In March of 1854, the Republican Party was formed to fight against the tyrannical populism of a president who was fighting to expand the inhumane practice of slavery across the United States. When the Whig Party fizzled out, many of them, plus some Democrats, met in the upper Midwest to establish a new Party, largely with the […]

Did you ever hear that you should be thankful for what you have no matter what you’re going through, because someone always has it worse? That may very well be true, but it doesn’t mean that what you’re going through isn’t “bad enough” for you to be upset about. Yes, it’s good to try to […]

I bought a new book for my kids last week that I’m very proud to own and support. It’s called Help Meadow Save the Day! The book follows a police K9 dog named Meadow and offers age appropriate examples on how to keep schools safe.  I don’t plan on sending my younger children to the […]

Scrolling through my facebook feed the other day, I stopped on a picture that a friend of mine posted.  Her name is Missy Skeeter and I used to work with her when I was still a cop.  The picture she posted was a short blip of text messages. The first one read: “Hey thank you […]