• Immigration

    With the Minnesota Senate passing a bill that gives financial aid to illegal immigrants for college educations, I sit back and wonder where their minds are. Don’t get me wrong. I understand the logic of helping these kids who have grown up here grow and learn. And since many have been here most of their […]

  • Gun control, or not?

    I have been sitting back watching the debate about tightening the gun control laws following the shootings in Newtown and wondering where people’s heads are. Let me preface this blog by saying I have never liked guns. When my children were young, the only guns I would allow them to play with squirted water. They […]

  • Leveling the playing field

    My last blog stimulated some GREAT conversation. One of the interesting subjects has been “sharing the wealth,” or more accurately “leveling the playing field” financially. When I have asked if we should raid bank accounts of people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs people have agreed that is not appropriate, but leveling the playing field […]

  • Occupy Wall Street?

    You know, I have been trying to figure out what the Occupy Wall Street movement is trying to accomplish. From what I can tell, the main complaints are corporate greed, the unbelievable salaries of some of the Wall Street executives and the disparity of the “Haves” and the “Have nots” in our country. How can […]