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Unless you have been living under a rock you have heard about the Supreme Court ruling about the current gun laws in Chicago. You have also most likely heard all the ruckus that surrounds the ruling as well. Some think we are headed back to the Wild, Wild West of yesterday while others believe we [...]

That’s right. I just finished reading about a poll in The Week magazine where 26% of Americans didn’t know that Great Britain (A.K.A England for those who may not know who Great Britain is) was the country we, America A.K.A United State of America, fought to gain our independence. I can even [...]

Education is supposed to be the backbone of America and as parents and educators alike we know the best teaching comes from that done by example. With this in mind, is anyone asking what we are teaching our kids by the examples that are coming through loud and clear by politicians, business executives, the media, [...]

There has been a lot of heated discourse surrounding the health care bill. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing. What has become a bad thing is the type of language used. Coarse language does not particularly bother me, but I don’t think it adds to an intelligent, productive discourse.
As Americans, we pride ourselves in our [...]

What is it about watching people die in mass that gets us off our butts to immobilize and help? Just talk about 9/11 and watch how passionate people are about the people that died that day. Mention the tsunami that hit a few years ago or watch the TV and see the earthquakes that have [...]

Last week I got an email from my father who is 75 and extremely conservative these days as he only listens to talk radio and my step-mother. It also does not bode well that he lives in Texas where there seems to be a movement these days to just be obstinate when it comes to [...]

It wasn’t long ago that a good friend told me he was getting off the political train because it’s too much like football. You know, where one team has the ball and the only thing that is truly important is keeping the other team from scoring and getting the ball back. As he talked I [...]