By: Jake Baker (Diary)  |  August 16th at 11:55 AM  | 

The Baker Report Dr. Jake Baker Yesterday, while criticizing Vice Presidential Nominee, Paul Ryan, who spoke of his father in his Wisconsin speech this past weekend, Joe Biden quoted his father, implying that his dad was wiser than Ryan’s dad. “…My dad [had] a lot of wisdom. Every time someone tells you, say, ‘Look, let me tell you what’s important to me, what I value.’ | Read More »

By: Jake Baker (Diary)  |  December 12th at 06:35 AM  | 

I’m an American. I still believe in American exceptionalism, but perhaps now more than ever, I have come to understand that exceptionalism is not a result of merit … but grace. I came to that conclusion after honestly asking myself: Are we smarter than the Romans, who built a republic thousands of years ahead of us; more brilliant than the Germans, from whom we developed our rocket and space technology; better than the Brits, who were one of the largest empires ever built, or more tenacious than the Russians, who stopped the Germans in WW II? I doubt it.

So, what made America exceptional? Certainly, at the time of the revolution it was not our military or financial prowess. Exceptionalism did not rest in the hands of the Continental Congress, who were as feckless as any deliberative body ever assembled. The case could be made that Washington was exceptional, yet he lost battle after battle, almost to the point of mutiny among his men and top generals.

What, then, was that spark that set this nation apart from all others on earth? Sure, we have an abundance of natural resources: land, warm water ports, and so much more; still, I believe, to accurately define exceptionalism, one must look to the words of the Declaration of independence.

By: Jake Baker (Diary)  |  November 10th at 08:30 AM  | 

By Dr. Jeffrey “Jake” Baker November 10, 2010   The recent vote tells us a lot about the willingness of our countrymen to radically change their course in history.  But the important work of preserving freedom still remains.  Our Founding Fathers broke their political ties with England because they believed the following:  “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, | Read More »