Donna Martinez

Today’s discourse is a bit like the playground taunting I remember in elementary school: “You’re an idiot, shouts one kid.” “No, you’re the idiot,” the other kid spits back. At least that’s the language we used several decades ago. Today’s vitriol is so rotten – even from kids – that…

It’s been 34 years since President Ronald Reagan spoke before the West Bend, Wisconsin Rotary Club. You’d think his July 27, 1987 comments would be dated and that the issues of that time would be very different from the challenges we face in 2021. Not really. Other than the…

This week the White House released its April visitor logs. Who’s been visiting whom? You can search the log of official guests for January through April here. For example, I did a quick search for “Thom Tillis” and came up with one logged visit. He was in a…

It’s common sense. And it should already be state law, but it’s not. Not yet anyway. Senate Bill 473 would prohibit types of conflict of interest and questionable actions in office by elected officials. Locke’s Andy Jackson explains. Incredibly, however, Senate Bill 473 – which had bipartisan…

Sen. Thom Tillis isn’t mincing words about the CDC’s new guidance, which recommends that vaccinated Americans wear a mask indoors. Here’s Tillis’ statement from Tuesday (emphasis is mine): WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement on the updated mask guidance from the Centers for Disease Control…

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore is reacting to the vaccination mandate announced by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Read the entire state letter here.  The state mandate for “All Facility Staff” requires that “all facility employees, volunteers, students, trainees, contracted, and temporary workers must…

The Biden administration’s ATF is threatening your #2ndAmendment. Their new regulation on stabilizing braces is an attack on veterans who rely on these devices. Stay tuned tomorrow to hear how @SteveScalise, @RepBost and I are leading the fight to defend veterans and our…

My nephew is a detective in a major city. For years he was a beat cop who encountered every conceivable situation at every time of day and night, sometimes not knowing who was the victim and who was the perpetrator. In split seconds he was required to determine who had…