Catholics Beware! Ed Klein, Peoria, IL I recently received a Catholic Opinion Research Survey from an organization called CatholicVote.com. According to their literature, this is a national survey of 5 million Catholics concerning the role of religion in American life.…
Letters to the editor
H.R. 25 – The Fair Tax Act
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by Roy T Newsom, Granbury, Texas The US House Ways and Means Committee has had H.R.25 The Fair Tax Act shelved for several years. Your Representative, Aaron Schock,is a member and needs to hear from the voters that passing this…
Keep the Flat Tax Flat
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by Beverly Martin, Fulton, MO Keeping a flat tax flat is like offering chocolates to Congress – they can’t stop at one. As long as the income tax exists, the more you make, the more they will take. FairTaxHR25 abolishes…
Done Your Taxes Yet?
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by Dexter Bland, Piedmont Alabama Does the looming April 15 deadline weigh heavy on your mind or have you even been thinking about the IRS? If you are a businessman, you have to think about the IRS at minimum every…
Keep 100% of your income!
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by Katherine W. Lynch, Oak Ridge, NC Finally! A tax system that is truly fair and simple. The time is NOW to pass the Fair Tax Act. It will grow our economy and abolish the income tax. Your congressional representative,…
The Fair Tax Act
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by Irving B. Welchons III, Charlotte, NC It is time to file my Federal Income Tax return. That means hours spent gathering information and working with tax software or a preparation service to guide me through the maze of regulations…
Let Us Pray
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by Ed. Klein, Peoria, IL We keep hearing people say that ever since prayer was taken out of the public schools the country has gone to hell in a hand-basket … and that most of our contemporary ills are a…
A New Pope and the Status of Women
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by Dolores M. Klein, Peoria, IL Feminist activism is bent on eroding cultural and legal obstacles to women’s equality, but we have always been aware that religious barriers are too often behind them. Will the new Pope continue the concentration…
Rape is Rape – Whether in Steubenville or Peoria
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By Martha Herm, Executive Director of the Center for Prevention of Abuse Peoria, IL “The pictures from Steubenville don’t just show a girl being raped. They show rape being condoned, encouraged, and celebrated.” This quote from Laurie Penny, noted British…
Guest editorials for March
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Will Women Be Drafted? Dolores M. Klein, Peoria, IL When women testified before 1920 on behalf of Suffrage, they were asked if they realized that men could vote because they were required to give their lives for their country. Invariably,…