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Originally from Southern California, John Hoyle now resides in central Oregon after retiring from the real estate lending industry in 2007. John created JustOneOpinion.com in 2001. He completely updated and redesigned the site in 2008 and again in 2009. There's more about John at John Hoyle, Blogmaster.
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Whether you get your news from cable TV or from major newspapers, by now you’ve noticed that most political commentators agree that the presidential election is effectively over. The consensus is that Barack Obama will win easily against a badly wounded Mitt Romney. I don’t consider myself a political expert in a professional sense, but [...]
Mitt Romney has a long history of involvement with government mandated health insurance. He likes to brag that the reason his Massachusetts’ health plan works so well was the fact that “everyone had to have insurance. ” Anyone who ignored the law or refused to get insurance would face fines, penalties, or the possibility of [...]
All of the remaining Republican presidential candidates have repeatedly emphasized that they believe in the “sanctity of life.” They claim to believe in it so strongly that if elected President in 2012 they will actually take steps to overthrow Roe v. Wade, outlaw all abortions at the federal level, and shut down Planned Parenthood. They’ve agreed [...]
I would like to think that all is not lost for the Republican Party and that last November’s disastrous election will not really mark the end of their influence. This country needs all the checks and balances available to it, especially in Congress, but unless the GOP changes course it is likely to find itself irrelevant for years to come.
Mr. President, you must explain clearly and forthrightly that a financially secure future for middle-class families and for the entire nation depends on reforming health care and controlling its runaway costs…
Discover how the current Republican Party lost its way and the origins of the modern conservative party that is now trying to take over the GOP.
Why doesn’t the United States of America have it’s own national church? Italy has the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church, Greece and Russia have their Orthodox churches, and of course, there is most obvious example of them all – the Church of England. How come we don’t have a church of our own? The [...]
We are worried about a few dozen Muslim terrorists sneaking weapons into our country, while thousands of Mexican gang members and drug cartel enforcers already live in the hearts of our cities.
Robert Culp may have faded from the memory of movie and TV watchers. But not mine. I will never forget his act of kindness to my family one late evening.
An article published in Just One Opinion would reconnect me with a little girl that I met over fifty years ago. Such is the power of the Internet…
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