Today's American Minute

Tariff History - American Minute with Bill Federer

April 13, 2025

In fact, the second bill signed by President George Washington was the Tariff Act of 1789, which imposed a 5 percent tariff on all imports.

Père Marquette, French missionary to Indians of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Mississippi River valley, who settled Chicago - American Minute with Bill Federer

April 04, 2025 • & settled Chicago - American Minute with Bill Federer • French missionary to Indians of Michigan • Illinois • Mississippi River valley • Père Marquette • Wisconsin

The first Europeans to explore the northern Mississippi, Jacques Marquette gave his account in Voyage et De'couverte de Quelques Pays et Nations de l'Amerique Septemtrionale (translated 1852, The Jesuit Relations, Volume LIX): "We came to ... the Folle Avoine (Menominee). I entered their river to go and visit these people to whom we preached the Gospel ... in consequence of which, there are several good Christians among them ... I told ... of my design to ... discover those remote nations, in order to teach them the mysteries of our holy religion ..."

Pastors in Politics during Revolution, and Constitution Signer Hugh Williamson - American Minute with Bill Federer

April 02, 2025 • Pastors in Politics during American Revolution: Hugh Williamson & other preachers

Baptist Pastor Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., stated:

“The church must be reminded that it is ... the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state ...

If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority.”

How Congress Can Limit Activist Judges - American Minute with Bill Federer

March 21, 2025

Phyllis Schlafly described in the book Judicial Tyranny: "Twentieth-century judges developed the notion that when they put on black robes, they became wiser than the rest of us and can reign supreme over the other branches of government …"

Who are the Houthis? - American Minute with Bill Federer

March 17, 2025

Fifteen percent of the world’s maritime traffic travels this route, but as the Yemen Houthis attack oil tankers, the only alternative route is to sail around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope adding an extra 2,000 miles to the trip. This consumes much more fuel and drastically increases the costs of products shipped.