First off, let’s get assault weapons off the table.Hunters and those who shoot guns for sport, don’t want them around anymore than those of us who don’t care for the activities.Rapid-fire guns loaded down with…

If members of Congress didn’t have to worry about being re-elected, would it change today’s stalemate on budget talks?Stupid question.Thursday night the House of Representatives failed to hold a vote on its Plan B, a…

Last month 112 garment factory workers died in a fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh. An investigation showed that huge piles of cloth and yarn had been stored on the floor around the workers in violation of…

As of Tuesday morning not a peep had been heard from the Kansas congressional delegation about the screaming need for tighter gun control in our country. They, like the National Rifle Association, apparently have not…

Gripped by anger and tears, President Barack Obama reacted to Friday’s massacre of 20 innocent children and six adults at Newtown, Conn. with a pledge to put an end to senseless mass killings.“We cannot tolerate…

Michigan became the 24th state to have a so-called right to work law Wednesday. What the law does is prohibit the closed shop, a union contract with an employer which requires every worker to be…

Snowy nails A little white, a little glitter and a little silver and you have yourself a winter wonderland theme for that Christmas party you are going to. Put a coat of white nail polish…

The shock is still raw, although not as jarring as it probably should be.A gunman slaughters innocent children and adults. No, this is not Pakistan with the evil Taliban or Syria where its dictator/president al-Assad…

An economic analysis group which calls itself IHS Global Insight predicts 16 states will have recovered economically to pre-recession levels by the end of next year and that all but eight of the 50 states…

Last Friday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider two cases on same-sex marriage. If our wonderful nation is lucky, their decision, or decisions, may take this subject off the front pages at long last…