Leesa K. Donner

Perhaps the best advice one could give a candidate for public office is to “be yourself.” For some, though, this is hard to do, so they just put on a smile and start campaigning. In turn, many a candidate will be labeled as “someone out of Central Casting,” meaning they are playing a role rather than running with a measure of authenticity. So what is central casting in politics, and where have we encountered it?

She finally figured out what everyone else knew long ago. Former presidential candidate and First Lady Hillary Clinton must have felt the time had come to state the obvious.

Freedom of the press is as American as apple pie. Since it appears in the very First Amendment of the US Constitution, it is often cited by members of the media as a right to oppose politicians and government authorities. This concept of a free press is complex to apply and maintain, yet the United States has done just that – though not without a few skirmishes along the way.

In what amounts to a significant win for Second Amendment rights, the US Supreme Court voted 6-3 to strike down Hawaii's gun restriction that forbade concealed-carry permit holders from keeping their firearms with them on private property. The Aloha state had demanded “express authorization” to carry in these publicly open places. Justices in the majority based their decision on the Second and Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution.

Need something from the grocery store? InstaCart has got you covered. Got the munchies while watching all those burger ads during the ball game? Pick up your smartphone and open the DoorDash app – the industry leader, commanding 65% of the delivery marketplace. But don't stop now. There's also Uber Eats and Grubhub for dinner or that late-night snack.

Taken at face value, President Donald Trump's speech before the nation on Thursday, July 16, could be considered the most important speech of his presidency. Some may even argue that it is the most significant speech going back several presidencies. Yet much of America may be ignorant of what was said about election integrity because most of the mainstream US media decided to ignore it.

The war on fraud has expanded this week with new allegations backed up by evidence, according to the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF). A new report, completed in conjunction with Open the Books, a federal spending watchdog, unearthed disturbing, widespread education fraud across the nation. What this comes down to is that money set for the education of American students is being stolen by bad actors in many states.

The left can't seem to leave Melania Trump alone. However, this isn't Mrs. Trump's first time in the glass cage of the White House, and she's been signaling that anything defamatory will be challenged. Well, if that is true – and there's no reason to doubt her – two women spouting off on a radical left podcast better lawyer up, as it's likely that the first lady will come after them. What have they said that will get them into hot water? A lot.

Anyone who has ever been in financial trouble knows that a debtor's last resort is putting up his or her home as collateral. And that's exactly what the Democrat Party has done. Several news outlets yesterday (July 27) maintained the party is strapped for cash and delaying payments to vendors until the midterms are over. This was splashed on the pages of

The US Supreme Court is about to step in. It sounds ludicrous, but the legality of holding religious meetings in your home has made it all the way to the US Supreme Court.