If you have been paying any attention to the national news the last two weeks of August, you might have found yourself up to your eyeballs about plans for the Muslims building the mosque close to ground zero in New York City.

Artemus Ward, a 19th Century American humorist, commented that “We are descended from the Puritans, who nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedom, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but prevent everybody else from enjoying his.”

In these days of wild and illogical thinking it is imperative to stand back, analyze the comments and opinions and then simply enjoy the raw humor that is presented.

Something to think about. Folks, in my last column (Sun-Times, 5-21-10) I wrote about some of the natural gas activities we need to mink about and question. Not to put too fine a point on it, but here are some real life experiences involving the exploration and development of natural gas.

People today – especially young people – crave public attention, unlike the generations before them, whose philosophy generally was to not do anything out of the ordinary to gain notoriety.

All income taxpayers should be very concerned about the Democrat tax bomb that is scheduled to explode on January 1, 2011.

On July 21st the Senate passed an add-on to the unemployment insurance program that will allow some individuals to collect unemployment insurance for 99 weeks – almost two years.  Most states have a program of basic unemployment insurance of 26 weeks.

Two men, one white one Native American, were standing on a bluff overlooking a plain in Arizona.

We have so many national political stories and crazy events we seldom have time for what is happening in our own state.

“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.”  So reads a part of the First Amendment to our U.S. Constitution.

With the May primary and runoffs behind us, and the November general election quickly approaching, it is time once again for voters to make big decisions.

Many of us wonder why the progressives and the socialists (are they the same?) cannot seem to understand that basic economic practices govern how a nation survives or fails to survive.

Sometimes I think I’m the only true conservative remaining.

“A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

For certain columnists it seems to be in vogue to create a certain scenario, no matter how unrealistic, and then frighten everyone with what could happen in such a scenario.

It is a real privilege to have the responsibility of writing a weekly column for The Sun Times.

Two hundred and thirty-four years ago, our nation declared its independence from the British empire with the adoption by the Continental Congress of the Declaration of Independence

Last week I commented on the ruinous economic affects of Obama’s six-month deepwater drilling moratorium.

Imagine for a moment that Gargantuan Gas Co., a large gas exploration company, was in the process of drilling a gas well, the pipes of which would reach under Greers Ferry Lake.

We all have friends or acquaintances that seem to experience one bad event after another - first an accident, then an illness followed by financial problems and family breakups.  Most of us have had some variety of this “bad luck” in our own lives.