Political correctness now requires that objective reality sit the bench while subjective silliness takes the field. For today’s uber-”tolerant” mom and dad – ahem – “mom and mom” or “dad and dad,” having a child of each “sex” (or acquiring one as biological limitations may dictate) apparently means a “family” that looks more like the bar scene from “Star Wars” than “The Donna Reed Show.” Yep, it’s a brave new world.

What builds a political party: inclusion or principle? It is true that there must be at least some measure of both, but one is far more important than the other. What really builds up a party: compromise and an “anything goes” attitude, or a display of conviction and determination in the party’s values and goals?

NRA News talked with Tea Party gal and radio talk show host Dana Loesch at CPAC St. Louis recently. Dana talked about coming from a Democrat family (she used to be a flaming liberal herself…until she woke up and started learning some facts), about gun control, and about her upcoming book “Defenseless” which refutes every Leftist anti-gun argument out there.

Let’s get clear about the political realities behind the budget impasse in Washington and the government shutdown. The Constitution vests the power of the purse in Congress. And, ironically, our president refuses to sit down and negotiate with Republicans who are constitutionally representing popular sentiment. Then he says they are the “ideologues.” The tea party is the solution, not the problem.

This past week, I have been on tour rocking the Carolinas, and as I look in hindsight, I am within myself trying to figure out who was “rocked”… North Carolina, or me? Through all of this past week, the one thing that took me by surprise was the college professor class.Thomas Jefferson stated, “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”

On Wednesday, October 02, 2013, a client brought me good news. He visited our office and thanked me in our lobby in front of others. He thanked me for helping him to cancel $630 of medical bills. The client is from Gary, Indiana. A few weeks before this, he had brought some bills from a medical service provider. He explained to me what he believed was wrong with how he was being billed for the services he had received.

The guns have been silent at American Clarion for the past two days, laid low by a devastating fall blizzard in West River South Dakota. Power has been intermittent and completely out during that time. The power is back on (at least at American Clarion HQ) and the last I heard, there was no loss of life. But the blizzard provided an opportunity to get back in touch with some things, and left us with some lessons to be pondered.