by RaShell Southerland | Sep 21, 2023 | How Government Works
I have 5 boys and all of them wear their hair short. With haircuts at $10 – $15 each, it didn’t take too long for me to think about buying a set of hair clippers and cutting their hair myself! So one day, I did just that. I bought the clippers,...
by RaShell Southerland | May 13, 2023 | Enumerated Powers, How Government Works
Hey… welcome yall… if you have been reading this blog for any period of time at all, you know how I like to write. I like to open with a fun, light hearted story that will illustrate the material that I want to cover… then I cover the material,...
by RaShell Southerland | Mar 4, 2023 | Enumerated Powers, How Government Works
“Hey, come here, look at this!” My wife tilted the computer monitor so I could see it clearly. We have often been quite critical of our Representative in the U.S. House, and one of our Senators from Texas. Even though they run their campaigns touting...
by RaShell Southerland | Jan 24, 2023 | How Government Works
The year is 1985. With Christmas quickly approaching, you have been keeping an eye out for great gifts for those special people on your list. You think of an item your sister might like – a new cassette player with auto-reverse, so she won’t have to...
by RaShell Southerland | Jan 6, 2023 | Action Steps, How Government Works
In the last article in this series, “The Voice of We the People”, we began a discussion about Congress. We said Congress is designed to be the most powerful branch of our government, and is designed to be the branch where the voice of “We the People” is the...