SCOTUS overturns laws banning magazine capacity

In NYSRPA v. Bruen, the Supreme Court issued orders.Those cases, ANJRPC v. Bruck and Duncan v. Bonta, challenge New Jersey and California laws banning magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

Increase flowers with a bit of deadheading

Keep your garden looking its best with a bit of deadheading.Removing faded flowers can promote repeat bloom on some plants, encourage fuller, more compact growth, and tidy up the garden.Use a bypass pruner or deadheading snips to remove faded flowers. These tools have two sharp blades like scissors.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (July 7, 2022)

OPINION: For July 4th, ‘We the People’ should reconnect with the secret of our success — the Declaration and Constitution

“We the People” – we Americans – need to reconnect with the secret of our success.We are fixated on regress.No, 1619 is not our origin story. Slavery is an old-world inheritance – a top-of-list sin, to be sure, but not a unique one.Our treatment of American Indians was not our finest hour either.

OPINION: Dems haven’t been this angry since Abraham Lincoln freed their slaves

The Jan. 6 committee investigation into the “insurrection” at the Capitol has been cast aside by Democrat activists in favor of firebombing pregnancy centers, threatening justices and fomenting insurrection around the country.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES: July 7, 2022

FOR THE RECORD“Barack Obama’s ancestors, on his mother’s side, owned slaves. His father is from Kenya, where tribal chiefs sold slaves to European and Arab slavers. So, when does Obama get canceled – and the schools and streets in his honor get re-named?

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Good stuff

Welcome, all, to the “front porch.”Years ago, one of my good English-teaching friends introduced me to an idea she called “Good stuff.”Ms. Burnette would have students bring items in a paper sack that the kids considered things of value.

OUT TO PASTOR: An Apple Fritter on my mind

The last few weeks have been rather hectic, and I’ve struggled to keep up with everything.If it weren’t for The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, I probably would not have gotten where I am today.I don’t know anybody who can plan out a day, week, or month better than her.

The dynamics of discipleship (part 13)

When the day began to wear away, the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the multitude away that they may go into the surrounding towns and country, and lodge and get provisions; for we are in a deserted place here.” But He said to them, “You give them something to eat.

What to know before switching your car insurance

STATEPOINT – The pandemic has impacted nearly every industry and aspect of our lives, including automotive production and driving habits.Last year, the average new car price reached a record high largely due to a global automotive microchip shortage.