Jordan Hebbe

There were no reporters allowed (except me) and her speech was to be strictly religious and inspirational, no politics allowed. Last night at the Women of Joy conference in Louisville, Kentucky, all of the 16,000 women in attendance had the privilege of seeing the real Sarah Palin. I went to the event with my mother, grandmother, and three aunts. I definitely enjoyed seeing a more personal side to the woman who is one of my role models Read More »

It is a relatively new term, but something that most Americans have inherently known since emerging victorious from the Revolutionary War (despite seemingly insurmountable odds). We were special. We had been delivered to freedom by God’s hand. He had brought us to the land of plenty and given us a whole new world in which liberty and resources abounded. Our founding fathers framed the Constitution with intentions of keeping us independent, self-sufficient, and a superpower. Read More »

Education.  The word conjures up images of teacher’s pets, spelling tests, ISTEP (for us Indiana kids), algebra, home economics class, science projects, research papers, and calculus homework.  But what about college?  Endless exams, indecipherable professors, confusion about career plans, the exhausting search for an internship, résumé building, and astronomical tuition bills come to mind.  Is it a stretch to call education exactly what it is: an industry?  Read More »

Campaign promises of tax cuts for 95% of Americans, tax cuts for small businesses, and lower income taxes for the average working American.  Sound like a conservative candidate?  Think again.  That was our President.

“I can make a firm pledge, under my plan; no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” – President Obama Read More »

As the holiday season quickly approaches, many of us find ourselves wondering what to wear to our annual family gatherings, our boyfriends’ company holiday parties, or a New Year’s Eve soiree and are looking for interesting ideas for decorations. And what better place to look for helpful advice than the First Lady of Fashion herself? Michelle Obama has revolutionized Presidential style by pushing the limits and the price tags. Read More »

Less than a year after being elected as our 44th president, Barack Obama has officially declared his war on alternative media. In the past few months, the administration, and even the President himself, have initiated an aggressive offensive against Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and other similar news sources. Just three days after being inaugurated, President Obama took to Capitol Hill to warn Republicans of the dangers of talk radio. Read More »

Given the fact that many of our readers may not be knowledgeable on the cap and trade bill, I will provide a short explanation of it. Cap and trade is a policy enacted by government (red flag number one: government program) in which a restriction, or cap, is placed on the amount of a certain pollutant that can be emitted. Companies and other groups are given allowances, in the form of credits, which represent the amount of that pollutant that they are allowed to emit. Read More »