Author: Patti Bankson

Supposedly when George Washington was a boy, he chopped down a cherry tree, then admitted his guilt to his father, saying, “I cannot tell a lie.” Although it’s possible that story may have some truth to it, it’s pretty …

The “Silver Bullet” failed. After all the tension and bickering, the financial compromise, the bill that Harry Reid said has brought us back from the brink of disaster, isn’t making anybody happy. Including the stock market, which, as of …

Once more, the sky is falling… we’re at the eleventh hour… we must act immediately… do something, even If it’s wrong. That’s the president speaking from behind the eight-ball, as usual. One would be tempted to think that he’s just …

We should be ashamed. That’s what some in our country seem to think… that America, and Americans, should be ashamed. Shoot! Our own president feels that way, and has shown no shame of his own when it comes to saying …

A few weeks ago I came across this Letter to the (Orlando Sentinel) Editor under the banner: “QUIT PANDERING TO THE PRO-LIFERS. The writer says: “I am part of a large bloc of voters who wants the government to stay …

I received an email entitled: “The Gospel According to Hollywood”, by John A. Murray, headmaster of Fourth Presbyterian School in Potomac, Md. Mr. Murray asks the reader to imagine meeting a person who had never heard of Easter; then asking, …

Do you remember when the argument against drilling for oil here, in the U.S., was that it would take years and years before it would make a difference? I do. Do you remember hearing that same argument applied to wind …

Freshman Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin accused President Obama of sitting on the sidelines Tuesday while Congress debates “wildly different” budget bills which are expected to fail.

… to lie, and commit fraud. If that’s what we want our children to learn, then teachers protesting in WI are the kind we all want. Making things …

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist or an expert in international politics to know that the way you spell “Middle East” today is: T-R-O-U-B-L-E! First, Tunisia’s president was ousted last month; then Tuesday, Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak made a farewell speech, …

Greg Revell, of Utah, was a bad-weather/no-flight casualty when he got stranded in a New Jersey airport and ended up spending 10-days in jail. Be-cause… he had an unloaded firearm (legally licensed in Utah) that had been legally checked with …

People sitting in chairs staring blankly ahead, sleeping on the floor, or standing in a never-ending line… all waiting for the same thing: news that a flight, cancelled due to bad weather, meant to take them somewhere other than …

Tragic events like last weekend’s shootings in Arizona stop us in our tracks. For whatever reason(s), one young man, identified by some who knew him as “scary”, decided to end the lives of people he didn’t even know. Strangers or …

Someone on television called this pre-election period “the silly season”, and I thought, “Exactly”! The airwaves, newspapers, and mailboxes are full of it. Unfortunately, so are far too many of the people running for office. With few exceptions, they claim …

Senator John Kerry thinks that clueless voters with short attention spans are responsible for the Democrat’s current tough battle against Republican candidates nationwide. He told reporters, “We have an electorate that doesn’t always pay that much attention to what’s going …