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Ted Kennedy Dead at 77

Wow, how do you even start a blog about someone like Ted Kennedy, who passed away yesterday at the age of 77 from brain cancer? He’ served nine terms as a senator for the state of Massachusetts. If you have no idea how long that is, Ted Kennedy got that position a year before I was born and I turned 46 this year. Known as the Lion of the Senate, he is in third place for longest serving senator (only behind Strom Thurmond and Robert Byrd). Since it would be virtually impossible to document Ted Kennedy’s life in a blog … Continue reading →

Fidelity, Faith & Hillary Rodham Clinton

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When former President Clinton found himself in a storm of controversy surrounding his indiscretion with Monica Lewinsky, he did not stand in that storm alone. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton stood amidst that storm with him. In a recent and very rare public discussion, Senator Clinton discussed her husband’s infidelity and why she chose to stay in her marriage. Surviving Infidelity In a forum that involved the three leading Democratic presidential candidates discussed values and faith, Senator Clinton stated: I am very grateful that I had a grounding in faith that gave me the courage and the strength to do … Continue reading →

Eminent Domain

The power of governments to enact eminent domain to condemn blighted properties and develop those properties for public use, has changed to the “right” of governments to snatch property away from lawful owners for economic development. Eminent domain is nothing new, but the 2005 case of Kelo v. City of New London, brought the issue to the public eye. Property owners led by Suzette Kelo, decided to confront the city, knowing that grabbing personal property –people’s homes- just to make a profit did not equate to “public use.” Public use (such as necessary roads, bridges, or schools) was up until … Continue reading →