Politics

mark.young@manateeherald.com Let’s face it, it’s only been in recent years where Independents have been noticed in the political arena. For years prior to the recent elections, Independents were viewed as that thorn-in-the-side third party that were only effective in taking votes away from either a Republican or a democrat. Independents now outnumber both major parties…

mark.young@manateeherald.com Do you remember the old show, “Get Smart,” where the opposing agencies were “Control” – the good guys, and “Chaos” – the bad guys? How do we draw the line between control and chaos in the midst of a Joe Biden administration that puts us through one disaster after another? Is the chaos maliciously…

mark.young@manateeherald.com I started out this visit with you on Saturday and was heading in a completely different direction until I sat down on this blessed Easter Sunday to complete this latest step of our journey together. I threw on my headphones and turned up some Christian music and felt a calling to do some testifying,…

mark.young@manateeherald.com Just when I think liberals couldn’t possibly do something more dumb, they have a “hold my beer” moment and do just that. There is a lot of talk about whether this is a demo-rat strategy to ensure Trump is nominated because Joe Biden believes he can repeat the 2020 election victory, although “victory” is…

mark.young@manateeherald.com In this common sense drought we seem to be in, combined with federal corruption and a movement toward leftist totalitarianism, the Tree of Liberty is parched. It is withering away and is in dire need of nurturing. Many are familiar with the words of Thomas Jefferson in his 1787 letter where he said, “The…

mark.young@manateeherald.com The latest media and democrat barrage about “assault” rifles and “weapons of war” following the tragic shooting at the private Covenant Elementary School in Nashville had me up all night. I stood vigil over my own firearms all night trying to catch them in the act of leaving my home and hurting people. They…

mark.young@manateeherald.com We all know by now how much the mainstream media lies and manipulates, and over the course of our visits, I have shared my own experiences of media bias from my time inside of newsrooms. I thought I’d take a look back at some of the biggest headlines over the past few years as…