For centuries the Bible's emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent outreach such as private charity, the establishment of schools and hospitals, and the abolition of slavery.

Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be political.

Piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.

When the Labor Department is forced to relent and let these visitors do this work it is of course all legal. But it makes one wonder about the illegal alien fuss. Are great numbers of our unemployed really victims of the illegal alien invasion or are those illegal tourists actually doing work our own people won't do? One thing is certain in this hungry world; no regulation or law should be allowed if it results in crops rotting in the field for lack of harvesters.

Baseball is our national pastime, that is if you discount political campaigning.

No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.

With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases.