I grew up in a small ranching town in western South Dakota. My consciousness has been impacted by what I was when. It is postulated that most of your life values are formed when you are around nine years old. I was nine years old in the 1950s, and it was a simple and positive [...]
John McCain and Barack Obama engaged in a rather restrained debate Tuesday evening about who was to blame for the current economy and which one could actually solve the nation’s problems.
Tom Brokaw moderated, asking questions from the audience and the Internet. At times both pushed the limits of the truth, but the most interesting part of the evening may have occurred after the debate was over.
It was a night of Sarah Palin doing Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin.
Palin’s unique character was on full display as she refered to Saturday afternoon soccer games and used phrases like “darn right,” “you betcha,” and “doggone it.” She even winked at the audience several times as she spoke in her exaggerated midwestern twang. Her approach often appeared condescending, almost as if she was speaking to a group of elementary school kids rather than a nationwide audience of potential voters.
The pressure to get the $700 Billion Wall Street Relief Program through Congress is unrelenting. President George Bush and Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson are threatening us with a total collapse of the US banking and financial systems if both parties (and we the taxpayers) don’t give them a blank check to do with [...]
As the week progresses and as more background information about Sarah Palin begins to appear in various newspapers and blogs, John McCain must be getting a lot more nervous about his choice of Palin as the Republican Party’s Vice Presidential nominee.
Palin is not turning out to be just the beautiful “hockey mom from a small [...]
CRAIG BIEBER shares his well-written conservative, but down-to-earth, commentary about American life and politics. He is the author of "Saylors Triangle" and lives in Alaska and Arizona.
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CHI NEWMAN's book, "Farewell, My Beijing: The long journey from China to Tucson" tells her fascinating life story. She shares her experiences and her unique view of world events with our readers. [Chi's website]
CLAIRE ROGERS is a writer, journalist, and world traveler based in Arizona. Her experiences while visiting many foreign countries and her travels around the USA provide us with her first hand knowledge of people and cultures everywhere. [Claire & Bob's website]
BOB ROGERS, along with his wife Claire, spends much of his time traveling around the world in "Turtle", their motor home, and on their tandem bicycle. Bob documents their travels on his own website and shares his insight and experiences with our readers.
