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By Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold - An interesting survey by the Pew Foundation shows that gun crimes, including homicide, have been steadily decreasing irregardless of an increasing number of guns owned by citizens. Despite the recent headlines,…See More

Water Resources Development Act of 2013 lacks Fiscal ResponsibilityBy Nancy Thorner - With news and politics focusing on a trio of questionable and even scandalous actions by the Obama administration, it is difficult to get word out to the public about other matters of importance that are coming down the pike for consideration by our legislators and which demand accountability…See More

As the Senate prepares to move a five-year food and farm welfare bill next week and the House marches ever closer towards its May 15 committee mark up.Today's food and farm welfare bill is an outgrowth of Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act legislation passed by Congress in 1937. The act's purpose was to stabilize the price of agricultural commodities and ensure that farmers received a fair…See More

Letters to the Editor published, Wednesday, May 1, in the Lake County News-Sun and Friday, April 26, as a Fence Post letter  in the Lake County Daily Herald.Proposed Internet TaxRecently Senator Durbin was successful in obtaining a test vote in the U.S. for what is officially known as the Market Fairness Act of 2013 (referred to as the “Internet sales tax” bill). Senator Mark Kirk supported Senator Durbin on the test vote,In comparison to the financial Armageddon Illinois is facing, the $200M…See More

By Nancy Thorner - In a speech to the National Governor's Association in 2010, President Obama stated: "I want to commend to all of you for acting collectively through the National Governors Association to develop common standards that will better position our students for success. And today,…See More

Sticky Fingers Eye Your IRAsBy Nancy Thorner & Jane KeillOn Wednesday, April 10, and at long last, President Obama released his FY $3.77 trillion budget proposal for 2014 as he stood with acting Budget Director Jeffrey Zients in the Rose Garden. Both Democrats and…See More

By Nancy Thorner and Jane Keill  In 1986, the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), also known as the  Simpson-Mazzoli Act, was enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan.   Briefly, the act: 1.  required…See More

By Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold - President Obama is deliberately ignoring a solution in favor of a long-time "progressive" goal of disarming Americans. Blaming violence on a particular segment of society or region doesn't lend itself to solutions. Not withstanding, and especially since Newtown, there has been a blizzard of propaganda against the NRA and its supporters in Congress which seem…See More

The issue of Global Warming is very much alive in the Obama administration, even while the gun and the gay marriage issues remain on the front burner.  Symbolic of President Obama's push for green energy was his visit to Argonne National Laboratory on March 15, only one of Obama's numerous campaign-like visits  to wean this nation off oil and all biofuels.  Argonne, as one of a network of  multidisciplinary national labs run by DOE,  was chosen to highlight how federal spending on basic…See More