Welcome. My name is Ray W. Rowney, Jr., author of License to Steal. I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about my book.
I’m using this blog to expand on some of its topics using current day issues, in the hope that together we can stop the declining values in America.
Monthly Archives: June 2016
Sadly, it appears that the two most influential nations for good in the world are retreating form the world scene. With the Obama transformation of the US into a land satisfied with being dependent and expecting someone else to do the work, America has withdrawn from its prior leadership role in the world. Now, with Brexit, the British people appear to be following suit, although some immediately had second thoughts. As positive leadership deteriorates, the world stage is left…..
Today, the widening divide between those who favor a return to individual responsibility versus an ever expanding federal government, those who favor a balanced budget with reduced spending versus an ever escalating national debt, those who favor our Constitutional right to bear arms versus gun control laws benefiting only the criminals, etc. appears to be unsolvable with our current political mindsets.
However, an honest review of history will reveal the one solution all sides have agreed upon over the…..
On November 25, 2015 my wife and I both received a 7 page notification of the changes to our monthly Social Security checks (I am 78 and she is 73.) for 2016. It informed us that as there was no increase in the cost of living for 2015 based on the Consumer Price Index (published by the Department of Labor), there will be no changes to our individual Social Security benefit amounts for 2016. However, we were advised that…..
Although Congress submitted the text of the most recent Amendment XXVII to the States as part of the Bill of Rights (ratified December 15, 1791), it was not ratified until approved by Michigan on May 7, 1992. Since it dealt with compensation for members of Congress, it appears that a conflict between money and principles has always plagued we humans. This proposal is put forth as the means to insure that principles and values are never replaced by…..