In the past the Democrat Party has prided itself on being the Party of women, of minorities, and of the working class, protecting their rights against the evil Republican Party…
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Russ and Jane Witmer are educators and world travelers. Russ holds a Master of Arts degree in History and has taught history, political science, economics, and world civilizations on the middle school, high school, and college levels. Jane has a Masters of Science in Education with a double major in English and French and a Masters of Arts degree in English. She has taught English, French and composition in high school and college. They have traveled in fourteen European countries and in communist Czechoslovakia, as well as in Israel and Thailand.Most of my life I have considered myself a cat person. Part of this comes from my Grandma Fish, who lived on a farm in east central Iowa. When we would visit,…
For over a century and a half, the United States stood as a colossus that spanned the globe, a power respected and feared by most of the world’s tinpot dictators…
Responding to a tweet by Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene about the unprecedented abuse of power in the raid on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, a Democrat called the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the July jobs report last week which showed an increase of 528,000 jobs from June with the unemployment rate dropping to 3.5%, matching the…
Today’s Americans are mostly unaware of the deep spiritual beliefs held by the founders of our country. Of the original 13 colonies, for example, eight, were founded by religious groups; Puritans…
Not long ago, I came across a writer who used the term, beyond the pale, in describing some act he deemed unacceptable. Dictionaries have defined the term as “beyond the limits of acceptable…
Only the stiff resolution of Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin not to abolish the filibuster has allowed Republicans in the Senate to keep the United States from the worst…
Democrat Representative Eric Swalwell, former lover of a Chinese Spy (which may well demonstrate his level of intelligence), posted the following erroneous tweet about the Highland Park killer, thereby falling once…
“There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.”— Abraham Lincoln And this is the maxim that Republicans believe in, despite the lone incident of…