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September 1998

• What is Impeachment? - September 13, 1998

August 1998

• Strap On Their Backpacks...School's In - August 30, 1998

July 1998

• Health In The Home: Keeping It An Option - July 23, 1998
• A Global Economy In A Dog-Eat-Dog World - June 7, 1998

May 1998

• Memories Of Our Freedom Fighters - May 24, 1998
• Tax Freedom? When? - May 10, 1998

April 1998

• Social Security's Future Not So Secure - April 26, 1998
• Springing Into Tax Season - April 12, 1998

March 1998

• Agriculture: Growing With America - March 15, 1998

Feburary 1998

• "What's Communism, Dad?" - Feburary 27, 1998
• Moving Forward....Not Back - Feburary 8, 1998

November 1997

• It's Your Childs Education! - November 21, 1997
• 36 Months That Changed Washington - November 9, 1997

October 1997

• IRS Reform is For Real(Part 2 of 2 Part Series) - October 26, 1997
• The Long Arm of the IRS: (Part 1 of a 2 Part Series) - October 12, 1997

September 1997

• This N' That about the United Nations - September 28, 1997
• Faith's Freedom Rests on Our Shoulders - September 14, 1997

August 1997

• Harvesting Results From Agriculture Research - August 31, 1997
• A New Prescription for Our Fiscal Ills - August 17, 1997
• Staying on Track - August 3, 1997

July 1997

• Life Doesn't Have to be so Taxing - July 20, 1997
• You Say I'm Rich?! - July 6, 1997

June 1997

• Death Tax, How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me Count the Ways - June 8, 1997

May 1997

• A Belated April Fools' Joke... Are You Kidding Me?! - May 11 1997

April 1997

• The Medicare Trustees' Report: Here We Go Again! - April 27, 1997
• Baseball, Allergies, and Taxes - April 13, 1997

March 1997

• Congress Clarifies Victims' Rights - March 23, 1997
• The Clinton-Gore Budget: With Friends Like These... - March 9, 1997

February 1997

• Amending Our Ways- - A Real Balancing Act - February 23, 1997
• If It Is Good Enough For The President, It Is Good Enough For Us - February 9, 1997

January 1997

• Stormy Skies Forecast For Air Quality Standards - January 26, 1997
• A New Year's Resolution For The 105TH Congress - January 12, 1997