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I’m unusually busy this morning but wanted to post some quick updates as a lot is going on around the world. Wish I had time to expand on these two stories, but I’ll update if I get the chance.
First - Fidel Castro has retired. Now he has been in the background of power [...]

We have already covered Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani’s tendency to ignore truth in favor of pandering and lying. While we expect a certain amount of pandering from all politicians it becomes a problem when it includes switching stands on long held beliefs. More important we expect, if not honesty about their positions [...]

After seeing that one of my state representatives voted against the SCHIP expansion again, after the revisions that addressed each of his “concerns” I became angry. I wrote the following letter to him and will keep our readers up to date on his response, if there is one.
At this point it seems that it is [...]

Although the revised bill costs the same, 35million dollars over 5 years, Democratic leaders say that they have addressed the concerns brought up by the President who vetoed the original bill and the members of the House who voted no on overriding his veto.
Namely it will not allow coverage to families who make more than [...]

This evening I took my 5 and 6 year old to our state capital building to participate in a candlelight vigil urging Congress to override the president’s veto of SCHIP. My kids were excited to go and I wondered how much they really grasped of what was going on. I asked our 6 year [...]