On August 3 voter from across the “Show Me State” will go to polls to select the nominees from not only the “two major parties” but also from the Constitution Party & Libertarian Party. Of the 17 candidates on the primary ballot for US Senate, only one candidate has the courage to say, “Reducing the size, scope and power of the federal government is the core solution to every issue we face as a nation. We must work within our present reality, but be guided by an unflinching commitment to the ideal of liberty.

Most Americans will celebrate “The Fourth of July” this weekend, however nearly one quarter of Americans failed to identify Great Britain as the country the US colonies fought to gain its independence. The poll by Marist College found 20 percent who were "unsure" and another six percent who thought the US fought a revolution, starting in 1776, against another country -- a list that included France, China, Japan, Mexico, and Spain.