In the town I called home for more than sixty years, among my earliest memories was joining my Father to attend the annual Memorial Day ceremonies. There was always a march to the appropriately named Memorial Park. It included veterans, scout troops, police and fire contingents, and the high school band.

A few weeks ago, Thomas Sowell wrote an article in which he implied that thinking—serious thinking—is an activity whose time has come and gone.

Driving can be fun; it’s often necessary. But rarely is it cheap. From buying a car to maintaining it to paying the seemingly endless (and myriad) fees associated with the “privilege” of being “allowed” to use the damn things – repetitive/annual taxes, insurance-at-gunpoint, etc. – many of us end up spending a far-from-small fortune to get from A to B.

By the office of Congressman Phil Gingrey

Rep. Gingrey continues to seek answers from the Atlanta VA Medical Center (VAMC) regarding another patient death at the facility. This marks the fourth death at the VAMC, which was not disclosed to Members of Congress during an onsite investigation last month.

“Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His sight” (Hosea 6:1, 2).

In recent weeks, scandal after scandal has rocked Barack Obama’s administration. His presidency might be imperiled.   

Or it might not be.

“Criminals mock society’s laws. Your compassion is a weakness that your enemies do not and will not share...” —Bradlee Dean

In the private sector, the most successful businesses are those which cut wasteful expenditure to an absolute minimum. 

From its earliest days, even before the Revolution, Americans valued their newspapers and understood they played a crucial role in the issues and events of the times in which they lived. It would take a while, however, before newspapers evolved from highly partisan advocates of the early political factions to their role as watchdogs of government.

Not so long ago, such conservative movement notables as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and many of their colleagues were singing the praises of Florida Senator Marco Rubio. The latter, we have been told, is a rock-ribbed conservative and GOP star who could very well be the next president of the United States.

By the office of U.S. Representative Martha Roby

In an effort to rein in the Obama Administration’s overreaching attempts to dictate state education policies and standards, U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R-AL) today introduced legislation prohibiting the federal government from making special funding grants and coveted regulation waivers contingent on whether a state is using certain curriculum or assessment policies.

After a tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma in 1999, people returned and rebuilt their homes and other structures destroyed by it.

A scandal ridden White House, not used to being called out, will not sit idle awaiting subpoenas to fall like ticker tape. A desperate despot doesn’t do “damage control”, he burns the Reichstag and blames it on the Tea Party; he burns Rome and blames it on the Christians. And those who know history and know the Chicago way are already looking for the smoke.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the people peacefully to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

With Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell convicted on three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies and on a count of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a former patient, abortion is back in the national discussion.