U.S. Common Sense

What better way to celebrate the 4th of July than giving Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves, and Thomas Howes a big “welcome home” after 5 years of captivity. After facing unknown odds and threats to their lives, these three men were delivered safely into our hands through the hard work and dedicated effort of the Colombian [...]

I wish I could write some very poetic lines regarding the tragedy in Burma, but I am not that skilled of a writer. So read the articles linked below about the great loss of life (current estimates believe it could top 100,000 people killed). Between this storm and the tsunami that devastated so much of [...]

What were you doing when you were turning 18 years old? I was still in High School and preparing to go to college, and I’m sure many of you were doing the same. Pfc. Monica Brown was doing something a little different. When she wasn’t treating her fellow soldiers’ injuries, she was covering them with [...]

I know immigration isn’t in the news today, so I thought it would be a good time to bring it up without any media influence. As we all know, the U.S. shares a 1,952-mile border with Mexico; much of it is “unsecured” in the sense that there isn’t a border wall dividing the two nations. [...]

I’m sure you have heard today, the Olympic torch was extinguished three times today during protests in France. Pro-Tibet protestors broke security lines to attack the torch, which is carried by honorary relay runners in the around-the-world relay that kicks off the Olympics which will be hosted by China this year. The reason for these [...]