5 Back-to-School Shopping Tips

By SWSM Staff It’s late July, which can mean only one thing: across America, millions of kids are getting ready to go back to school.  Parents,...

America 250: Family, Church, and Local Community

By Maggie Murphy In the late 1800s, my great-grandmother, Dessa Hagee Roche, the daughter of one of General Sherman’s “Boys in Blue,” traveled from Texas...

Fraud by Design? One Auditor’s Fight Against the Spending Machine

By Jordan Jantz Fraud—that’s the word emblazoned in headlines across America today. For years, Americans have suspected that their tax dollars were being not only...

When Duty Calls and Loved Ones Stand By – What Service Means

By Shane Svorec “Thank you for your service.” It’s a common phrase we use and hear, but exactly what that service entails isn't always well...

Five Recipes to Take to a Fourth of July BBQ

By Elizabeth Webb My family loves to celebrate Independence Day! It’s one of our favorite holidays because of the four F’s: Faith, Family, Freedom, and Food.  As our great nation...

Mom’s for Liberty: From $500 to a National Movement

By Jamie Oleka How former school board member Tina Descovich turned a homemade website and a box of t-shirts with conviction into one of America’s...

7 American-Made Companies to Shop This Year 

By Jordan Jantz As we commemorate the 250th year of the American founding, what better way to celebrate than by buying from an American-owned and American-made...

Drive Across America: Fall in Love with Our Country. 

By Shane Svorec I interrupt your daily routine of technological tasks and automated exchanges to invite you on a journey that will awaken your senses...

From One Entrepreneur to Another: How Shannon Tacheny Helps Women Build Their Dreams

By Jordan Jantz Shannon Tacheny has always been an entrepreneur at heart. While studying communications in college, she ran a photography business part-time and was...