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NRA Basic Pistol class starts Monday

By Steve McGough | September 17, 2013 |

I’m hosting a NRA Basic Pistol class on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 23 & 24 starting at 6 p.m. each night. I have three people in the class, and would like to include three more students. If you’re interested in learning about handguns and handgun safety, or are interested in applying for your Connecticut State…

On Syria: Now we can wait a year?

By Steve McGough | September 16, 2013 |

On Sept. 10, President Obama let us know it was now time to act and punish – with a targeted military strike – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for using chemical weapons on his people. Today we find out it’s fine if we wait almost a year.

Climate Change: The 50 to 1 Video Project

By Steve McGough | September 16, 2013 |

A video-based activist in Australia has started a new project reviewing the costs and benefits of the carbon credit schemes popping up around the world. Since he’s from Oz, a country that implemented a carbon tax in July 2012, Topher Field takes a look at the cost of the program as compared to the benefits in…

9-11 Homework? What do you think?

By Jim Vicevich | September 13, 2013 |

From Fox 26 in Houston … I was kinda taken back. But what about you? The homework assignment … write a letter to a loved one as if you knew you were going to die.

Time photos – Executions in Syria

By Steve McGough | September 13, 2013 |

Not a lot to write here. The executions continue in Syria, and photo-journalists are capturing barbaric moments in time. On July 1, I wrote about François Murad, a Catholic priest who was executed in Syria by the jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra. Yesterday, Time Magazine posted an article and photos from an execution – one of four –…

Remembering 9/11 – Do we really remember?

By Steve McGough | September 11, 2013 |

Twelve years really does seem like a lifetime. As we pause and remember those few individuals who died before 8:46 a.m. ET, and the many who died after, I just have to wonder if we’ve learned anything – and if what we have learned has been forgotten.

Murder in Spokane – Police chief suggests 88-year-old partly to blame for thugs killing him

By Steve McGough | August 26, 2013 |

OK, maybe I’m being a bit harsh on the chief in the headline, but suggesting something Delbert “Shorty” Belton did escalated the situation sets me off. Spokane, Wa, Police Chief Frank Straub stated the 88-year-old Belton – who was brutally murdered by two teenagers – fought back during a robbery and “may have made this…

Refuse to photograph a gay wedding? Pay up!

By Steve McGough | August 23, 2013 |

Soon, someone will file suit against the Catholic Church for refusing to marry a gay couple. Trust me, it’s coming. In New Mexico, the state Supreme Court has ruled a photography studio must pay more than $6,500 in attorney fees and court costs because the owners made the personal decision to not be hired by…

If I had a son…

By SoundOffSister | July 22, 2013 |

With those words, the President sought to assure African-Americans that he truly cared about them, and would do all he could to improve their lives. But, oftentimes, actions speak louder than words.

Expected: Obama will campaign to bail out Detriot

By Steve McGough | July 20, 2013 |

Why not? Certainly if the federal government can come in and write unique and precedent-setting bankruptcy rules for General Motors, they can do the same thing for Detroit. For those of you who think Detroit’s problems belong to the city and Michigan, you’re wrong. You’re going to end up paying for it.