The following is political activity for Thursday, September 2, 2010, going on in Washington and across the nation. It is courtesy of Scott Wilk, Community Organizer, and Anchor Consulting group. The Beacon will be posting these daily as they become available. (more…)

(From the wsj.com) Just months ago, Georgia’s Rep. Jim Marshall faced only faint headwinds as he sailed toward the midterm elections. The former Macon mayor—and one of Congress’s most conservative Democrats—had plenty of cash and no significant Republican opponent. But in a reflection of his party’s fortunes nationwide, Mr. Marshall’s prospects have dimmed of late. The three-term congressman now faces an energized foe and the focus of the national Republican Party in a race that polls indicate is increasingly tight. (more…)

(From the nytimes.com) Senator Barbara Boxer of California and her Republican opponent, the businesswoman Carly Fiorina, sparred in their first – and perhaps only – debate on Wednesday night, with jobs taking a front seat in a state rife with economic problems. (more…)

The following is political activity for Wednesday, September 1, 2010, going on in Washington and across the nation. It is courtesy of Scott Wilk, Community Organizer, and Anchor Consulting group. The Beacon will be posting these daily as they become available. (more…)

The following is political activity for Tuesday, August 31, 2010, going on in Washington and across the nation. It is courtesy of Scott Wilk, Community Organizer, and Anchor Consulting group. The Beacon will be posting these daily as they become available. (more…)

Something morally viral seems infect too men these days. They are starting to turn into something very different from the kind of man defined by the Age of Chivalry and the classic Code of a Gentleman. This change seems to be almost as radical as the dinosaurs believed to be changed into birds. But what is happening to so many men these days is a lot worse than a dinosaur being turned into a bird. It is even worse than the men in the Odyssey who were said to be bewitched by Circe and changed into swine. (more…)

The following is political activity for Monday, August 30, 2010, going on in Washington and across the nation. It is courtesy of Scott Wilk, Community Organizer, and Anchor Consulting group. The Beacon will be posting these daily as they become available. (more…)

(From the wsj.com)  Throngs of people carrying flags and lawn chairs packed nearly a mile of the National Mall at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial Saturday for a rally, organized by conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck that carried the tone of a spiritual revival. Many at the rally said in interviews that they were drawn by a sense of disenchantment over the country’s direction, alarm over government spending and a sense that the country’s political system was broken. The event featured three hours of religious and patriotic speeches but offered few details on how to fix the country’s problems. (more…)

(From the nytimes.com) The American economy is once again tilting toward danger. Despite an aggressive regimen of treatments from the conventional to the exotic — more than $800 billion in federal spending, and trillions of dollars worth of credit from the Federal Reserve — fears of a second recession are growing, along with worries that the country may face several more years of lean prospects. (more…)

The following is political activity for Friday, August 27, 2010, going on in Washington and across the nation. It is courtesy of Scott Wilk, Community Organizer, and Anchor Consulting group. The Beacon will be posting these daily as they become available. (more…)

The following is political activity for Thursday, August 26, 2010, going on in Washington and across the nation. It is courtesy of Scott Wilk, Community Organizer, and Anchor Consulting group. The Beacon will be posting these daily as they become available. (more…)

The following is political activity for Wednesday, August 25, 2010, going on in Washington and across the nation. It is courtesy of Scott Wilk, Community Organizer, and Anchor Consulting group. The Beacon will be posting these daily as they become available. (more…)

The following is political activity for Tuesday, August 24, 2010, going on in Washington and across the nation. It is courtesy of Scott Wilk, Community Organizer, and Anchor Consulting group. The Beacon will be posting these daily as they become available. (more…)

Even with my casual and rather feeble involvement with the American Tea Party movement, I have seen something refreshing and innovative in the program that explains why it has been growing so quickly. Unlike Democrats and Republicans, American Tea Party members are trying not to stray into blind alleys by wearing partisan blinders. (more…)

(From the wsj.com) Existing-home sales plunged to their lowest level in 15 years in July as inventories soared, painting a grim picture for the housing market absent government support in a stubbornly sluggish economy. Home resale’s dropped a record 27.2%—nearly twice as much as analysts had expected—to an annual rate of 3.83 million in July, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. (more…)

The following is political activity for Monday, August 23, 2010, going on in Washington and across the nation. It is courtesy of Scott Wilk, Community Organizer, and Anchor Consulting group. The Beacon will be posting these daily as they become available. (more…)

(From the nytimes.com) The Obama administration’s mortgage relief program, originally intended to shield three million households from foreclosure, now looks as if it will permanently help as few as one-sixth of that number. While millions say they need help avoiding foreclosure and many struggling households applied, data released Friday showed the dropout rate from the Making Home Affordable Program was very high: 96,000 trial modifications were canceled by lenders in July. The number of canceled trials now exceeds 616,000. (more…)

The following is political activity for Friday, August 20, 2010, going on in Washington and across the nation. It is courtesy of Scott Wilk, Community Organizer, and Anchor Consulting group. The Beacon will be posting these daily as they become available. (more…)