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As soon as I finished writing on Wednesday, I reached out to Mr. Will Folks of FitsNews to ask about his organization, his career, and the controversy surrounding him and former state representative Ryan Bingham. These are his replies to some of my questions. If you read that article about him on Wednesday, make sure to look at question 3.   1. Where do you fall on the political spectrum? Based on what I have read from you it seems that you are more of a centered republican. I wanted to clear that up before we continue. Not sure what I am. The spectrum is always shifting, and not in the right direction I'm sad to say.  And the political labels - especially the partisan ones - have become increasingly meaningless.  As for me, I believe in free people and free markets and I don't think either major party comes close to faithfully representing those things right now - at any level of government. 2. So how did you go from being in an alternative rock band to running a blog si...

There�s been a lot of talk about the Senate Healthcare Bill this week and how the vote got pushed back and how it will supposedly leave 22 million people uninsured if passed and that it is universally unpopular and blah blah blah. There�s nothing really exciting me about that story. It feels like a repeat of March with the failure of the House Healthcare Bill. I�ve already covered that so it�s nothing new.             I saw an interesting headline today: �South Carolina political blogger faces potential jail time for refusing to reveal his sources.� My first reaction to reading that was, �There�s more of me?� I thought I was the only controversial political blogger in this state. Now I�ve got competition. I decided to look more into this political blogger to see what I am up against. Will Folks, the subject of my analysis, refused to reveal his sources in court after being sued for defamation by former State representative Kenny Bin...

Recently, I spent a week in Haiti serving at Wings of Hope in a city called Jacmel. Prior to leaving, I wrote a series detailing the history of the country because I thought it was cool. I�m back now and here are my thoughts.             However, before I jump in I ask for your help. I was greatly moved by the staff and residents at Wings of Hope this past week. If you don�t know, Wings of Hope is an orphanage for people with mental and physical disabilities. It provides education and a safe place for the residents to live and have fun. I can personally attest to the great work being done there. One way to keep this organization running and provide necessary care to the residents is to sponsor a child. To do so, go to heartswithhaiti.org and click on the �Get Involved� tab and then select �Wings of Hope Child Sponsorship.� The cost of sponsoring is $30 a month or $360 a year. If you have any questions, shoot me an email.  ...

I�m out of town once again this week, so here is an article that I wrote on June 12 th .             Over the weekend, ACT for America scheduled a series of protests across the country known as the �March Against Sharia.� The protesters expressed that they were against the Islamization of America and Sharia law. ACT for America has been labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group and the organization has ties to white supremacist groups. However, one of the speakers at these rallies stated, �We are not anti-Muslim, we are anti-radical Islam.�             The rallies themselves had very little turn out with most cities only leading marches with a few dozen people. The largest protest was in San Bernardino, California, the site of the 2015 terrorist attack, where there were about 200 people marching. The national spotlight was focused on these events when groups of ...

At 4:53 in the afternoon on January 12 th , 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake tore through Haiti killing 100,000 people in the hours after the quake. The densely-populated city of Port-au-Prince took the brunt of the blow from the earthquake and the aged and unsophisticated infrastructure only worsened the situation. The economy of Haiti was completely demolished by the quake as well as the government seeing that the Presidential Palace and Parliament lay in ruins following the disaster.             In the months following the earthquake, many Haitians attempted to flee to the Dominican Republic where the Dominican army tried to limit Haitian immigration which led to militarization of the border.             In response to the earthquake and mass casualties in Port-au-Prince, the UN and many aid organizations spent billions of dollars to help with rebuilding and bringing stabilit...

This week I�m out of town. In the meantime, here is an article that I wrote in March as a substitute for my absence. Enjoy!             Recently, (well at least in my case since I wrote this in March) Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an order that would lift the ban on lead bullets being used in wildlife refuges. Why do you think he would do something like this?             The answer can be explained in three simple letters; N-R-A. �Bingo!� as Cousin Eddie famously exclaimed. If you answered correctly and understood my reference just then, congratulations. You understand the corruption in our political system and you have a good taste in comedy. If your answer was not the NRA, well I�m afraid you have much to learn about American politics. There really is no other explanation for why a Republican would risk poisoning countless animals by allowing lead to be in bullets. The ...

When we last left off, Haiti was becoming an unstable nation with no sustainable economy and constant political upheaval. That destabilization would worsen in the 20 th century and even today. It is a depressing history for a people who cannot seem to get a break.             At the turn of the century between the 1800s and 1900s, there were two main political parties in Haiti. There was Liberal Party, which was mostly mulatto, and the National Party, which was mostly black. Throughout this time period many leaders took control of Haiti that were soon deposed and replaced. Their successors might have lasted a few months, sometimes even a few years, and then they were deposed as well. For the sake of time, I am not going to bore my audience and go into every single leader that ruled Haiti in the 20 th century. That would take a long time and would probably be extremely tedious and depressing to read about. Instead, I will focus on t...