By Brian FraleyWow, somebody is going to be shocked when this is all over. Whether this is a close election or a blow out, a good quarter of the American people are going to be shocked. I just hope the shock doesn’t lead to anger that fuels violent destruction. If you’re a die-hard supporter of…
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Why Trump?
A few weeks ago a member of the Hometown Publications network asked me to write a short piece making the case for re-electing President Donald J. Trump. For the next couple of weeks I kicked around the usual components of evaluating a leader’s performance and molding those elements into a concise and coherent argument. I…
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An Open Letter to the Pastors of the United States
From Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director, Priests for Life Dear Pastors, I write to you as a fellow preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This Gospel makes clear moral demands on individuals and on governments alike. The duty of preaching the Gospel involves not only the urgent exhortation to personal holiness and salvation, but…
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No Fuel = No Fire
A NSW Bushfire Enquiry concluded: “Hazard-reduction burns should be greatly increased”. What a breath of good sense. If there is no fuel, there can be no fire. They also urge a return to indigenous fire management. Aboriginals burnt anything and everything, at any time, for any reason. They had no water-bombers and seldom tried to…
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Our Nation and State
Dear Mayor, Senator or Representative, We have already lost our culture, our schools and universities, government bureaucracy, the media, entertainment, and more! Now we are losing our history, our monuments, our law enforcement, and any sense of order. What are you saying? More importantly, what are you doing? PLEASE, PLEASE, give us a reason to…
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A Personal Message From Cliff
Quarantining healthy people is tyranny and quarantining sick people should rarely be done. Closing down businesses should never happen again, the people should not allow it, and the many governors across the country completely abused their power. Solutions need to be handled as local as possible. Milwaukee County and Clark County have different needs. The…