Category Politics

Kicking asses and taking names: what can you do for a veteran today?

A quiet breakfast at home with family or a solemn prayer at a nearby cemetery or church. Perhaps your tomorrow will be marked by joyous cheers at a local rally or parade; while for many it is just another day off that provides a few extra hours of sleep and time to catch up on […]

Rizzo would be thriving in 2015

There are worse things I could do Than go with a boy or two Even though the neighborhood Thinks I’m trashy and no good I suppose it could be true But there are worse things I could do I recently sat down and rewatched Grease on Netflix. It was a quiet evening, a bit stormy […]

In case you missed it, California just took a giant leap forward in voter registration

Voting is one of the most basic and strongest forms of self-expression available to every man and women in this day and age. It allows people to lend their voice to a cause, social movement or the election of their country’s next leader. It is a right that has been fought for and bled over, peacefully protested […]

It’s September! Time for our annual countdown to shutdown

Congress is back in session today and that means one thing – countdown to shutdown. Over the next month candidates will jockey for title of conservative champion as each one steps over the other to showcase their anti-establishment government chops. Stump speeches will bemoan the intrusiveness of the Democratic regime, lambast President Obama’s recent Iran […]

Lebanon’s trash crisis is Hezbollah’s chance for a power grab

Originally posted on The News Hub, August 30, 2015. Dysfunctional politics, a country in crisis and without a president, Lebanon has stumbled face first into a veritable pile of political garbage. The continuing trash crisis that erupted into violence last Wednesday has pushed an already-strained government into a forceful confrontation with the growing mass of […]

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