What Does Religious Liberty Mean to You?

  Opinion:  Patricia L Johnson The first day of the annual Values Voter Summit began on Friday, September 26, 2014 with leading Republicans getting together to speak at a gathering of evangelical conservatives. Their theme for the day was ‘Religious Liberty’ and it will probably be the theme that will … Continue Reading Continue reading

U.S. National Debt – Cause and Effect

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Each year the CBO, Congressional Budget Office, releases a report titled The Budget and Economic Outlook with their projections for the period beginning the year it’s released and containing projections for the subsequent 10-year period of time. Although CBO projections are an … Continue Reading Continue reading

What is the Status of Keystone XL?

By Patricia L Johnson Do you really know the facts behind the Keystone XL Pipeline Project? Executive Order 13337 signed April 30, 2004, by President George W. Bush dictates that the Secretary of State shall be ‘designated and empowered’ to receive all applications for Presidential permits for the exportation or importation … Continue Reading Continue reading

Republicans at Work – NOT Taking Care of Business

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Following is an excerpt from a letter written February 7, 2014 to John A. Boehner, Speaker of the House from Department of Treasury Secretary, Jacob J. Lew. “As you know, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 temporarily suspended the statutory debt limit through today, February … Continue Reading Continue reading

What is Senator Rand Paul’s Problem?

By Patricia L Johnson Since when does being a junior Senator give someone a license to be callous and uncaring in addition to distorting the truth? Senator Randal Howard [Rand] Paul (R-KY), and a member of the Tea Party movement, has only been a member of the United States Senate … Continue Reading Continue reading

“Best of the Best” or “Worst of the Worst”

Going to the movie theater to see the latest release has been an ongoing event in our household, during winter months.   It certainly is enjoyable to make a night of it and go see a movie, then go out to dinner, or vice versa.  It was only a week or … Continue Reading Continue reading

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