Archive for May 30th, 2013

Big Oil vs. Big Apple

Big Oil vs. Big Apple

Apple executives were recently chided in front of a Congressional committee because they took advantage of tax loopholes. Who’s to blame for the fact that Apple paid an effective tax rate of 9.8 percent? Apple executives should have brought mirrors for all the members of Congress. Can you blame them for taking advantage of the current tax code?

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IRS Rules Point to D.C., Not Cincinnati

IRS Rules Point to D.C., Not Cincinnati

An Americans for Limited Government review of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revenue procedures has revealed that the Determinations Unit responsible for targeting tea party and other groups applying for tax-exempt status was required to send certain applications to the Exempt Organizations (EO) Technical office based in Washington, D.C. for special scrutiny.

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Senator John Thune (R-SD)

Thune: Republican War on Republicans Helps Democrats

In an interview with the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Senator John Thune (R-SD) said, “When Republicans end up going to war with Republicans, it often leads to Democrats getting elected.” I hope the liberals infesting the Republican Party were listening, because it also naturally follows that “when Republicans end up going to war with Republican principles, it often leads to Democrats getting elected.”

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The Ordinary Becomes Courageous

The Ordinary Becomes Courageous

There was a time not too long ago when America prayed-prayed in so many circumstances, because we were a people who acknowledged God as the author not only of our rights but of our very country and our way of life. I’m not that old (yet) and I remember praying in elementary school before lunch in the cafeteria. Nowadays, secularists insist everyone render obeissance to their religion of contempt against God.

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When Light Shines Out of Darkness

When Light Shines Out of Darkness

In the clutter of all the bad news that is reported in our country on a daily basis - namely the things that are going wrong, that which is negative and even counterproductive to the freedoms America now possesses - out of nowhere pops up a story of how blessed America truly is, by capturing the goodness of God - even when we forget all of His benefits (Psalm 103) and the grace that has been shed abroad upon this most blessed nation by His Son Jesus Christ.

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