Opinion

   When Congress passed the Patriot Act in late 2001, many Americans agreed it was a good idea. The legislation was written to identify foreign and domestic terrorists by tracking the movements of those funding them. As a result, most of the Act’s new regulatory powers were given to the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury.…

   It seems these days we are beset and besieged by a host of difficult problems, both on the state and national level. One might, in fact, have a difficult time just choosing what our biggest challenge is. Consider the following.   Our economy is still not fully recovered from the Great Recession. Unemployment remains high…