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LATEST ARTICLES ( 30 )

• Pro Life, Pro choice…Nonsense! It About Who Dies, Fetus Or Mother.

  The abortion debate is about who dies, the unborn fetus or the young mother. Many years ago, abortion was illegal. It also was readily available in back... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• UN Small Arms Treaty, Good Or Bad for America?

  

  Since 2006, the UN has been framing an Arms Trade Treaty, to be applied to the import and export of all arms from small arms to tanks, aircraft, missiles,... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Religion, Part Two: The Bad, The Ugly, The Teachers

  

  Religion has it terrible side as well as it good, as discussed in the prior article which appeared last week. Religion has been the excuse, and even the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Place of Religion in Society, Part One

  

  Many years ago, we were taught never to bring up politics or Religion when we are having a good day with our friends. On this site, we have made effort to... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Marketplace Fairness to Big Business and State Governments Tax Act; the...

  

  Very quietly, the Senate introduced a bill which would implement collection of state sales taxes on product sales made over the internet on April 16th, S.743. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Air Traffic Controller Cuts Rather Than Construction Cost Cuts: Obama Sequester...

  

  Why did the FAA decide to cut air traffic controller hours and to close control towers when faced with the need to cut some $600 million dollars (4%) of their... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why I Am Leaving the NRA: The Manchin-Toomey Bill

  

  Yesterday, the forces of the poorly informed and the unread won, and the public lost. The Manchin-Toomey Bill was defeated in the Senate. Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Toomey-Manchin Bill

  

  Today, the Senate will be voting on the Toomey-Manchin Bill known as the Public Safety and Second Amendment Protection Act. Having followed the discussion in th... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Government’s Prescription to Treat Drug Abuse

  

  I recently attended a seminar in which I learned about a program in my state which was enacted into law; a poorly thought out law that created an unsolvable... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Same Sex Marriage. Should It Be Allowed Under the Law?

  

  This week, the Supreme Court will hear two cases impacting laws on same sex marriage. The first is a suit challenging California’s law defining marriage as a... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY