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Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should Congress approve Obama's "end global poverty" bill with the $845 billion price tag?: 1 of 7
As is often the case when considering proposals pushed by our lawmakers, many among us have resigned themselves to asking the wrong questions. Instead of pontificating the so-called merits of an 845 billion dollar expenditure, we should be asking ourselves: what have we wrought? Despite the efforts, of many, to muddy the wat... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders (Other) Should the next US president focus more on domestic issues?: 1 of 6
In answering a question posed at the closing of the Constitutional convention, Benjamen Franklin uttered the famous words "A Republic if you can keep it." That day, September 18, 1787, marked an important date in this nation's history; a summer spent in a particularly hot Philadelphia had seen compromise form the backbone of... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Law & Justice (Other) Should college campuses be gun-free zones?: 5 of 13
Tread carefully all ye citizens, lest the leg-irons of socialism cripple the foundation of freedom ye so eagerly bind with infringing intent. Our schools and Universities are sad examples of a populace willing to cast yesterday's freedoms into the waste bin of lore. Guaranteed rights are scorned as the enlightened elite tell... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Are American soldiers in Iraq dying in vain?: 16 of 24
I was horrified when I first learned of President Lincoln's actions to jail some of the administration's harshest critics during the Civil War. At the time I simply couldn't comprehend how a U.S. President could engage in such unseemly conduct. But youth has its innocence and while I had grown up in the generation that watch... More..