Bonnie Alba
Bonnie Alba is a researcher-writer. Since 1995, her articles have appeared in California newspapers. Her articles regularly appear online at www.renewamerica.us, www.theconservativevoice.com, and other news sites.
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November 05, 2009
What if all the Bibles in America disappeared? Would we miss them?
October 09, 2009
The bigger Government grows, so goes the AARP.
September 25, 2009
California is not only embroiled in surviving possible bankruptcy. Farms and ranches are drying up for lack of water! All for a tiny fish.
September 10, 2009
America's fastest growing business doesn't produce anything, but costs everything.
September 03, 2009
On August 20th, Pres. Obama held a phone conference and webcast with religious leaders across the nation. In his message to them, he overstepped his human bounds.
August 27, 2009
Science Fiction premises appear to be coming our way in the manner of old movies and books such as 'Soylent Green' and '1984.'
August 20, 2009
Sen. Jim DeMint of SC is a rising republican leader who actually believes in the U.S. Constitution and his oath of office. His book is an eyeopener for those educated in the government-run education system.
May 07, 2009
Modern education has dumbed down the people so that they believe whatever philosophy is taught. America History is one area where truth is missing.
April 17, 2009
After and "Tea Party Protests" and the release of Homeland Security's document, it is apparent that plain, ordinary Americans are considered "rightwing extremists."
April 02, 2009
Americans are having a difficult time sorting out facts from fiction about the economic crisis. Reading Woods' "Meltdown" will define and bring understanding from one branch of economics missing from government and even capitalists' discussions.
March 19, 2009
In every recessionary period, Americans have put on the brakes to spending and turned to saving for a "rainy day." The government would have us spend, spend, spend -- just like them. Is it a crime to save?
March 12, 2009
More than 30 states are establishing resolutions to reassert their rights in accordance with the U.S. Constitution. These moves are partly due to strings attached to any stimulus monies they might receive from Washington.
February 26, 2009
The decrease in Christian protestant denominations over the decades speaks to the issue of our narcissistic culture. But this narcissim has influenced the churches also by desiring to please people instead of God.
February 04, 2009
Many citizens are wondering what happened? The Federal Government is involved in over-reach actions which are clearly against the U.S. Constitution. Is it possible Americans have ceded to government public education and do not know what the U.S. Constitution says about the responsibilities of government?
January 14, 2009
Americans are learning new vocabulary: Thrift and Prudence. Why can't the government?
December 11, 2008
Are Americans changing their traditional Christmas shopping orgies? There is certainly a lack of encouragement to spend in the marketplace. The bland "Happy Holidays" is turning consumers off.
November 25, 2008
Americans face different challenges in today's uncertain times. Yet, we will continue to celebrate Thanksgiving and possibly reflect on the Pilgrims' struggle and survival in a new raw land 387 years ago.
October 30, 2008
The advice of former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker is to rev up the public's "confidence" in the government. At least he recognizes there's a problem.
October 23, 2008
Americans claim they want "change." Then why do they cling to the same party, reelect the same representatives and senators --- time after time?
October 02, 2008
There is total outrage among Americans about the Congress and the Bailout bill. The sweeteners added by the Senate to pressure congress to vote yes is beyond belief. This may be the greatest power grab of property by the Government in history.
September 25, 2008
For over 20 years, Congressman Ron Paul has preached his message on government overspending, economics, the Federal Reserve. Now the consequences for not listening are bearing fruit.
September 18, 2008
John Quincy Adams has been quoted as stating, "Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
September 04, 2008
Is it time for a "change" in voters? The way to do that is at the election booth. The Editor of World Net Daily, Joseph Farah provides the answers and a way to respond in this very important election.
August 28, 2008
While Americans cut back on spending in inflationary and recessionary times --- What about Washington? Our Congress and President appear to be doing business as usual--- overspending.
August 14, 2008
Many Americans watch what the entertainment industry calls "reality shows." These orchestrated "pretend" programs perpetuate the mind-numbing imaginings which contribute solely to viewer escapism.
"We the people" have an opportunity to view a Reality Film which is about unadulterated reality. The...
July 31, 2008
Why do people claim in believe in God but don't go to church? Recent surveys show there is fault on both sides --- the people and the churches.
July 17, 2008
We Americans are in a precarious and dangerous economic position. Yet our government admits to no responsibility for this, nor do the people. We must take the first step in admitting to responsibility before we can retrieve our prosperity.
July 10, 2008
The surprising statistics of the Pew Forum Religious Landscape Survey point to the Laodicean Church Era.
July 01, 2008
If the public schools no longer teach the children the historical significance of the Declaration of Independence, who will?
June 19, 2008
The Republican Party must lose to win. Having lost its soul, it is already lost. Once adored conservative principles are missing in action. What's the purpose of the Republican Party? To win for its name only?
June 05, 2008
Roger Simmermaker has provided a way for American consumers to shop and vote with our hard-earned money in a patriotic way.
May 22, 2008
You are the Revolution, according to Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul.
May 07, 2008
Another "How To" phenomena has hit Planet Earth. Promoted by spiritual seeker Oprah Winfrey, Eckhart Tolle and his book, "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life´s Purpose," are attracting people around the world.
A friend bought me a copy of Tolle´s book, saying "Give it a chance --- if you read the...
April 24, 2008
National Prayer Day is May 1, 2008. Does this mean we are still a Christian nation? Have we ever been a Christian nation?
April 03, 2008
Women, look at what we've done! America must make babies or we will follow the road that Great Britain and the Continent are traveling --- to anglo-saxon extinction.
March 17, 2008
A presidential campaign ends, but his message continues.
March 06, 2008
The feds and federal government are not fighting inflation but are fighting deflation. What does this mean for Americans? Could Starvation-famine actually happen here in a America?
February 28, 2008
The young lady lost a potential $200,000 because she thought she was telling the truth about herself. Evidently she doesn't know herself.
February 21, 2008
The FairTax plan continues to gather strength from both ends of America. The new Fairtax Book is in bookstores and is a must read for all citizens and legislators.
February 18, 2008
U.S. Comptroller departing in March 2008 for foundation position.
February 14, 2008
What do Ron Paul, Alan Keyes and Roy S. Moore have in common?
February 07, 2008
After the Super Tuesday Tornadoes: "All the clues were there. It was just unfortunate that it came out the way it did." -Joseph Schaefer, Storm Prediction Center, Norman, Oklahoma
The clues to the State of the Union are in front of us, a storm of tornadoes are fast approaching. Are we taking any...
January 31, 2008
"Hope for America" is the message of GOP candidate Ron Paul. But have you received the message?
January 24, 2008
How long can a cash-strapped nation keep instituting temporary fixes?
January 17, 2008
There is one True Conservative running on the GOP slate.
January 11, 2008
How do voters determine who to vote for? Emotionally or intertwined with deliberate and sane reasoning? Or, by the charisma and good looks of the candidate?
Some citizens have already narrowed their decision to one candidate. Others haven’t quite made up their minds. The refrain we keep hearing ...
January 03, 2008
Levi Strauss - who doesn’t recognize the royal brand name of denim jeans? Millions of men have depended on Levi’s for generations. In the past, Levi Strauss meant quality. When anyone purchased a pair of Levis, they knew that when they got them home -- they would fit. Not in this century.
All my ...
December 21, 2007
We experience information overload on a daily basis in our twenty-first century world of technological advancement. Unless we turn it off -- we do have that choice -- we are constantly exposed to instant news around the world.
Bombarded by slanted and biased news, we can never be sure we’ve rece...
December 07, 2007
Jing-jing-jing-aling! Aah, sweet music to the retailers’ ears this season of the year. Yet there are signs that Americans are pulling back from parting with their hard-earned, expensive dollars. Businesses have grown to depend on consumers’ seasonal spending in the last three months of the year.
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November 29, 2007
Those few U.S. citizens who can’t stand the thought or public expression of “Merry Christmas” or any other symbol of Christmas are taking up the annual banner of their War against “the reason for the season.”
These misguided citizens can’t stand to see the Nativity on public property. It offends...
November 15, 2007
Discounting all the recalls of food products in recent times, America suffers no shortage of available products to put food on the table. With the growing food imports from other nations, it’s impossible to imagine any American starving in the 21st century.
It was not so almost 370 years ago whe...
November 02, 2007
Recent results of student testing shows more than a failure to educate. Something else is going on apart from the testing experiment. Broken families? One-parent families? Self-serving parents? Drugs? Gangs? Broken society? One missing element covers all --- the exact plumb line.
Religious (man ...
October 12, 2007
It is possible America has passed the point of no return. As a nation, we may now be considered godless. The highest office in the land has issued a controversial statement that will affect every evangelical, Bible-believing, God-believing Christian left in our country.
As reported by the Washing...
September 27, 2007
In recent years, three great Christian leaders have departed the Earth. Most of us recognize the names Dr. Jerry Falwell and Dr. D. James Kennedy who were at the forefront of major Christian and political grassroots’ movements. Both men had hearts for God, America and her future. Involvement in pub...
September 13, 2007
When murderous Islamic Terrorists attacked us on 9/11, a peak of traditional patriotism spiked on the chart of American togetherness. “God Bless America” was the phrase most displayed across our nation. Yet the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attempted to stomp on this brief national blip on ...
August 30, 2007
The Sunday Wall Street Opinion Journal published an article (8/26//07), “Fair Tax, Flawed Tax” (link below) by former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy (1988-1993). It is obvious that the Journal editors and Mr. Bartlett didn’t do their homework.
Many citizens will di...
August 17, 2007
“In my view, it’s time to learn from history and take steps to ensure the American Republic is the first to stand the test of time.” -- U.S. Comptroller David Walker
Mr. Walker has taken the unpopular position of doing his job and prophesizing the future we face within 50 years if all federal gov...
August 10, 2007
The stresses and pace of postmodern lifestyles leave very little time to read full-length books aimed at information and long-term trends of our nation. Despite the thousands of books, magazines and news published each year, we rarely have a spare moment to reflect on what we do read. I offer the fo...
August 02, 2007
Imagine receiving a full paycheck, all your last pay period wages. No income tax except possibly state. Think FairTax. It is the proposed replacement plan to the dreaded IRS and the complicated tax code system which the majority of citizens do not understand, including the experts.
How will the g...
July 22, 2007
America is “one nation under God.” Or, has America rejected the biblical Creator-God of the Bible, the God of our founding fathers?
Though surveys show a large percentage of Americans claim to believe in God, church attendance is low---the entertainment industry is thriving and earning the big b...
July 13, 2007
The ongoing stream of never-ending news stories on everything from the Iraqi War, illegal immigration, to Islamic Terrorism and projected attacks in America, to the bickering, do-nothing Congress, to Pres. Bush’s neo-policies and lib-hate war against him leaves citizens increasingly cold to politics...
June 30, 2007
The Fourth of July! Countless pleasurable memories come to mind from past family and community celebrations of this significant date on our calendar. As children, traditions of this annual summer event of celebration included, of course, the fireworks, those explosions of firelights across the night...
June 22, 2007
The existing Great Divide between our Capitol and “we the people” has never been wider or deeper. Both major parties are selling out our country. The comprehensive Illegal (amnesty) legislation is a case in point following a bread crumb trail of reform failures on most important issues.
Congress...
May 31, 2007
The recent 2008 presidential GOP debates have highlighted one man. His name: Ron Paul. The mainstream media acted surprised and, I’m sure, the other nine candidates were taken aback by this relatively unknown standing out in after-debate polls. It has been reported that Rep. (Dr.) Paul of Texas has ...
May 18, 2007
You claim to be a conservative. I, too, claim to be a conservative. But what is a conservative? Americans pick up labels easily yet most of us lack a classical history education which would determine if we are true conservatives. We also have a difficult time determining the conservative thinking of...
May 01, 2007
There is an irony occurring in our society. As prayer meals are attended by millions across the nation to signify America’s devotion as a praying people, our nation is being systematically stripped of her national Christian identity and historical heritage.
The strong influence of Christianity o...
April 26, 2007
Pres. Bush has issued his annual Proclamation for National Prayer Day. Many citizens never read or hear these proclamations from our president. Even newspapers and other media seldom offer these proclamations which are issued periodically. In our modern-day technological society, citizens have acces...
April 20, 2007
Grief and mourning continues at Virginia Tech and will for a long time. Two events were held on Tuesday at Virginia Tech. One was a candlelight vigil that evening which ended with half the crowd singing “Amazing Grace” and the other half hurraying Virginia Tech.
At the earlier memorial, as report...
April 05, 2007
This week Christians the world over will celebrate the Cross and the Resurrection. The Book of Genesis to the Book of Revelation is really a sweeping history of God’s Creation. The Cross and the Resurrection can be traced back to Genesis where God pronounced His Curse on all that He had made. Manki...
March 29, 2007
Depending on what statistics you believe, American taxpayers are shelling out around $400-500 billion to pay their rightful share of taxes to the IRS. Or, ensure they receive a refund of taxes collected inclusively (withheld) from their paychecks before they ever take any hard-earned money home. Th...
March 15, 2007
We keep hearing that the U.S. economy is healthy, wealthy, plenty of jobs, and our standard of living will only improve -- we are the land of opportunity, aren’t we? U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker disagrees with this completely positive assessment of the U.S. Government’s state of the unio...
March 03, 2007
From a Memorial Address for President Lincoln on April, 24, 1865, “...the last act of Congress ever signed by him was one requiring that the motto, in which he sincerely believed, ‘In God We Trust,’ should hereafter be inscribed upon all our national coin.”
It wasn’t until 1938 that the motto was...
February 08, 2007
In their zest to prove their PC tolerant, we-can-all-get-along attitude, the Democrats have just proven their intolerance of America. They exhibited their true stripes at the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee last week. You judge the reason: ignorance, stupidity, denial or PC.
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January 18, 2007
As I observed the woman in front of me swipe her card through the terminal, paying for her purchases, she never ceased holding her cell phone to her ear and incessantly talking into it. I wondered if there was an actual person on the other end, since she talked nonstop. Such is life in our fast and ...
January 12, 2007
As early as the 1970s, the introduction of computers and word-processing programs into the work environment was heralded as a “labor-saving device.” The future was here.
Does anyone remember? In the late 1970s the societal-workplace computer age arrived. Some of the words associated with this new...
December 21, 2006
Expressions of excitement, wonderment and joy may be seen on children’s faces as we move through the Christmas traditions of this season. Tantalizing aromas fill homes, Christmas trees decorated and all aglow. It’s a time of family gatherings, friends, fun, joy and rejoicing; and of course, gift giv...
December 08, 2006
“Atheists are not our law-givers!” -- Edmond Burke once said this of England and Russell Kirk noted that this could be said of the United States in his book “Redeeming the Time.”
We are a confused people! This confusion may be laid at the feet of the ACLU and other ideological organizations who p...
November 21, 2006
I make a prediction for this exclusive American holiday: In 50 years, should America still exist, Thanksgiving will be proclaimed as a holiday without any historical reference to the Pilgrims or why they risked everything to come to an unknown wilderness.
Today, in most homes across America, Tha...
November 16, 2006
While the Pilgrims were still in the planning stages for their journey to the new land, God was preparing a young Indian for a future role. Squanto’s first capture kept him in England for nine years. He returned to America only to be recaptured and sold into slavery in Malaga, Spain. Bought by local...
November 16, 2006
In the relative calm following the stormy ugliness of the recent election campaigns, and in these days leading up to Thanksgiving, it might benefit us to look back to where it all started almost 390 years ago. We find only bits and pieces of this miraculous story in 21st century public school textbo...
October 23, 2006
The new Trick: Call conservative voters -- who may be thinking of not voting -- “stupid” or “mindless.” But this name calling did not come from the Dem-Libs. That was Tony Blankley’s thinking in his column online at realclearpolitics.com. Then after Rush Limbaugh read Blankley’s article on air, the ...
October 13, 2006
The Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) made headlines with their threat to protest the murdered Amish children’s funerals. This small group displays signs claiming “God Hates Fags.” Their message: God is cursing America because our nation is soft and tolerating of homosexuality. After digest...
October 10, 2006
Americans should rest easier now that Pres. Bush has signed the Homeland Security budget which includes a measly first installment of $1.2 billion for construction of a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Well, don’t relax just yet. The actual appropriation of funds, the Secure Fence Act, ...
September 26, 2006
Perhaps the most important story of the 21th century is happening away from the public eye. The first-step plan implementation is the Trans-Texas Corridor(TTC), a super highway slated to begin construction in 2007. On September 30, in a kickoff protest across 70-77 counties, many Texans will step in...
September 18, 2006
Protests, marches, screaming outrages, burning effigies of Pope Benedict along with sporadic violence was the response to less than 50 words of around 4000 words of Pope Benedict’s speech at the University of Regensburg, Germany. One historical quote ignited a widespread reaction from Islamic leader...
September 13, 2006
The magicians are busy keeping American eyes focused on sleight-of-hand tricks. Much in the media makes little sense. Divisive political games hold center stage which have nothing to do with the good of our country. The mainstream media is ignoring the biggest story of all, besides Islamic Terrorism...
September 02, 2006
I apologize. After viewing Dr. D. James Kennedy’s “Darwin’s Deadly Legacy” last weekend, I felt totally disappointed and regretful that I had recommended this program to Christian families. It appeared hastily put together and thinly disguised to promote authors and their books. But the clincher was...
August 25, 2006
This weekend, Dr. D. James Kennedy of Coral Ridge Ministries is showing a documentary called “Darwin’s Deadly Legacy.” It purports that what one believes can lead to a deadly mixture as in the case of Adolf Hitler and the evils of the Holocaust.
Already the internet is ablaze with bloggers and fo...
August 20, 2006
Since one person, U.S. District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, has announced her judgment that the “Domestic Surveillance Program” is unconstitutional --- or listening to the noise on phones and cells is illegal, let’s pretend that all monitoring of suspected terrorists is stopped.
Imagine: Your...
August 11, 2006
Recently I posed two questions to my husband, a retired middle-school science teacher:
1) What scientist and field of science relies on and solely depends on Darwin’s theory of evolution for any advances in human progress?
2) What advances in modern medicine, technology and products were deriv...
August 05, 2006
Last Tuesday British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a nice speech to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. Full of nice words. Instead of Radical Islamic Terrorists, he referred to this global warfare as “reactionary Islam,” an “arc of extremism now stretching across the Middle East and touching, w...
July 27, 2006
“Money makes the world go around.” The U.N.’s proposal to tax citizens around the world continues to be a thorn in the sides of successful and democratic economies. Almost annually our Congress writes into the Foreign Appropriations Bill a sentence or two prohibiting the U.N. from taxing Americans. ...
July 19, 2006
When we watch a magician perform, we are often amazed -- “How did he do that?” Our eyes are purposefully drawn to the small bait while he does the big magic, sleight of hand and other hidden trickery. This is what is happening in America today. Magicians are performing big events while we citizens’...
July 14, 2006
Recently my husband and I flew to CA to help my sister move back East. During that time, I, a political junkie, deliberately deprived myself of any newspapers, TV and online web news. It was an enlightening experience. Twelve days later, when I finally booted up my computer, read newspapers and wat...
June 29, 2006
Is same-sex marriage one more step towards the disintegration of the greatness of American civilization? Dr. Russell Kirk understood that of the three bodies of principle controlling any people, “the first, and most important, is the set of moral convictions which a people hold: their ideas about th...
April 25, 2006
Pleasure-Comfort-Convenience should be the motto of 21st Century American consumers. As the gas pump prices keep rising, we hear dumbed-down, whiny Americans as reported by press and TV. Some of them loudly burp the usual victim appeal as this woman did: “Pres. Bush needs to do something.” As if Pre...
April 10, 2006
Two recently announced discoveries might raise questions and doubts in some Christian minds during Easter?s holy week of remembrance and celebration, the Cross and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. But first, let?s visit the results of a new Scripps Howard-Ohio University poll.
When the question ?...
April 07, 2006
Most Americans are so far removed from the earth and where their food and clothing comes from, they never think twice about it. According to past surveys, many inner-city children don?t even know milk comes from cows or that baked beans were not born in a can.
Farming, producing food crops to feed...
March 31, 2006
In light of the most recent scandal of corruption and bribery, Congress has failed --- again. Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty and is going to prison. Congress acted in haste to diversify their funds. There was the usual ?high road? talk of ethics ?reform.? The Fix is in. Again! The Sena...
March 23, 2006
?Congress granted the approval to print ?a neat edition of the Holy Scriptures for the use of schools.? Congress? endorsement stamped on the first page: ?Whereupon, Resolved, That the United States in Congress assembled...recommend this edition of the Bible to the inhabitants of the United States......
March 19, 2006
Today I digress from the usual BS and hot air blowing from inside the Capitol beltway to the opposite coast where the most recent hot air topic is again -- okay, I?ll say it -- ?cow manure.? Its contribution to the San Joaquin Valley air pollution is a weighty concern to the SJV Air Pollution Board ...
March 14, 2006
?Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. Whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.? Thomas Jefferson
No one was prepared for the news centering on the Dubai World ports acquisition. What h...
March 08, 2006
Treasury Secretary Tony Snow has requested Congress to raise the $8.18 trillion National Debt ceiling to almost $9 trillion. If the proposed $781 billion in extra borrowing is not forthcoming, the government will again be close to default on its obligations. Again! Snow claims that this would be the...
March 06, 2006
?The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.? --Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution--
When you drive out of your garage to go to work, you enter a public world. You leave a trail behind...
February 27, 2006
Pres. Bush didn’t know about it. Defense Secretary Rumsfield didn’t know about it. Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff didn’t know about it. Well, who did know about the United Arab Emirates-owned DP World company contract to control six U.S. port terminals? There were six cabinet departments invol...
February 19, 2006
In this month of celebrating presidential birthdays, I wonder how an old speech containing the words of our first president would be received if Pres. Bush orated them today?
Herein I give you some of the beautiful highlights of Pres. George Washington in his Inaugural Address to Both Houses of Co...
February 10, 2006
Both Reds and Blues are already whining and railing against Pres. Bush?s $2.77 trillion budget boondoggle. Why? Because it cuts spending? Not a bit. Bush has again offered token cuts to many of the same programs he put on the table at the last annual budget go-around, which Congress again declined t...
February 01, 2006
Treasury Secretary John Snow recently announced that a ?quite austere? budget proposal will be forthcoming from the White House in early February. That remains to be seen. It all depends on what Snow and Pres. Bush mean by ?quite austere.?
Like almost every president in the last 100 years, they fi...
November 30, 1999
This season’s election campaigns have offended most Americans with mudslinging and shameful commercialization. One Democrat, Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee, claims that God is on the side of the Democratic Party because they “fear and love the Lord” while those in the Republican Party only “fear the L...