South Dakota Rep. Stace Nelson made it official today: he’s running for U.S. Senate. Nelson made this announcement for the second time today this afternoon at the VFW post in Rapid City. Nelson explained why he was running, and also read a 14-point “Contract With South Dakota” in which he promised several things supported by virtually all Republicans.

Chai Feldblum, President Obama’s EEOC commissioner – a lesbian activist who supports “plural marriage” – has called the clash between religious liberty and unfettered sexual license a “zero-sum game,” meaning that someone wins and someone loses. She has “a hard time coming up with any case in which religious liberty should win” and candidly admits that liberals “want to revolutionize societal norms.” Here’s the latest example of Feldblum’s words in action.

If the American President was not a prisoner to his own pro-Muslim Brotherhood agenda, the U.S. Administration would now be applauding the Egyptian military’s crackdown on the anti-Western, anti-Semitic and anti-Israel Muslim Brotherhood thugs who have instigated horrific violence in Cairo and throughout much of the country. Indeed, his own agenda has resulted in untold bloodshed and a human rights meltdown in Syria, Iraq, North Africa, Afghanistan and Yemen.

We all remember when the Islamic Brotherhood had officially taken over Egypt. The very first thing out of their mouth was death and destruction to Israel and the Jews and that they would also take Jerusalem and make it “their” capital. My dear friends, now that President Morsi has been ousted the blood once again flows in the streets of Egypt as his “Brotherhood” supporters rage against all. I would like to provide from a biblical perspective a biblical point of view for any who might be wondering what will now become of Egypt, the Egyptian Islamic Brotherhood, the Egyptian military and the nation of Israel.

This is a nice presentation from Cato by Rob McDonald on George Washington and the power of restraint. Can you imagine great men of power-even half as great as George Washington-who could resist temptation and restrain themselves from abuse of power in our modern America? Almost all of our leaders today abuse their power with impunity, and with immensely less justification than George Washington would have had.

A policy of the federal Medicare system prevented me from helping a client from Merrillville, Indiana. Be aware that this same government policy hurts other seniors, too. The client brought bills from two hospitals but no Medicare Summary Notice forms to allow me to compare the charges. I phoned his insurance company to learn what it knew about the claims that totaled $956.75.