We discussed her Edge of Empire creation, her tenure as a National Park Service guide on the Freedom Trail and other notable Boston sites. Listen in and share your thoughts!

Item 1) A fund has been established to benefit the Richard Family of Boston, devastated by the April 15,2013 Boston Marathon bombing atrocities. The mother of the murdered boy, Denise Richard, attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Brighton, MA, as did I, (albeit not together however…), To contribute DIRECTLY:

Every dollar of your donation will go directly to the Richard Family. This Fund will not benefit Saint Joseph Prep; it is for the sole purpose of helping Denise. The account will accept gifts until June 1, 2013. By June 30, 2013, we will make a formal presentation of the donation.

Checks should be made payable to The Richard Family Fund and sent to the following address:

            The Richard Family FundPeoples Federal Savings Bank                        
            435 Market Street
            Brighton, MA 02135
           Attn:  Kathleen Pryor

You may also donate online by visiting our website and clicking on the “Donate Now” link. You will see on the form a place to “Designate     My Gift.” Check the box for “Restricted” and type in The Richard Family Fund in the field below.

We will keep you posted on our progress. On behalf of Denise and her family, thank you for your generosity and your commitment.

Take care and God bless,

Tom Nunan, Jr.
Head of School

Item 2:) Courtesy of Kimberley A. Strassel – Wall Street Journal, Potomac Watch, April 26, 2012

Richard Nixon’s “enemies list” appalled the country for the simple reason that presidents hold a unique trust.

Courtesy of Kimberley A. Strassel – Wall Street Journal, Potomac Watch, July 19, 2012

First an Obama campaign website called out Romney donor Frank Vandersloot. Next the IRS moved to audit him—and      so         did the Labor Department.

Item 3) Nixon’s Articles of Impeachment (place special attention to the “IRS” reference in Article 2 Section 1, which apparently never happened)

Item 4) TIme magazine’s Joe Klein on the ‘IRS Mess’ .

The conservative Heritage Foundation says that immigration reform will cost $5 trillion over 50 years. But some conservatives are firing back, saying the study doesn’t look at all the variables.

Genuine immigration reform is simple and easy: 1) Speak English 2) Have a sponsor 3) Pass a physical exam 4) Check in with law enforcement on a semi-annual basis.

Second topic: Benghazi (courtesy of Weekly Standard’s Steven Hayes):

May 6th, 2013 – U.S. Military ordered to stand down:

A top U.S. diplomat will testify Wednesday that as fighting raged in Benghazi, Libya, in the early morning hours of September 12, 2012, military officials in the region told a second rescue team preparing to deploy from Tripoli to Benghazi not to make the trip.

May 13th, 2013 – Benghazi Talking Points – US public deliberately misled by Obama administration?:

Even as the White House strove last week to move beyond questions about the Benghazi attacks of Tuesday, September 11, 2012, fresh evidence emerged that senior Obama administration officials knowingly misled the country about what had happened in the days following the assaults.

Potential coverup culprits Victoria Nuland

That official, whom The Weekly Standard has confirmed was State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland, worried that members of Congress would use the talking points to criticize the State Department for “not paying attention to Agency warnings.”

and Obama national security and foreign policy advisor Ben Rhodes:

One official—Ben Rhodes, The Weekly Standard is told, a top adviser to President Obama on national security and foreign policy—further advised the group that the issues would be resolved in a meeting of top administration officials the following morning at the White House.

Boston Marathon Bombing updates:

A final resting place eludes bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev

An aide to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said he did not want to see Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was a resident of Cambridge, buried in Boston and called the decision ‘‘a family issue.’’

Jill Stanek, is a pro-life, social justice activist from Illinois (at least she was at the time of this interview). Over the course of 45 minutes, she describes her interactions with then Illinois state senator Barack Obama. This interview is particularly salient, in light of the horrors emanating from the murder trial of Kermit Gosnell.