Here's a shot to the beer gut: Governmentbodies across America are looking to increase taxes on beer. According to ABC News, states from Connecticut to Arkansas have been "eyeing higher taxes on cigarettes and booze" to make up for budget shortfalls caused by the recession. Now, I'm not against paying taxes to fund government programs.   Full Story

It’s a continual source of amazement -- though not amusement -- that members of Congress have clawed and ripped one another just to produce the current weak-tea, overly complex "health care reform" plan, when a simple, cost-effective system is already on the books. That would be Medicare, which far more easily could be extended to cover everyone.   Full Story

Right to Life has long advocated fetus legislation Many thanks for the Banner article by Dawson Raspuzzi (Oct. 25) covering the memorial service in Bennington for the unborn twins Kaleb Michael Blair and Harley Olivia Blair, both of whom died as a result of a head-on car crash on August 11. I attended the service and was moved by the love the Blair family has for all of their children,   Full Story