Senator Casey’s lukewarm reply is below.  My response to his response is this:

Senator Casey - First of all, thank you for your thoughtful reply to my letter to you about the unconstitutional HHS mandate that employers and/or insurers should be compelled to pay for contraception or abortifacients. As a Catholic and an employer of 35 people with families, please know that after reviewing the issue and praying on it - I support my church leaders and I cannot and will not comply…

Friends:

It is not often that I find it necessary to write to you about pressing public issues.  Today is different.  I am not sure if you have heard of this or not, but the US Catholic Bishops are taking a very strong stand against the Obama administration’s Health and Human Services rules related to Obama Care.  Specifically, this past week HHS announced that all health care plans offered in the USA will be required to provide “free” coverage for abortion,…

30 Jan 2012:

Support Respect for Rights of Conscience Act

As the owner of a company that employs 35 people, and as a Catholic, HHS's reaffirmation that virtually all private health care plans must cover sterilization, abortifacients, and contraception, means that our government is purposely putting me in the position of having to choose between doing something I know to be wrong and providing healthcare coverage for my employees.

No government should ever have the…

February 11, 2012

Most Rev. Mark L. Bartchak

Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown

927 S. Logan Boulevard

Hollidaysburg, PA 16648

Dear Bishop Bartchak,

I write to you today, a few short hours after President Obama announced his decision to make an “accommodation” to religiously-affiliated institutions, for three reasons: 

First, to express my gratitude to you and…

The Fox, The Elephant, and The Donkey

A Fable

(Or, how we got into the mess we are in, and how not to waste your vote.)

By: Peter Trippett

Illustration by: Jenny Trippett

 …

Dear Republican State Committee,

You are on the verge of gathering to decide whether the State Committee should endorse Primary Election candidates, or not. I am writing to point out why you should not endorse a candidate before the Primary Election.

A party endorsement is a powerful thing. The endorsement itself gives a candidate an advantage in the election, as many Republicans are…

An investigation by the National Science Foundation has found no evidence of wrongdoing or misconduct by Penn State climate-change researcher Michael Mann.

Read more: CDT: Penn State Climate Researcher Cleared of Misconduct

John McCain gave a speech in which he patronizingly called the Tea Party "Hobbits".

...and the Tea Party Hobbits could return to Middle Earth having defeating Mordor.

For those who haven't read the Lord of the Rings, the Hobbits were among the heroes of the story.  A peace-loving people who found the inner strength to help fight and defeat the evil Sauron, The Dark Lord of Mordor, seeking to impose his will upon the entire…

After calling GT's office to object to any deal to raise either taxes or the debt ceiling, I received the following:

Thank you for contacting me with regard to the legal limit on federal

borrowing. I appreciate receiving your opinions on this very important

matter.  

The United States Constitution grants…

In this issue I will be discussing the Debt Ceiling, Ben Bernanke lying yet again about printing more money, the Transportation Safety Administration groping and being groped, and The Police State Lives on in Philadelphia and New York. 

The TGB Report for July 19th, 2011

Hello Everyone:

I had a doctor appointment yesterday (7/7/11) at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. Doctor said the craniotomy scar is healing well. I'm only draining a 'pin head' amount and the upper part is scabbing. My headache is subsiding to mild pain. I'm using pain medication combinations of acetaminophen, naproxen and ibuprofen. Still fatigued, off balanced and dizzy. My spatial awareness balance is a little off kilter... this is the…

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State College June…

Recently, Glenn Beck had a show about what kids are being taught in schools today.  One of the books discussed was “Social Studies Alive – Our Communities and Beyond”, which, according to a parent of a child using this book in school, “minimalizes America and teaches about protesting and global activism…”.  In short the kids are being subjected to indoctrination.  This book is published by TCI (Teachers’ Curriculum Institute). The curriculum published by TCI is produced in…

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House Panel Approves Patriot Act Extension

Posted By Andrew Ramonas On May 12, 2011 @ 12:55 pm In News | No Comments

The House Judiciary Committee on…

What an excellent speech...

State or Private-Law Society

Don't think it can be accomplished?

It might be better to ask "What kind of order will prevail after our current system collapses under it own weight..."

Sometimes attractive packages contain unpleasant realities...

Michael Gerson

Ayn Rand's Adult-Onset Adolescence

We need to continually remind ourselves that the main reason for cherishing freedom is that it really is the best way to arrive at the common good.…