America on Parr

The reason why things are not going well in America today is because our current actions don't match the words of the Founders. The reason we aren't following their words is because we haven't read them. Words have meaning, and the words of the Founding Fathers would make America better today if we bothered to listen to what they said.

Did Hillary Clinton run guns into Libya against UN resolutions? Did the CIA then take those weapons and ship them to Syria where the ended up in the arms of ISIS? Julian Assange and WikiLeaks says yes. Here's why.

President Barack Obama's speech to the DNC was unprecedentedly unpresidential. It was more partisan and divisive than any other party convention speech ever given by a sitting two-term President. Listen to how the words Obama used compared to those used by Bush, Clinton and Reagan. The comparison should make all American patriots sad for our current leadership.

Senator Tim Scott gave a series of three speeches on race and policing in America. Unfortunately, the media only reported on one of those three speeches. They ignored the most important points and that's part of the problem in our nation today.

Around 20 vets commit suicide every day. We are losing more of our fighting men and women to suicide than we are to combat. That has to change. The independent film Stronger is using fiction to change reality for the better. This is the story of how connections are being made to help save the lives of vets dealing with PTSD.

The Rule of Law is dead. The facts the FBI uncovered proved that Hillary Clinton broke the law. James Comey admitted it. However, she won't be prosecuted because of non-legal reasons. She is not subject to the same the laws you and I are subject to and that means the United States of America is not a democracy any longer. It is an oligarchy. RIP, Rule of Law.

Is Brexit good for Trump or is it good for Hillary? Neither. The fact that British voter decided to leave the EU won't change the minds of Americans in November. But, there is a correlation between the reasons why the UK split from the EU and the political fault lines that will decide who wins the Presidency.

Donald Trump gave a very good speech this week that outlines his lines of attack against Hillary Clinton. It hit her where she was weak and went after areas she thinks she's strong. Why was this speech better for Trump than his usual appearance? One word. Teleprompter. But, can it last?

In redacting and then un-redacting the 9-1-1- transcripts from the Orlando Terror attack, Attorney General Loretta Lynch twice made policy decisions for political reasons rather than for legal reasons. What does that mean for the pending criminal investigation into the Democrat Nominee, Hillary Clinton. Will the AG again decide about the right course of action based on politics or based upon the Rule of Law?

In covering news events, I learned to not just focus on the action, but on the reaction. It tells you more about a people than the event itself. The reaction by Americans to the terror attacks in Orlando tell us a lot about America today, and it's not a pretty story. Instead of reacting by standing up to a common foreign enemy, we have picked internal fights with each other to divide our neighbors along political divides. Shame on us.