Congress Back to Work: Syria

As Congress heads back into session this week, one topic will be on the minds of our elected officials: the crisis in Syria. As many are most surely familiar with, the Obama administration’s self-imposed “red line” on Syrian use of chemical weapons...

Religious Liberty goes down in Oregon

The collapse of religious liberty continues. With August’s news of religious liberty taking a backseat to sexual orientation in New Mexico   September is starting off with a bang, too. News out of the northwest reveals that a Gresham, Oregon cake shop...

A culture of harassment

The nation was thrust into the midst of a strip-club act earlier in the week when MTV televised Video Music Awards showed Miley twerking in a nude bikini and Gaga stripping down to a thong and sea shell pasties.  The only thing missing was a shiny pole and strobe...

The ACLU: There they go again

Anyone familiar with President Reagan’s famous refrain, “There you go again”  will note that the President first said this remark in a bout of sighing annoyance toward his opponent, Jimmy Carter, who would offer the same repeated, tired lines of...

Truth and clarity integral to politics and life

More than 600 pro-Morsi protesters lie dead in Cairo streets after Egypt’s military cleared two Muslim Brotherhood camps on Wednesday. Coptic churches were then attacked and burned—forty in the last three days. The violence has spread across Egypt in what...

Planned Parenthood: Coming to a town near you?

Planned Parenthood, the government-subsidized “family planning” organization that oversaw over 330,000 abortions throughout the United States in 2012 is poised to inch further into the Commonwealth.  Currently, there are two abortion facilities in...

When a coup is not a coup

I woke up this morning to the latest news of violence in the streets of Cairo, Egypt.  NPR reported that Egyptian security forces attacked pro-Morsi camps, killing as many as 60 protestors. With that kind of news off the bat who needs coffee to jumpstart the day?...

Fancy Farm: full of sound and fury

I made it to the 133 annual Fancy Farm Picnic on Saturday. When I left home in Cadiz, it looked as if I'd be watching the candidate speeches in the rain but as I arrived, the rain stopped and the sun poked through the clouds. I didn't hear a single politician...

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