Shasta County is considering putting its political might behind the development of a medical school right here in the County as part of the existing Simpson University. The hope is that doing so might begin to solve its Doctor shortage. Some critics argue that it should not rely on a private Christian school. However, there are very few other options. More importantly, there is an excellent case study showing that not only can it be done, but also with very little taxpayer investment. Pikeville, KY, is the setting for the case study. This poor rural county in the Appalachian hills of Kentucky was also experiencing a severe shortage of doctors. They relied on Pikeville University's existing infrastructure, a small private Christian college founded in 1839. The first 60 medical students entered the program in 1997, and today there are 581 students enrolled, with 200 new students entering each year. Sixty percent of the graduating medical students stay close to the area.

While Gavin is making the rounds boasting about his memoir being a best seller, campaign finance disclosures reveal that 2/3s of his book sales were from his own Political Action Committee.

From penniless orphan to rise up and become the architect of American financial system, Alexander Hamilton may be one of the most important of America's Founding Fathers.

Alexander Hamilton grew up in what is now the British Virgin Islands, an orphan by 1768 at the age of 13. He would make his way to study in the Colonies and would go on to become a commander in General Washington's Continental Army. Commanding an artillery brigade, he would distinguish himself on the battlefield. After the war, America was drowning in debt, and the Colonies were now squabbling among themselves. Washington would later select Hamilton as the first Secretary of the Treasury. Hamilton's vision of an industrialized nation fueled by a unified financial framework clashed with that of some of the other Founding Fathers, who envisioned a more agrarian economy. Hamilton would go on to draft the Federalist Papers with others, which would compel the Colonies to adopt the new Constitution. The financial framework Hamilton built still endures to this day, as does the importance of the Federalist Papers, which Supreme Court justices have relied on for 200 years to interpret the original meaning of the Constitution.