler Robinson, knew what he was doing.  His anger and hatred had percolated for months—or longer—likely exacerbated by his perverted involvement with a transexual sissy boy.  He planned his mission in detail, finding a sniper spot, etching messages on the 30-06 cartridges before the shooting, and mapping an escape route. He does not qualify as someone who is inexperienced or unskilled.

In a moral sense, Tyler Robinson does not deserve forgiveness from anyone.  He has earned the scorn of all good citizens and should be held accountable to the full force of the law for the crime he has committed.  If convicted, his execution should be in the full public eye so punks can understand there are consequences to bad acts.

That is important to our nation. 

Laws, Rules, and Commandments mean nothing if they are not enforced. Laws are often based on moral principles, but over the last thirty-plus years, we have seen governments and religions succumb to social pressures, abandoning the moral foundations of their societies and churches.  One of the shared elements of decay in these groups is sexual promiscuity, from abortion to gay and transsexual rights.  Their promotion of drag shows in front of children serves notice of their intent to normalize pedophilia. Various porn sites on the Internet openly advertised against a Trump presidency because he wanted the sites to verify that the user was an adult.  

To add spice to that list, the growth of satanic websites, especially with their perverted content, is disturbing.

The democrat party has become the home of many of these bizarre factions.  Although the party is losing members, its remaining members are becoming more intense in their political spirit.  Last Friday, the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring Charlie Kirk, but 58 Democrats refused to approve the honor, and nearly a hundred did not vote on condemning his murder.  

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized the honors, claiming that we live in violent times by comparing Kirk’s murder to the January 6 protests and the Republicans’ refusal to address gun control. 

Believe me, they are just getting started.  

Here’s an example of the thought-cast from Robert Reich in the group Move-on dot org:  

Donald Trump’s regime threatens to take away broadcast licenses of networks whose TV personalities criticize him. Demands that the attorney general prosecute his enemies. Sues The New York Times for criticizing him. Bombs boats in international waters. Occupies American cities. Accuses the left but not the right of political violence. Targets “liberal” organizations. Kidnaps (and sometimes disappears) people who look Latino. Allows Putin and Netanyahu to do their worst. And so on.

The democrat faction keeps drumming up the hatred by making people believe they are going to lose their rights, property, and nation.  They are not stopping. 

I just found out that my uncle, a lifelong republican, will be voting democrat in the next election.  This would not have happened if he were still alive. 

Steve