“Do we want a candidate who is a good, moral person, or do we want a candidate who is a born-again follower of the Lord Jesus Christ?” This is a question posed by Dr. Robert Jeffress of the First Baptist Church in his introduction of Rick Perry at the Values Voter Summit. Wow! I always thought these […]
Continue readingAh, addiction — it’s a bitch. I’m exhausted this morning while I write this post because of it. I was up until six in the morning and had a breakfast scheduled with a friend at 9:30, so I got a whopping three hours of sleep. So, addiction you ask? Is it booze? Hard narcotics? No, […]
Continue readingWell, it looks like banks are now going to behave like airlines – they’re going to nickle and dime you for everything! The new law going into effect on Saturday will reduce the fee charged to merchants every time your debit card is swiped which is good for small business owners. To make up for […]
Continue readingI’ve been horrified for quite sometime at the privatization of prisons in this country. What I was unaware of is the privatization of immigration enforcement. “In the United States — with almost 400,000 annual detentions in 2010, up from 280,000 in 2005 — private companies now control nearly half of all detention beds, compared with […]
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