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The Oklahoma Supreme Court this past week ordered the legislature and the executive branch to remove a six-foot tall Ten Commandments granite monument from the front of the state house. The monument was placed there in January and is a direct violation of the First Amendment.

by Walter Brasch
 
For the first time since high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as nonconventional fracking, was developed, more Americans oppose it than support it.
According to a national survey conducted by the independent non-partisan Pew Research Center, 47 percent of Americans oppose fracking, while 41 percent support it. This is a 7 percent decline in support from March 2013, and a 9 percent increase in opposition.
The poll also reveals those who support fracking tend

Here comes Mitch McConnell to again obstruct the people and the government. He vows if the Republicans win the Senate in November, he will shut down the government if President Obama doesn't agree with the Republicans. He recently promised to add riders to or completely block legislation on anything aimed to fight the climate change he doesn't believe in or improve the health care law he says doesn't work or create jobs through infrastructure in a country he just doesn't seem to love.

Just about everyone has an opinion of what President Obama should do about the ISIS threat in Iraq. However, one opinion has so far stood out for its insanity and hypocritical nature: Phil Robertson's. The Duck Dynasty patriarch stopped by Sean Hannity's Fox TV show to once again show off his proud ignorance by suggesting that ISIS needs a little Jesus — or a lot of death.

The House Select Committee on Intelligence, following almost a two-year intense investigation, unanimously determined there is no basis for what has become known as the Benghazi Scandal. Although there was confusion, and the Obama administration didn’t have all the facts when it began to inform the American people about the events and the causes, there was no evidence of anything even remotely linked to a scandal.

It wasn't just Isla Vista. It was a 16-year old murdering a cab driver in Scranton. It was a three-year old in Payson killing his own brother. A six-year old with an AK-47 and his grandfather. The countless litany of deaths may have indeed cracked the NRA's once-impenetrable wall.

Vera Scroggins is an unlikely hero. The 63-year old genial ex-nurse's aide has become the face of "fracktivism" in Pennsylvania. In clear violation of her constitutional rights, Scroggins has been banned from drilling company Cabot Gas & Oil Corp.'s wells and leased land – which take up most of the county Scroggins lives in.

If you’re living comfortably in your upper class lifestyle, you’re going to love Ryan’s budget plan.

Let’s pretend you’re a scholar. Even in the world of rampant grade inflation, you’re running an “A” average and are in the top 5 percent of your class. You just aced the SATs and are heading to a Division I university. You probably won’t get your picture in the paper.

Of the 750 chemicals that can be used in the fracking process, more than 650 of them are toxic or carcinogens, according to a report filed with the U.S. House of Representatives in April 2011.