Category Archives: Children

Families Facing Power Shutoffs

Posted on April 30, 2022 by Dave Bradley

From msn.com Thursday: Families across the United States are drowning in utility debt. In 33 states, families who can’t afford to pay their bills have been protected from energy shutoffs during the winter thanks to moratoriums that temporarily halted them. … Continue reading →

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Staff Short? Give ‘Em More Work

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Covid Kim has had some really strange responses to what is being described as a workforce shortage. The responses have ranged from cutting unemployment insurance early to attempt to force people in desperation to take any job, offering a whopping … Continue reading →

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Polar Vortex, The Electric Grid And National Emergencies

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Let’s Talk About Real National Emergencies Considering that our current administration and his party are putting huge emphasis on building an antiquated wall system on our southern border for a problem that is mostly fiction you would think that they … Continue reading →

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The Children Are The Future

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Dave Bradley

video 1.5 minutes NPR’s Weekend Edition last Saturday included a story on the seperation of a Guatemalan mother and her 3 year old son. Through an interpreter the NPR host, Scott Simon, conducted the interview. Near the end of the interview … Continue reading →

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Scourging Yemen

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Paul Deaton

Scourging Yemen by Kathy Kelly On May 10, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia informed the UN Security Council and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that Saudi Air Defenses had intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles launched from inside Yemeni territory targeting … Continue reading →

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Telling Stat: US Birth Rate Falling

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Amid all the crap about Dear Leader that dominates our news media day in and day out, there are sometimes some extremely important stories that slide almost unnoticed during the news cycle. Such was the story last week when the … Continue reading →

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Statement In Response To Santa Fe High School Shooting

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Dave Bradley

For Immediate Release: May 18, 2018 Contact: Matt Sinovic, (515) 423-0133 Progress Iowa Issues Statement In Response To Santa Fe High School Shooting Des Moines, Iowa — Progress Iowa Executive Director Matt Sinovic issued the following statement in reaction to … Continue reading →

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What Prompts Excommunication?

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Dave Bradley

I sent this email to the bishop of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin. Since Catholic officials occasionally see fit to call out Catholic politicians for their stand if they favor abortion, I was curious what the Church stand is for … Continue reading →

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How Will Trump Deport Millions?

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Dave Bradley

This is Making America Great Again? Since many of the liberal persuasion like to think things through. Monday’s revelation of the Donald Trump “emigration” plan for undocumented workers and now their families offered us a real chance to noodle on … Continue reading →

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Newtown: Two Years Later

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Dave Bradley

Who can forget the stunning news two years ago tomorrow. A mass shooting in a grade school. A grade school for God’s sake. Twenty kids under 7 killed in cold blood. Perhaps the worst horror anyone could imagine. Civilians dying … Continue reading →

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