by Graham J Noble | Oct 14, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Current House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) won the GOP nomination for House speaker on October 13 after Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), the party’s previous speaker-designate, stepped aside a day earlier. Republicans voted behind closed doors to select...
by Tim Donner | Oct 6, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Friends don’t let friends run for Speaker of the House. Perhaps that should be the tongue-in-cheek warning to Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Steve Scalise (R-LA) as they seek to succeed the ousted Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as leader of the House of Representatives. Ask...
by James Fite | Apr 26, 2019 | Articles, Politics, Second Amendment
Continuing the tradition he began in 2017, his first year in office, President Trump addressed the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) Leadership Forum Friday, April 28 in Indianapolis, Indiana. From the words of Chris Cox, the executive director of the NRA’s Institute...
by James Fite | Apr 26, 2019 | Articles, Politics, Second Amendment
This is part two of two. To read about Vice President Pence’s speech and the beginning of President Trump’s, check out part one. Continuing the tradition he began in 2017, his first year in office, President Trump addressed the National Rifle Association’s (NRA)...
by Graham J Noble | Jan 11, 2019 | Articles, Politics
The ends justify the means is a saying that goes back a very long time. Generally, it is attributed to Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, the Italian playwright and philosopher, although its origins predate him considerably. It succinctly describes the mindset of...