Q: Why do you make it a priority to support small business?A: Small business is the backbone of America's economic eco-system, serving as primary job creators and civic boosters in local communities across the country. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), small businesses have ...
For the first time in 108 years, the Chicago Cubs have won the World Series, breaking the infamous Curse of the Billy Goat. The Chicago Tribune trumpeted on its front page that the Cubs are Champions "At Last!" Cubs fans, and even those that aren't die-hards but appreciate the importance of ...
Many of us rarely give much thought to the particular blessings under which we live. We send our children out the door in the morning. We get into our cars and go to work, shop, pay bills, or visit. At the end of the day lights out and we sleep.Never crossing our minds the idea of Patriotism. ...
I recently heard a song that I found very moving. The song was a single recently released by the band Coldplay. It is a stripped down version of the song Everglow from Coldplay's 2015 album A Head Full of Dreams.For me the song is about grief. It's beautiful and sad and haunting.Life is short ...
It is sad but true: Americans are becoming overwhelmingly pessimistic. And, there is no shortage of studies to prove it. Reported data shows that that a paltry six percent of Americans think the world is getting better, while yet more reveals that a staggering two-thirds of Americans think the ...
The American people want a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA). National polls consistently show that more than two-thirds of the American people want to amend the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced federal budget. This powerful and growing support, in spite of a multi-million-dollar campaign ...
The Environmental Protection Agency recently released its renewable fuel rules for 2017. Private energy companies will be required to produce at least 18 billion gallons of renewables next year, over half a billion more than this year.That's a step in the wrong direction. The EPA's renewable ...
The great virtue of free-market capitalism is that it has lifted more people out of poverty than any other economic system in the history of mankind. Throughout history, until the last couple of hundred years, people have suffered under various forms of political despotism and feudal and ...
UIeCare offers 5 tips to keep children healthy this cold and flu seasonKids and germs seem to go together like milk and cookies. But there are ways parents can keep germs from spreading and boost kids' immune systems to help prevent illnesses this cold and flu season, a UIeCare health expert ...
U. S. House poll releasedThe new Loras College Poll of the first and third congressional districts in Iowa finds the Republican incumbents, Rod Blum, 1st District, and David Young, 3rd District, with an early advantage over their Democratic challengers. The live-caller survey was conducted ...