please welcome jerome corsi. [applause] >> thank you very much. first, i want to, i co-authored, want to acknowledge my great co-author, john o'neill and healthy as well. could not have done it, i could not have done it without john's assistance. he was a navy veteran, and he was a great honor to fight that battle. two books i have today i think are equally important messages. i want to start with this one on "bad samaritans," and the subtitle is the aclu's relentless campaign to erase faith from the public square. now, in the beginning of this book i trace the history of the aclu because i wanted to make it clear that this was not an accidental development. our founding fathers inviting the first amendment articulated many times that if the united states lost its belief in god, and for our founding fathers belief in god was judeo-christian religion. that we would lose our liberty, and i begin with this thinking, these were geniuses that created our declaration for independence, our constitution, bill of rights, and why would they think that? and

our coverage includes talks from james antle, benjamin wiker, greg autry, jerome corsi, m.tanton evans, hans von spakovsky, stanley kurtz, william federer, and ryan anderson. we start with james antle, author of "devouring freedom: can big government be stopped?". >> talking about the dangers of centralized control and an overreaching government and how it can have a profound effect on society. now we should ask the question, can big government be stopped? james antle is the author of a new book, "devouring freedom: can big government be stopped?." the editor of daily colonist foundation and senior editor at the american spectator. he is also a contributing editor to the american conservative. he is a frequent guest on television and radio and resides in virginia, so close by. i want you to welcome a james antle, the author of "devouring freedom: can big government be stopped?". [applause] >> good morning. well, thank you, first of all, eagle forum and heritage foundation to having me -- for having me. a country that often seems to have forgotten. so my book, "devouring fre

jerome corsi. [applause] >> i co-authored a lead to a college my great co-author donald i hope he is around i could not have done it without him he is steve avery -- navy veteran -- veteran but today both are equally important messages. i would do start with "bad samaritans" and the subtitle is the aclu relentless campaign to erase faith from the public square. in the beginning of the book titrate it's the history of the aclu to make it clear this is not the accidental development the founding fathers in writing the first amendment's articulated many times it united states lost its belief in god the founding fathers believed in god with the judeo-christian then we will lose our liberties and i began with this thinking every group changes from from created the declaration of independence the constitution millerites and why would they think this and how is it that america today has allowed the aclu's step-by-step to make us into very secular nation where it is almost a crime to even have the expressi