— This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 17 May 2013, was last revised on 28 April 2014. © Govinthenews Vol. 4:5(2). —————————– As an American businessman who has been running small business enterprises for almost 60 years (I got my start selling papers at age eleven, at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, in 1954), I ...

— This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 12 April 2013, was last revised on 28 April 2014. © Govinthenews Vol. 4:4(1). —————————– Manchin’s big mistake Watching and listening to Joe Manchin (D-WV), on 12 April 2013, as he tried to justify the bill he and Pat Toomey (R-PA) coauthored on gun control (ironically titled The Public Safety ...

—  This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 11 November 2012, was last revised on 28 April 2014. © Govinthenews Vol. 3:11(1). —————————– “Somewhere between the angels and the French lies the rest of humanity.” Mark Twain. —————————– When Samuel Clemens penned the words quoted above he was not paying the French a compliment. The ...

— This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 2 November 2012, was last revised on 28 April 2014. © Govinthenews Vol. 3:11(01). —————————– In 1872 Lewis Carroll published his book “Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.” Buried in that book was an intriguing poem entitled “The Walrus and the Carpenter.” The lesson taught ...

— This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 29 October 2012, was last revised on 28 April 2014. © Govinthenews Vol. 3:10(03). —————————– The following memorandum is posted on the White House website, and has been posted in the Federal Register. It mirrors a number of important promises Mr. Obama made during his initial campaign ...

— This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 25 July 2012, was last revised on 3 October 2014. © Govinthenews Vol. 3:07(02). —————————– “If the FBI is alerted that somebody is buying 60,000 heavy-duty rounds, they’re going to check it out, because that’s what anti-terrorism is! That’s what they do!… You’re telling me you object ...

— This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 16 May 2012, was last revised on 28 April 2014. © Govinthenews Vol. 3:1(1). The U.S. Constitution is crystal clear about the rights of the government to spy on its own citizens. It can’t. Over the years, that explicit prohibition — which the founders meant to be ...

— This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 12 February 2012, was last revised on 28 April 2014. © Govinthenews Vol. 3:2(1). From my earliest childhood, I’ve wondered what it would be like to have a president, in the U.S. White House, of the likes of our very first president, George Washington. He was ...

— This article, written by Jerry Cates, was first published by Govinthenews on 1 January 2012. It was last revised on 29 April 2013. © Govinthenews Vol. 3:1(1). Drone — (DROH-nn) noun: 1. A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate ...

— This article by Jerry Cates was published on 7 December 2011; it was last revised on 28 April 2014. © Govinthenews Vol 2:12(1). Believe in what? That’s the question, isn’t it? What do we believe in, and what don’t we? Religion? God? Freedom? Entitlement? Exceptionalism? Rugged Individualism? What?!! Anyway, half of America doesn’t. Believe, that ...