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Over the last month, the flow of Central Americans attempting to enter the United States along the southern border has not stopped. Young children and teenagers, as well as their family members and other adults, continue to arrive on American soil in violation of the law. In fact, 85 percent of those apprehended illegally crossing our borders now are not unaccompanied minors. Since our immigration laws are so loosely enforced by the Obama Administration, they come here believing that they will be able to stay.

By Hannah Steele

    Everyone likes to have a party. But what about a party where there is more learning and laughing than drinking and dancing?
    On August 10, the moon was as close to the Earth as it will be this year.  This closest approach of the moon to the earth is called a perigee.  2014’s perigee  resulted in the moon appearing much bigger and brighter than a normal full moon, thus giving it the title of supermoon.

    Peggy Noonan, in her column that appeared in the Wall Street Journal at the beginning of the month, speculated on the possibility that American society has become so divided that the United States may eventually split up. She cites our sharp divisions over issues, such as abortion, immigration, government regulation and ObamaCare.

It is often said that our actions in difficult situations are true indicators of character.  That holds true for former Sixth District Congressman M. Caldwell Butler.