Author: Patti Bankson

Have you heard the latest open mic “Oops!” story? At the recent G20 in France, French President Sarkozy and President Obama were so busy doing some dissing of Israeli PM Netanyahu, they didn’t realize their undiplomatic trash talk would soon …

If there’s one thing that stands out in the Penn State University scandal that broke last week, it’s that it could have been stopped, many times, as far back as 1995, but wasn’t. There were many opportunities missed, by many …

Obama talks about how the rich are Bad. But, obviously, that’s only unless, or until, he needs them. He seems to have no problem being on the receiving end of a $38,800K per person (cozy) dinner at the home of …

I’m sure grain is regularly delivered all over the country without fanfare. But when a train carrying a grain shipment made a delivery in Longview, Washington, on Wednesday, September 7th, it made the news. And the news was that this …

Just last January President Obama called for an end to political finger-pointing, urging Americans not to use the tragic shooting in Arizona to turn on one another. He told people at the University of Arizona, and millions of television viewers, …

Qaddafi’s days are numbered. He’s gone. No, wait, he’s not gone. His son is in custody. No, he’s not in custody. The rebels have taken over Tripoli, but we don’t know for sure who the rebels are, and what kind …

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 …