As we pause this Labor Day to honor the indispensability of American workers – and the essential roles they play in advancing our economy and national fabric – we must also honestly examine the forces currently holding them back. And that starts with a basic acknowledgement that the sweat of our brows is producing diminishing returns – both for ourselves and our families.
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Govt Worker Union Day
Labor Day is the traditional last day of summer, often celebrated by final trips to the shore and followed by public pool closings and other signs that the world is battening down the hatches for colder weather. However what most don’t realize is that the day itself was originally created by organized labor to call attention to the contributions of workers.
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Cryptic Medical Bills And Health Insurance
With a third-party payer involved, health care providers don’t need to please their patients to get paid. They need to please their patient’s health insurance. If the insurance company isn’t satisfied, it isn’t going to pay. For this reason, hospital bills are generated with health insurance companies in mind. And health insurance companies, both public and private, have incentives to be difficult to please.
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Recent American Clarion Articles
National Values Above Special Interests
America is about “e pluribus unum.” Out of many one. Although the origin of the idea “e pluribus unum” was about unity of the different states under one federal government, it is also relevant in terms of the integration of citizens from many different racial and ethnic backgrounds into one
The Thinking Hasn’t Already Been Done For You
Whenever I encounter an online discussion about a big, contentious issue — especially Christianity vs. atheism or creationism vs. evolutionism — there are certain things I know I will see. Specifically, I know what kinds of things will be said by those taking the anti-Christian side.
Transgender Life, Liberty, and Property
On Tuesday, April 19th, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals sided against a Virginia school board for simply protecting its students by not allowing a transgender student who was born female but claims to identify as a male to use the men’s restroom. What has this Virginia school board done
The Pilgrims: Laying America’s Foundations, Part 7
At the end of part six I said it is also important to understand that when we live for God, it is not unusual for God to bring trials into our lives so the people around us can see how we are different in the way we react to the trials. This is what some of the sailors saw when they were sick and
The Pilgrims: Laying America’s Foundations, Part 6
Trials come to reveal what is in our hearts. It reveals the kind of people we truly are, whether we will be the kind of people God wants us to be or
2016 American Clarion SD Legislative Scorecard
The 2016 South Dakota legislative scorecard from American Clarion is now available online. This is the first time American Clarion has put together a scorecard which scores legislative votes during the last legislative
Why Atheists are ‘Fools’
Illustrious NASA scientist (and agnostic) Dr. Robert Jastrow (1925-2008) put it this way: “For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountain of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself
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