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President Barack Obama speaks to the 2016 Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders at the East West Center, in Honolulu, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Obama legacy: The re-tribalization of America

President Obama and others are beginning to talk seriously about his legacy. He has transformed the American presidency into an autocracy, the federal government into an oligarchy, and the American public into an anarchy composed of self-seeking tribes, each of whom views its success in terms of defeating its enemies.

Image courtesy of Crossway Books.

The Gospel Promised. The Gospel Realized.

These 2-volumes have been produced as part of the 50th Anniversary celebration of Reformed Theological Seminary. The authors are all drawn from the pool of Evangelical, Reformed scholarship that teaches (or has taught) at this institution.

Statue of President James Madison. By US Capitol (President James Madison Memorial) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Is there no virtue among us?

James Madison said that a virtuous citizenry is what secures liberty and happiness. He said, "But I go on this great republican principle, that the people will have virtue and intelligence to select men of virtue and wisdom."

Gary Johnson won the party's presidential nomination on the second ballot with 55.8 percent of the delegate vote, giving him a second shot at the presidency after winning about 1.72 million votes as the party's candidate in 2012. (Associated Press)

Let Gary Johnson debate

On Sept. 7, NBC and MSNBC will present an event called The Commander in Chief forum. While there is some irony in this forum being hosted by the "Karl Marx Channel," there is a huge problem with this forum and the subsequent debates planned for this fall.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Akron, Ohio, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) **FILE**

The Republican Maginot line

While the GOP is busy fighting the last war, a new war is upon them and the Republican establishment is ill prepared to deal with it. The new war is the Trump war.