A Good Ol’ Boy, A Big City Girl, and A Product of the Grassroots

By Ashley Sewell
Ask any Texan and you’ll find that the Lone Star State is unlike any of its other 49 counterparts. Whether it is the music, food, language, or landscape, Texas offers a proud heritage that is strongly protected by its natives. We have produced leaders like Dwight D. Eisenhower, Sandra Day O’Conner, [...]

Tragedy at Fort Hood

In what appears to be a premeditated mass murder, 12 soldiers are dead and 31 wounded at Fort Hood, the nation’s largest army base near Killeen, Texas.
The gunman has been identified as 39 year old Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, a soldier at the Texas base.   It has been reported on Fox News the gunman was either a psychiatrist or [...]

How FairTax might save America, Part 2

By Lisa Farrar Wellman

I know you’ve seen FairTaxers at your tea parties. This is one of the fastest growing political movements in the nation. It taxes only goods you purchase and a prebate covers your taxes on necessities. It is bi-partisan with more and more democrats signing on all the time. This amazing solution was [...]

The GOP’s immigration dilemma – Part 1

By Fran Eaton
Illinois is home to the third highest number of Hispanics, after Texas and California, with 1.5 million counted in the 2000 census.  In the previous decade, Illinois experienced a 68 percent growth in the Hispanic population, with two-thirds of that due to natural growth, the other third due to immigration. Hispanics have surpassed the number of African-Americans [...]